The end of this crazy year is almost around the corner, and I guess it’s the time to summarise it.

Traveling

We finally got some time to travel abroad. Scotland was the destination. Nadia and I think on planning one more trip there; this time checking the West Coast of the country. Edinburgh, is definitely the city to consider moving, in case I’ll ever get tired of Cyprus.

Working

2017 passed by the aegis of “Hold my beer!” Number of really challenging projects that were successfully launched in 2017. Couple of zombie-projects that had to be resurrected from the nearly dead condition so they could survive Black Friday and Christmas sales. And they did!

Surprisingly found myself coding lots of JavaScript at work and free time. Never thought of becoming a frontend developer, and still not planning to, but JS appears on my way more frequently then I expected (huh!).

Free Time

Is there any, duh?.. 2017 was full of different pivoting moments. Health wise, 3-month gym challenge proved that I can’t stand without it for long. It seems that this hobby is here to stay.

Hiking. I’d like to keep it on weekly basis, but apparently monthly period is more realistic (plus Cyprus is running out of hiking routes quiet fast with such pace!).

Back to normality. Apart of reading tech books, finally found some place for non-technical literature. Definite challenge of 2018 would be to finalise Hugo Awards list, which makes another 8-10 books remaining from 2017.

2018 Resolutions

Everyone likes lists. Lists are easier to memorise. It might help me remember, what I was planning for 2018. At least for a week.

  • Travel more! * More sports (Gym is fun, but with goal setting, is more challenging) * Figure out what kind of monster is(are): Python, Swift. * Pump my JavaScript/PHP madskillz. * Read more. A lot more. * Survive after quitting cigarettes.

Well, this looks like a list that I can accomplish, or at least try to :)

Happy New Year y’all! Now lots of food, festive mood, and wishes health, happiness, and whatever crazy comes in mind…

Over & out.