At the start of this year I set myself four goals:
Read 12 Books
I read 20 books! This is twice as many as 2018
Make a 5% return on savings and investments
I made a 5.2% average return (unweighted, includes investments held for less than 6 months) on my investments. Savings accounts much less as repeated rate cuts hurt my savings growth.
Travel to USA or Singapore/Asia
I went to Japan!
Buy a Mazda 3
I paid for my own wedding instead!
Like most years, what was expected at the start of the year and what transpired was very different. That said, 2019, despite a number of stressors, was a great year. Bring on the next decade and new adventures in marital bliss!
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