Monday, December 31, 2012

Review of 2012, by the Numbers

As much as I don't love math, I kind of like numbers. So, you get another year-in-review post... this time with some numbers that sum up some parts of my past year, in some way or another. (Whew! Lots of sums/somes in that sentence. Sorry about that.) Get excited.

Traveling:
Miles traveled: 22200+
States lived in: 2
States lived in/been in: 12
Countries visited: 4 (5 including US)
Plane trips: 7
Amusement parks visited: 6

School and Work:
Degrees earned: 1
Licensing tests taken (and passed): 2
EFY sessions worked: 6
Jobs held: 4
Jobs applied for when looking for my full-time job: 30+
Interviews attended when looking for my full-time job: 9

Personal:
Dates went on: 12
Boys I went on dates with this year who are now engaged: 3
Books read: 79
Wards member of: 2
Roommates had: 4
Roommates had including EFY weeks: 18
Plays/musicals/operas attended: 8
Cars test driven: 10
Missionaries written: 20+

Spiritual:
Temples/temple grounds visited: 12
Temple open houses attended: 3
Ensigns read: 12

101 List:
101 list goals completed: 28
101 list goals in progress: 9
Novels written: 1 (definitely had to highlight that out of all the goals I did, because that was awesome)

Lives touched: ?

But these numbers definitely don't paint the full picture that was my life in 2012. 2012 was full of surprises and ups and downs and lots of things happened that I never really would have expected. I never would have guessed that I'd ever live in Idaho, but here I am. Never thought I'd be working for the company I do, but (once again), here I am. I've really had to adjust my life plans in several different ways. I had to grow in ways I never thought I would and that (in some cases), I'm still trying to figure out how I feel about it all. But I have grown and learned a lot. And going over some of these numbers (as well as my previous post, with my Facebook statuses), helps me to remember some of the awesome things I did this year, as some of the harder things I went through. I'm really interested to see what 2013 brings.

2 comments:

  1. Congratulations Colette! It sounds like you are doing well and liking your job. That is so good, I'm so glad, and excited to see what's next! I really liked your year of facebook updates, that was such a good idea, and I've adopted a few of your 101 list items for things I want to do this year! Thanks!
    Jill

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  2. WOW. After reading about your "year by the numbers", I'm beginning to think that my year couldn't have even compared to yours!! What a very FULL year!!! Way to go!! 5 countries, 6 amusement parks and 12 temples!! And LOTS more!! That is FANTASTIC!!

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