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# A look back at 2019
- URL: https://nickrroberts.com/a-look-back-at-2019/
- Published: 2019-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-04-29T14:11:07.000Z
- Description: My statistical year in review
- Author: Nick Roberts
- Tags: #Import 2024-11-11 16:59, #nick-2

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### ****By the numbers**

I ran ****1037** tracked miles in 2019

These runs equate to approximately ****171,105** active calories burned

My total tracked fitness in Strava hit a high of ****86** the week of November 20

From their site: “While fitness is a complicated concept, it can be simplified to an accumulation of training. The Fitness Score is calculated using Training Load and/or Relative Effort to measure your daily training, and an impulse-response model to quantify its effect over time. This will intuitively capture the development of fitness from training, as well as the loss of fitness during a break.”

I averaged ****9,919** steps each day, or ****3,620,435** steps for the whole year

I flew ****60,907** miles, which is almost ****2.5** full laps around the Earth

I called my grandfather ****32** times

I called my mom and dad a combined total of ****65** times

I called my sister ****16** times

I meditated for ****3310** tracked minutes

Net worth increased by ****38%** from the beginning to the end of the year

I finished ****16** books

- (11/24/2019) Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit
- (11/17/2019) The Iliad, Homer
- (11/03/2019) The Madness of Crowds, Douglas Murray
- (09/01/2019) The Monster of Florence, Preston and Spezi
- (08/13/2019) Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari
- (07/25/2019) Shape Up, Ryan Singer
- (07/11/2019) Amazing adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon
- (06/23/2019) Originals, Adam Grant
- (06/14/2019) 10 arguments for deleting your social media account right now, Jaron Lanier
- (06/09/2019) Deep Work, Cal Newport
- (06/02/2019) E-Myth, Michael Gerber
- (06/01/2019) Atomic Habits, James Clear
- (05/29/2019) 12 rules for Life, Jordan Peterson
- (04/15/2019) Waking Up, Sam Harris
- (03/10/2019) Life, Keith Richards

I have ****4** other books in various states of progress

- The Odyssey, Homer
- Homo Deus, Yuval Noah Harari
- The End is Always Near, Dan Carlin
- Principles, Ray Dalio

I’ve maintained ****21** active friendships this year (outside of family, Close enough to consider a friend. Regular contact and good feelings.)

I have ****25** inactive friendships (outside of family; a pal. Fallen out of touch or regular contact)

I have ****16** acquaintances (A developing friendship or one at arm’s length. I remember their names)

Lowest happiness index: ****70/100** (happiness index: holistic spot-check of how good I feel psychologically and physically, based on my relationships, job satisfaction, financial well-being, goal completion, etc. on a scale of 1-100, with 1 being the worst and 100 being that life can’t get any better)

Highest happiness index: ****90/100**

Approximately ****37,485** mins of iPhone screen time this year (about ****12.25** hours per week)

Averaged over the year I slept ****8 hours and 13 mins** per night and hit ****71.52%** of quality sleep each night. Explainer by [AutoSleep](http://autosleep.tantsissa.com/?ref=nickrroberts.com): "The Quality ring shows hours of quality sleep achieved. This makes it easier to compare with other days. This looks at the overall sleep time, how much light sleep, how much deep sleep, how restless and the nocturnal dip in heart rate and determines how much quality sleep you had. The ring completion target is 85% of your required sleep hours.”

I backpacked ****4** times

- 6/2 - Point Reyes (Coast Camp)
- 6/16 - Point Reyes (Marshall Beach kayak backpacking)
- 6/28 - Yosemite (Big Oak Flat Road to Yosemite Falls)
- 8/17 - El Dorado National Forest (Emigrant Lake)

I visited ****2** countries:

- Iceland
- Italy

I published ****5** articles (not including this one):

- [Overnight to Emigrant Lake, El Dorado National Forest](https://medium.com/bay-area-workers-guide-to-backpacking/overnight-to-emigrant-lake-el-dorado-national-forest-4864d2f027f4?ref=nickrroberts.com)
- [Kayaking overnight from Inverness to Marshall Beach, Point Reyes](https://medium.com/bay-area-workers-guide-to-backpacking/kayaking-overnight-from-inverness-to-marshall-beach-point-reyes-8dd1a686ae0c?ref=nickrroberts.com)
- [Interview tactics to find worthwhile customer problems](https://medium.com/swlh/interview-tactics-to-find-worthwhile-customer-problems-faa960ba2842?ref=nickrroberts.com)
- [My highest leverage productivity tactics](https://medium.com/the-attention-game/productivity-tactics-a78f033a547?ref=nickrroberts.com)
- [A two-step recipe for Travel Magic](https://medium.com/@nickrroberts/a-two-step-recipe-for-travel-magic-3accf1176686?ref=nickrroberts.com)