Year in Review

I’m doing this again. There’s something oddly satisfying about pausing at the end of the year and reviewing what the numbers have to say. So here we go, round three. The year was 2025 Entertainment Music Listened: 20,173 minutes (down 17%, average 55min per day) Books Read: 7 1 (down from 16 last year) TV Series: 13 2 Films: 7 3 Home Energy Total usage: 15,669.3 kWh (up 22%) Total Solar generated: 3162.7 kWh (up 21%) Energy Self-Sufficient: 20% I do appreciate this energy usage is very high (about 4x UK average household). However, for additional context this is for home, heating, hot water, and EV charging and our annual costs are relatively low (for this level of consumption) at just over £1,000 - read more about that here. ...

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: 16 1 (up 228%) Cinema Visits: 1 2 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 kWh 3 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 ...

It seems more and more companies are jumping on the Spotify Wrapped trend. Yesterday I received one from Tesco Clubcard providing their unique year-in-review experience - aka sharing my data back to me. I thought it might be interesting to explore this and other datasets to consolidate my own year in review. The year was 2023 Entertainment Music Listened: 26,133 minutes (average 1hr 11min per day) Netflix Watched: 8,186 minutes (average 2hr 27min per week) Books Read: 7 1 Films Watched: 4 2 Live Comedy: 1 3 Energy Electricity at home Saving Sessions: 30.07 kWh saved During 8 specified savings session during peak times, I ensured no grid import and exported to the grid from home battery. The National Grid paid £75.85 for this ‘balancing the grid’ support. ...