2021 in numbers

2021 was to me, a year of primarily working from home, and unprecedented number of overtime. Covid-19 continues to threaten the lives of everyone in the world, and people adjusted to the new normal. Some simply do not care anymore.

Here are the 2021 numbers:

125 blog entries. Consistently 14th year in a row. This is something I am proud of, a testament to my self-discipline and persistence.

16 days of commute to work recorded, which covered 592.6 kilometres, giving an average of 37 kilometres per day.

2 petrol filling recorded. My three years old Civic is doing an average of 12.4 kilometre per litre of petrol. Significant drop in fuel consumption efficiency compared to last year, not sure if it's the small sample size or it's actual drop in car performance?

21 days of leave taken. 2.8 times the previous year's. This is a healthy trend. =)

162 days of worked till overtime-worthy late, a 31.7% increase from last year. This is horrible. Of these 162 days, I have duration record of the last 158 days, meaning I started recording after the 4th overtime. From the record, the average overtime duration is 2 hours 46 minutes and 5 seconds.

Putting the overtime count into perspective: 52 weeks of 5 working days = 260 working days. Take away 17 public and replacement holidays, and take away 21 days of leave I had 222 working days. Out of the 222 days I worked overtime 162 days, that's 73%. This is absolutely mortifying! >_<

0 days on business trip. =)

13 tabletop gaming sessions held. Thanks to an online platform, tabletop gaming with colleague friends is feasible again. ^_^ We played 5 board games this year, many more to explore and try.

25 novels read, a mixture of new books and rereads, average of 14.6 days for a book. Read rate is a bit slow, I am trying to maintain a two weeks per book rate.

1 patent filing. Decided to use the reward money as fund for charity, a birthday gift to myself and a motivation to continue innovating and inventing.

44, 17, 14, 12, 3 for my own reference.

Happy New Year dear reader, wish you a fulfilling 2022. Covid-19 is not over, don't let your guard down. Stay home, stay safe.

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