I enjoyed exploring and digging into data when reviewing my 2023, so why not do it again for 2024.

The year was 2024

Entertainment

  • Music Listened: 24,238 minutes (down 7.5%, average 1hr 6min per day)
  • Netflix Watched: 344 minutes (down 96%)
  • Books Read: 161 (up 228%)
  • Cinema Visits: 12

Energy

Home

  • Total usage: 12,858 kWh (up 204%, thanks to removing Gas for Air Source Heat Pump)
  • Total generated:
    • Solar: 2608 kWh (down 6.2%)
    • Wind: 2069.9 kWh3
  • Energy Self-Sufficient: 36.4%

Kitchen Appliances

  • Total Usage: 1856.72 kWh

Health / Fitness

Steps

  • Total Steps: 3,709,322 (up 35%)

Exercise

Running

Parkrun

  • Completed: 10 (up from 6 last year)

In-year Personal Bests

  • Parkrun (5km): 25:32 (47 second improvement, about 3%)

  • 10km: 55:37 (c.9min improvement over 2022)

  • Total Distance: 562.2 km (down 17%)

  • Average Daily Exercise: 35 minutes
  • Average Daily Time in Daylight: 154 minutes

Average Resting Heart Rate and VO2 Max

Of note, as VO2 Max increases resting heart rate decreased. This demonstrates strong inverse correlation between the two metrics, highlighting the relationship between cardiovascular efficiency and fitness level.

Body Weight

Fluctuates a lot, but overall trend still increasing (bad)

Groceries

Top Items

  • 158 x Red Peppers (up 30%)
  • 125 x Semi-Skimmed Milk (4 pint)
  • 93 x Cucumbers (up 50%)

Clubcard

  • Points: 23,756
  • Scans at local store: 139 (up 27.5%)
  • Home deliveries: 59

Travel

Total Distance: 14,220 miles (up 44.5%)

Outings

  • Thorp Perrow: 19
  • Swimming: 11
  • Soft Play: 8
  • Farm: 4
  • Stockeld Park: 3
  • Wildlife Park: 1

Photos

Photos: 3,463 (up 18%)

  • By Ben: 816
  • By Lucy: 2,647
  • Of which selfies: 301
  • Videos: 608 (up 60%)
  • Size: 35.06 GB (up 46%)

Cashback

Mobile Data

  • Total: 71.03 GB

Work

Slack

  • Messages: 20,724
  • Reactions: 6,998

GitHub

  • Contributions: 1,489

GitHub

  1. Ordered by order they were read. ⭐ = recommended read.

    • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
    • If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable - Mikko Hypponen
    • The Culture Code - Daniel Coyle
    • ⭐ The Myth of Normal - Gabor Mate
    • How to Be the Grown-Up - Dr Martha Deiros Collado
    • ⭐ Hyperfocus - Chris Bailey
    • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*** - Mark Manson
    • Operation Certain Death - Damien Lewis
    • Elon Musk - Walter Isaacson
    • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
    • Permission to Screw Up - Kristen Hadeed
    • The 4-Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss
    • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Douglas Adams
    • ⭐ The Anxious Generation - Jonathan Haidt
    • Dirty Briefs - Dave Fendem
    • The Trading Game, A Confession - Gary Stevenson
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  2. Films watched in 2024:

    • Despicable Me 4
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  3. New for 2024. As of June, Kirk Hill wind farm went live which we own through a cooperative. ↩︎