Last year, I, royally screwed up the timing of my year in review post by posting it in July.

I know, July is not really the best time to wish someone a Happy New Year, but, unfortunately, that was when I snapped out of my laziness to write a blog post. I didn’t want to miss my year in review blog and so I did it anyway…in July.

This year, I don’t want to be lazy and so, here it is, on the 2nd of January (I had friends come over on the 1st and so, I couldn’t find time to blog).

I had a fun 2016. It basically included traveling, adventures, reading, a lot of video gaming and tiny traces of fitness.

Here are the highlights —

January

• Visited Birla Mandir in Hyderabad
• Returned back to the United States from my India trip
• Moved out of Fremont, CA

February

• Visited Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Took part in the Canvas & Cabernet event and ended up painting
• Visited Safari West in Santa Rosa

March

• Started reading a couple of books

April

• Went hiking at Half Moon Bay
• Went hiking at Purisima Creek
• Visited my Sister and Brother-in-law in Los Angeles

May

• Ran my first ever non-stop 5k. It was on a treadmill though. I ended up running 42 miles in 2016, 16 of which were in May.
• Went hiking at Sequoia National Park
• Visited Grizzly falls and Three Rivers (CA)

June

• Went hiking at Mt. Diablo

July

• Flew down to Seattle for my friends’ bachelor party (1 party for 2 guys)

August

• Almost all of my friends here have their birthdays in July and August (incl. my wife) and so I ended up being busy organizing/attending these “surprise” parties

September

• Became a member of Top Golf
• Went Indoor Sky Diving. It was fun

October

• Celebrated Diwali
• Successfully completed my first year at my current company

November

• Went on a road trip to Las Vegas and made a profit playing Black Jack

December

• Visited my Sister and Brother-in-law during my flight’s layover in Los Angeles
• Celebrated my 1st Wedding Anniversary by visiting Costa Rica. It was a fantastic & adventurous trip. Our activities included Canyoneering, Zip lining, Hiking the majestic Arenal Volcano in the rainforest and hiking around the hanging bridges
• My buddy, Sravan, visited CA and we ended up driving down to Mt. Diablo and Napa valley
• Had a nice NYE in San Francisco. Watched the fireworks

A few years ago, I gave up on the concept of New Year’s Resolutions, since, I never ended up keeping them. This has always been the case with me and now I want to change that. I want to challenge myself. I want to become a better version of me. I have a couple of ideas that would help me achieve my goals. I will share them soon in a separate blog post.

And with that, I’ll wrap up my post.

I wish you all a fun-filled, wonderful & prosperous New Year.