A Few Hats I Wear 👒👒👒

Today is the last day of 2023 and I am concluding this year with a few hats I wear 👒👒👒

1. A Walker: I started using Fitbit to track my steps in 2017, and here are the average daily steps since then:

   1. 2017: 15,109 steps per day (avg.)

   2. 2018: 18,592 steps per day (avg.)

   3. 2019: 17,979 steps per day (avg.)

   4. 2020: 15,637 steps per day (avg.)

   5. 2021: 16,929 steps per day (avg.)

   6. 2022: 17,237 steps per day (avg.)

   7. 2023: 19,156 steps per day (avg.)

2. A Blogger: It started in June 2020 when I wrote a daily one-minute read article to pursue my passion for writing. I published only 32 articles this year, but I learned to live a bit more. When I did write, I wrote longer pieces to make up. I reached a milestone of 800 and this entry is number 809.

3. A Player (#1): there are a total of 52 weeks and we played cards 46 times, not including the times when we played while on vacation.

4. A Player (#2): that is my weekly love for badminton, whenever there is a new session, I would be the first one to sign up.

5. A Player (#3): Ping-Pong is a new activity that I would like to keep in 2024, maybe even twice a week with a friend joining me who works in the same building where I work.

6. A Learner: It is a daily affair, French has been on top of the list since 2020. I just added a weekly language exchange from this month. I plan to pick up Duolingo on New Year's Day as well as a fun game app called Elevate.

7. A Dancer/Biker: It was a fun combination when I biked to the riverside and danced the afternoon away. A few hours of line dancing with like-minded people was always a pleasant experience. I also did a few bike-only trips (over 40 km each time) and my most enjoyable one was the Tour de l'Île with my son/his girlfriend/my TM friend, it was a day of over 66 km bike ride, a day with most km this summer.

8. A Traveler (beginner): a 12-night cruise trip happened this October and a sunny trip to Mexico has been booked for February 2024. I would love to travel more, explore more, and live more. It is nice to be labeled as someone who is "well-traveled".

9. A Movie Watcher: From January to December, I watched a total of 185 movies, with 21 in the cinema. I posted an entry in 2022 titled Movies that Move Me. Most movies were borrowed from the library and I enjoy those trips to the library. I need to borrow books and read more in 2024.

10. An Organizer: I like to organize things. At work, I organize meetings and manage calendars, emails, Outside work, I organize gatherings like playing cards and going to places (parks, museums, cinema) with my friends. I like to organize my life in a fashion of bringing happiness, inner peace, and balance to myself and to those around me.

What about YOU? How many hats do you wear?