• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA
  
• Meet company match on 401k
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan A goal from last year that I didn't do and really need to.
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in This partially started at the end of 2022. 11k spent
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 0 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times I failed an X days/week goal last year, so maybe total times in a year would be easier to achieve since it's more flexible.
  
• Use all of my vacation 0 of 200 hours
  
• Reduce unplayed game list to 85% of my backlog I own too many games and most of them are probably poo poo. I want to track it and then clean it up.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We live near a medium-sized city, and we don't explore it nearly enough.
  
• Engage more in community I'm not exactly sure how to track this, but I'm a passive bystander in most things I do. I want to engage more with people in the communities I lurk.
  

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Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 05:14 on Dec 30, 2022

• Annual budget reassessment Done. Some minor shifts, but generally, we're pretty good at staying in our budget.
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs Done
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 12k spent so far, and we're pretty close to done.
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 1 of 16 read*
  
• Exercise 100 times 9 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 0 of 200 hours
  
• Reduce unfinished game list to 85% of my backlog by an amount that makes me feel happy. Longer update below**
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We took them to the Winnie the Pooh musical at a nearby Performance Arts Center that was really fun.
  
• Engage more in community I've left some Discords that I don't ever look at and have improved my participation there. I have been posting slightly more in other parts of SA, too. I've also been randomly texting friends more about silly poo poo. I have a ways to go to feel "engaged," but it's progress.
  

Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Feb 1, 2023

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in Done. 13k spent
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 2 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times 15 of 100. A week of having / recovering from strep throat put me a bit behind where I wanted to be.
  
• Use all of my vacation 8 of 200 hours
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. 6 more games removed from the list
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We brought our kids to the ballet, which they both didn't care for.
  

Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 20:59 on Mar 1, 2023

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k On track. With my raise this year, I may finally be able to turn this into a "Max 401k" goal. I've always been going well past the company match, but kept it at that in my goals for some reason.
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k spent
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 5 of 16 read*
  
• Exercise 100 times 22 of 100. Slightly behind due to a work trip with minimal free time for exercise.
  
• Use all of my vacation 8 of 200 hours + 1 sick day that I'm not including as "vacation"
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. 7 more games removed from the list
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We went to Unicorn World when it was in town. It was very exciting for them - not so much for us.
  

Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 18:16 on Apr 1, 2023

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 6 of 16 read*
  
• Exercise 100 times 31 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 12 of 200 hours + 1 sick day that I'm not including as "vacation"
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. 2 more games removed from the list
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We took the kids to the museum downtown. While we've been there before, they have a temporary Lego exhibit that is new, which was a lot of fun.

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 10 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times 39 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 20 of 200 hours + 1 sick day that I'm not including as "vacation"
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. 1 more game removed from the list
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We took the kids to see the Frozen musical. Our son was antsy, but our daughter was entranced.

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max out backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 11 of 16 read*
  
• Exercise 100 times 48 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 76 of 200 hours + 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation"
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. 0 games removed from the list. That's because all of my game time is focused on the new Zelda which is super enjoyable, so I'm fine with it.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We went to Florida for vacation and visited several new places they haven't been. It was a good mix of relaxation and adventure.
  

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on Max 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 14 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times 59 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 88 of 200 hours (+ 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation")
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. Still focused on the new Zelda which I'm happy about.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We visited some friends out of state which was a nice weekend trip.
  

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k Stretch goal: Max 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 18 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times 68 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 120 of 200 hours (+ 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation")
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. Removed 5 more games.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month The Red Bull Flugtag was in town, so we went. It was a very hot and humid day, but the kids had fun.
  

Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Sep 1, 2023

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k Stretch goal: Max 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan Have documents drafted by a lawyer. Need to review and sign.
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 21 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times 78 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 124 of 200 hours (+ 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation")
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. Removed 6 more games.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month The Big Bounce America was in town, so we went. The day had perfect weather, and it wasn't too crowded. We had a blast! We also took our kids to a roller derby because an old friend from college had joined a team. That was not fun for the kids (or me, really).
  

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k Stretch goal: Max 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan Finally done. 8 years later than we should've done it. $44 out of pocket for some filing not covered by insurance.
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 22 of 16 read
  
• Exercise 100 times 87 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 140 of 200 hours (+ 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation")
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. Removed 3 more games.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month This month was packed.*
  

• The Children's Theater presented a revised version of SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical that was really good.
  
• The Symphony Orchestra had a limited engagement performing a concert for Disney's 100th anniversary. The kids enjoyed watching the accompanying screen which showed synced clips from Disney movies more than the actual music, but the orchestra was very good. I hadn't been to an orchestral performance in a decade, and it was great to get back.
  
• We went to the zoo for the first time in a couple years. The kids actually enjoyed looking at animals this time around. When we went before, all they cared about was climbing rocks.
  
• Ringling Bros. came to town, so we went to the circus. Past controversies aside, the new focus on human performances and complete removal of animals is really good. The spectacle is awesome and the sheer talent being shown is very impressive. I would have enjoyed this without kids.
  
• We also ate at several nicer restaurants while we were out for these events, which our kids are not always great with. But they were perfect every time.
  

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA On track
  
• Meet company match on 401k Stretch goal: Max 401k On track
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s On track
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 24 of 16 read. Met my stretch goal by reading a book of short stories in Spanish that was no good. However, Thick as Theives was good.
  
• Exercise 100 times 94 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 144 of 200 hours (+ 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation") Even after Christmas plans, I'm not going to hit this goal this year. But I can rollover 40 hours to use within the first quarter of the following year, and we have a vacation planned during the kids' spring break that coincides nicely with the rollovers.
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. Removed 3 more games.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month We went to the rollerskating rink during Thanksgiving break. Lots of fun.
  

Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Dec 1, 2023

• Annual budget reassessment
  
• Max backdoor Roth IRAs
  
• Max HSA
  
• Meet company match on 401k Stretch goal: Max 401k Not quite there because I forgot that the max increased substantially in 2023. But it's the closest I've ever been to maxing, which is pretty exciting.
  
• 50/month into kids' 529s Added some Christmas cash from relatives this year as well.
  
• Use my company's life insurance benefit for free estate planning to actually estate plan
  
• Furnish the basement. Stay under 20k all in 13k total
  

• Read 16 books (Stretch goal: 1 in Spanish) 25 of 16 read. Bea Wolf was outstanding. My daughter showed me up and read 133 books this year. I'm a proud dad.
  
• Exercise 100 times 102 of 100
  
• Use all of my vacation 176 of 200 hours (+ 1 sick day and 1 condolence day that I'm not including as "vacation") I have 3 days left that I'm rolling over to use for a Spring Break vacation next year.
  
• Reduce unfinished game list by an amount that makes me feel happy. Removed 2 more games. A pretty good year finishing (or trying and dropping) games - 35 total.
  
• Take the kids one place new every month Took the kids to a Nutcracker performance by a local dance club. They were very bored (as was I).
  

Good-Natured Filth fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Dec 28, 2023