{"id":1961,"date":"2016-01-05T10:53:22","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T05:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/?p=1961"},"modified":"2016-01-03T10:16:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T04:46:20","slug":"2015-annual-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/2015-annual-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 Annual Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Happy-New-Year\"<\/a>Its a time of the year when we all audit of what went well and what we should be looking forward to.<\/p>\n

3 questions<\/strong> that I\u2019m going to answer to review my self and compare to my last year commitment.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. What went well this year?<\/li>\n
  2. What didn\u2019t go so well this year?<\/li>\n
  3. What am I working toward?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    1. What went well this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Writing: <\/strong>I have written 84\u00a0articles this year. Target was to write at least 2 articles in a week. Had started this ritual from July of 2014 and have followed it and tried to make it as a habit. Have missed 20 days but still have kept going on. It was one of the best writing year but have to achieve a lot ahead. Also the viewership of my blog has increased.<\/p>\n

    Read Books:<\/strong> Had plan to read minimum a books a month. Had a fun time reading various books and have blogged\u00a0about my thoughts about the book so that I can remember and refer it back when I needed. I have read 12 books this year and you can check out all of them by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Travel:<\/strong> I would love to travel at least one country every year. This year it was USA have visited 2 states in USA with family so it was good fun. Also been to various places in India (Coimbatore, Banswara) which I have never visited before.<\/p>\n

    Give time to family and friends: <\/strong>Had spent good times with my friends at the end of the year. We had great time, need to do it more this year if time and occasion permits.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    2. What didn\u2019t go so well this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Creating new Apps:<\/strong>\u00a0Had revamp Namaaztracker.com<\/a> app for android. But have still not able to find any new ideas for a new app yet. If you have any do let me know.<\/p>\n

    Exercise:<\/strong> Last year\u00a0I was working out for 30 mins per day at least 3 to 4 times a week. This year exercise time have reduce to 10 mins max. Have to schedule proper timing to do exercise again in routine.<\/p>\n

    Sleep:<\/strong> Last year my average hr of sleep is been around 6hrs per day. Have to increase it to at least 7 to 8 hrs per day.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    3. What am I working toward?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Writing schedule:<\/strong>\u00a0Have to be more consistent with my writing schedule. Also have to write more quality and in detail stuff.<\/p>\n

    Expand my business:<\/strong>\u00a0Have to start working on my business and have to give more time to it. Have to expand my business portfolio too. Looking for new partnership and ventures this year. Need to make current existing web app mobile friendly too (admonere auto reminder<\/a> etc).<\/p>\n

    Be more Productive: <\/strong>Last year have invested a lot of time in consumption of lot of media. This year have to reduce this and use the same time in more productive way. There are many projects I would love to start, but never find time for it, this year targeting to start and complete\u00a0them if I can.
    \nI am not a expert and trying to learn many thing\u00a0out many things myself. Have improved my life and way of thinking in 2015 and I am looking forward for new adventures and learning in 2016.<\/p>\n

    PS: My\u00a02014 Annual Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Its a time of the year when we all audit of what went well and what we should be looking<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[67,275,64],"class_list":["post-1961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-miscellaneous","tag-67","tag-annual","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgLsB5-vD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3669,"url":"http:\/\/reliablesoftwares.com\/blog\/2025-year-in-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":1961,"position":0},"title":"2025 Year in Review","author":"saifuddin","date":"December 31, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Year-End Reflections and Future Aspirations As the year comes to an end, it offers a valuable opportunity to pause and take stock\u2014reviewing accomplishments, reflecting on lessons learned, and clarifying ambitions for the year ahead. 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