My 2019 Hits and Misses + SPUD9 by culgin

palnet · @culgin · Jan 1 '20 (edited)

$4.08

My 2019 Hits and Misses + SPUD9

It is the 1st of January 2020, Happy New Year to all! On this day it is good to take a look at my 2019 resolutions and see how much did I achieve. 

<center>![Happy New Year 2020](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/culgin/l0mE5LjR-image.png)</center>
[Source](https://pixabay.com/illustrations/manipulation-happy-new-year-2020-4724371/)

### 2019

One of my resolutions in 2019 was to stop using Facebook. I did not uninstall the app nor did I delete my account as Facebook is still very useful for me to research on restaurants and businesses. So in 2019, other than using Facebook as a business directory, I probably spent less than 3 hours on it. Considering it was one of my heavily used apps in the past, I think it was quite a remarkable achievement &#128526;.

Next, I also aimed to read a book a month so 12 books a year. The idea is that since I am now going to spend less time on Facebook, I will be able to read during my 2 hours commute to and fro work per day. However, I ended up spending more time on Steem and Twitter instead and fell short of my target &#128517;. I did complete the following 7 books and am in the middle of Robert Shiller's Irrational Exuberance though:
- The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- The Essential Marcus Aurelius by Jacob Needleman
- Fault Lines by Raghuram Rajan
- Destined for War by Graham Allison
- The Misbehaviour of Markets by Benoit Mandelbrot
- How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- The Little Bitcoin Book by a Collective of Crypto Influencers

Finally, I also wanted to lose some weight, 6kg to be exact. My plan was to lose about 500g per month, which I have failed terribly. I did manage to maintain my weight and at least I did not gain more weight instead.

### 2020

In 2020, I aim to start the Steem ENS project that I have spent time preparing in 2019. Details for this project will be released once I return from my travels on 11 Jan. In the meantime, you might want to join the [Discord server](https://discord.gg/6nAmUb5) to interact with other potential supporters. 

Next, I am also aiming to get my [CCSK certification](https://ccsk.cloudsecurityalliance.org/en) as part of my professional development. In addition, I will still continue to aim for 1 book a month. So do comment with the books that you recommend me to read. Finally, I will again try to lose some weight. I think I will aim for 3kg instead of 6kg this time &#128517;. 

Just these 4 goals and I shall do a stock-take again on 1st January 2021 and I have already set a reminder alert for that. 

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### SPUD 9

If you still do not know what SPUD is, it stands for Steem Power Up Day and it is [an initiative](https://steempeak.com/spud/@streetstyle/spud-9-and-2020-begin-the-new-decade-happy-new-year-steem-blockchain-community) by @streetstyle. Every month there is a day which Steemians are invited to power up their STEEM or simply stop powering down to participate in the SPUD activity. Powering up your STEEM to SP is a vote of confidence for this platform and at the same time there are fabulous prizes to be won! Hence, there is no reason not to take part.

This month I have powered a small amount of 115 STEEM to bring my total SP to 10,500. It is not much but every STEEM powered up counts.

<center>![image.png](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/culgin/37tiQrir-image.png)</center>

***Committed my first mistake of 2020 as I forgot to change the tags before publishing this on Steempeak. Did not intend this to be published to SteemLeo and certainly not StemGeeks Have updated the tags as much as I can. Apologies for that.***

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@culgin · Jan 1 '20

$0.02

This post was also shared to Twitter,
https://twitter.com/CryptoCulgin/status/1212242261938847752?s=20

#posh #oc

👍 streetstyle, dustsweeper

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@quotes-haven · Jan 1 '20

$0.03

Happy New Year @culgin. May you have a great year in 2020! 😊

👍 streetstyle, culgin

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@culgin · Jan 3 '20

Thank you and happy new year to you too! <div class="pull-right"><sub><a href="/@steemreply/steemreply-stay-in-touch-with-your-steem-network">Posted with ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbroYujK9LNd2s8zDKPUCADmseyJDuNbhwBPrrF7xM8FL/logo-comment.png)</a></sub></div>

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<br><img src="https://i.ibb.co/xF3pcrV/IBT-Image-Ready-Final.gif" alt="ibt"><br>Congrats! on your upvotes from the <a href="https://discord.gg/Gr3kH9T">IBT Community</a>

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@dalz · Jan 1 '20

Common man ... 6kg is not a lot ... you can do it!
Happy new year!

👍 culgin

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@culgin · Jan 3 '20

Happy new year to you too! Yea, 6kg isn't a lot but I will stick to 3kg for now 😅<div class="pull-right"><sub><a href="/@steemreply/steemreply-stay-in-touch-with-your-steem-network">Posted with ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbroYujK9LNd2s8zDKPUCADmseyJDuNbhwBPrrF7xM8FL/logo-comment.png)</a></sub></div>

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@streetstyle · Jan 2 '20

@culgin Thank you for participating in #spud Happy new year and may all your goals, dreams and aspirations come true or be reached for 2020.

👍 culgin

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@culgin · Jan 3 '20

$0.02

Thanks!<div class="pull-right"><sub><a href="/@steemreply/steemreply-stay-in-touch-with-your-steem-network">Posted with ![](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmbroYujK9LNd2s8zDKPUCADmseyJDuNbhwBPrrF7xM8FL/logo-comment.png)</a></sub></div>

👍 dustsweeper, streetstyle

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