We’re heading straight into the roaring twenties. Time to take a look back at the past year, and since my life in fully quantified, I’m just gonna list some numbers.

  • 🏃‍♀️ 550 km: The distance I ran this year. I spent 79h 35m running this year over 115 runs. I only started running in 2018, so 2019 was my first ‘full’ year of running. I’m pretty happy with this development and I feel that running is great for my body and my mind.
  • 🚲 2,084.4 km: The distance I spent riding my bicycle. I spent 150h 20m on my bike over 434 rides. Cycling is my main mode of transportation, so usually I cycle twice a day, with a typical ride being 4-7kms.1
  • 🎲 314: The number of board game plays I logged this year. I played 142 different games, out of which 93 were new to me this year. I played with 66 different people at 19 different location for a total playtime of about 334 hours. My five most played games this year are Cryptid (21x), The Lord of the Rings – Journeys in Middle-Earth (15x), 5-Minute Dungeon (11x), Gloomhaven (11x) and Cartographers – A Roll Player Tale (10x).2
  • 🎮 15: Number of video games I bought this year. That’s quite a lot considering I only bought a gaming computer in late December and bought most of these games right after that. Big thanks to Steam for having a sale right on time!3
  • 📺 531: Number of TV show episodes I watched over 379 hours. I rewatched all of Buffy the Vampire Slayer this year, which is always a pleasure. Other than that I discovered and loved The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and enjoyed watching the new seasons of The Expanse, Legion and Der Tatortreiniger, The Boys, Carnival Row, The Spy, Good Omens, Years and Years, Chernobyl and The OA. I also watched a whole lot of mediocre or downright garbage stuff, but let’s not get into that.
  • 🎬 35: Number of movies I watched this year over 72 hours. I (re)watched a lot of old gems this year, alongside some of the newer, slightly more boring superhero movies that came out this year. 4
  • 🎶 560: Number of times I listened to my most-listened-to band this year, Entheogenic. I listened to my favorite song of them Bioluminescence a total of 29 times (I expected this number to be higher)… Honestly, I mostly listened to my Space Exploration playlist this year, which is also evident when looking at my most played artists they’re almost all of them there.
  • 🎓 3: Number of conferences I attended to present my research. My PhD is going pretty well, but lots of slightly scary but likewise exciting stuff for that is on the horizon.
  • 🌍 5: Number of countries I visited this year: The Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia, Czechia and Poland. But I guess Poland doesn’t really count as I only slept there right next to the German border. I also drove through Bosnia and Herzegovina, which also probably doesn’t count either.

How does your year compare to this? And what’s in store for 2020?