One Year Later

This could be a rather long post as it is made up of entries from the last 12 months of blogging. It's kind of a mini blog in itself or a TL;DR for the past year (although it is pretty long). At the end of each month's entry is a list of all the goals that I've set and my progress against each of them.
Reading through each months entry myself makes me remember things that I'd forgotten had happened. Life certainly moves very fast at times.

26 August 2018
Back on the 26th of August 2018, I came up with the idea for this post. I actually started writing this post on that day. I didn't publish the post with this idea in it until the 28th of August because that's just how I roll. At this time (August 2018) I often write three or four posts over the weekend and schedule them to be published so that there is one post at 19:30 each day. I do go back and check them prior to being published and I sometimes change the order of the posts as I come up with new ideas or something might happen on a particular day and it makes more sense to publish that then what I had already scheduled for the day.
I've been a little bit in the wars this month. I busted my knee somehow, the doctor never gave me a firm diagnoses but I had an ultrasound and they couldn't find anything so it was likely just some tendinitis. I also started feeling really dizzy, so I was back at the doctors and they did a round of blood tests. I'm currently waiting for the results of them but it is most likely due to me losing weight and not eating as much crap. That has caused my blood pressure to drop.
I'm doubting that I'll be able to get even 20 videos out in a year as it seems quite daunting but I'm still keen to give it a go. I've spoken to my wife about heading out camping mid-week and she seems ok with it at this stage. I've also spoken with my boss at work and he's ok with me taking time out every few weeks too.
There has been a number of goals set this month as it is the first month of the blog

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 70,000 steps each week - currently at about 65,000 steps on average.
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 0 subscribers
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 108.5kg 
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Not looking so good
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
    

19 September 2018
Dizziness, a cold and weight gained, that's how to summarise the last month. The blood tests didn't shed any light as to what may be wrong, I've still got a few more days of tablets left and if I'm still dizzy after I finish all the tablets then I have to go back to the doctors.
This month I went camping solo for the first time. I also shot the introduction videos for YouTube and Patreon. I came up with some t-shirt designs.
I've managed to cross off one goal this month. I'm guessing that crossing them off will become harder and harder as time goes on.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 70,000 steps each week - currently just under 65,000 steps on average, so down from last month (no surprises there)
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 108kg that's only 0.5kg from this time last month as I put on 1kg last week.
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned yet.
 

 

19 October 2018
Still got some dizziness, it started off not so bad but sometimes it gets pretty bad. I'm thinking that I may have to go back to the doctor. This month I went and visited my Sister as she was graduating from University with a bachelor of medicine. I didn't really do that well with my diet or exercise in the last month, hopefully I'm getting back on the right track now. I didn't achieve any goals in the last month but I did set one new goal.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 70,000 steps each week - roughly 60,500
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 3 subscribers but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 107.5kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
 

 

19 November 2018
This month I started off by setting myself a mini goal of having to lose 1kg a week or I'd have to join a gym. I'm not adding that to the list of goals as it ties in with the general goal of losing weight. 1kg a week isn't enough to hit my goal of 90kg by Christmas but I think there is no way I could reach that goal now. I still want to get down to 90kg though. What I did add was a goal of burning on average 4.6K calories each day. That can be achieved by walking or other forms of exercise... then the vertigo returned with a vengeance and I ended up giving myself a week off from everything. I also discovered that maybe my metabolism had changed and that was why I'd stopped losing weight.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 70,000 steps each week - this month I averaged just over 61,000 steps
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 4 subscribers and I still haven't launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently xxxkg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 4,004

19 December 2018

This month I purchased some dumbbells to use in the garage. I also had a couple of slack weeks and stopped writing the food diary as it wasn't helping and was just taking up too much time to actually do properly. I didn't complete any goals this month and it's safe to say that I'll fail the 90kg by Christmas goal. Knowing what I do now, I think that the goal was probably unachievable just by doing what I had planned to do which was to exercise a little more and reduce the amount of junk I eat. I think that if I wanted to lose that much weight I'd have to make major changes to all meals and maybe even go on a shake diet. 
This month I also missed my first daily blog. I thought that I had one scheduled and ready to go but for some reason I hadn't done that so I just completely missed a day. Towards the end of the month I also gave up on walking and using weights. Work was just getting to me too much and I just wanted to put my feet up when I got home.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 70,000 steps each week - just less than 50,000 on average
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 4 subscribers and I still haven't launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 108kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 3,744
 

 

19 January 2019

I needed a break. This month I was really feeling ready for a break and even when I got one, it didn't seem long enough. I didn't achieve anywhere near as many goals as I'd set for myself for the year and I had no real plans to actually meet any of them in the near future. My wife and I also started talking about possibly extending the house or maybe moving to somewhere a little bigger.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 70,000 steps each week is now 10,000 steps daily average - 5,168
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 111kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 3,267
 

19 February 2019
What a month this has been. Nothing to do with motocamping or losing weight, in fact I put on weight and only went camping in the car with the kids during school holidays. What has happened this month is that we decided that we would like to sell our house and upsize to a new one out at Googong. Little did I know that it would all happen in just a couple of weeks and we are now just waiting for settlement to occur around mid March. In fact the next monthly update should be the day before settlement. This blog was always meant to be about me being better and I'm not sure if moving house really counts but I guess that getting a nicer house and having a better standard of living is good all round.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 10,000 steps daily average -7,947
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently110kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 3,780
 

 

19 March 2019
Today we moved into our new house. That wasn't even on the horizon when I started this blog. If you had told me when I started writing this blog that we'd have purchased a brand new, never lived in house by today, I would have laughed and said that it wasn't even possible. In this last month we took the family to the Gold Coast for a holiday in a luxury house right on one of the canals. Today also marks when I have given myself to, to get my exercise routine back in order. Next month will hopefully show the fruits of my labour. I also added a new goal this month and that was to post a new Instagram post every week.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 10,000 steps daily average - 8,860 this month
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 112kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September 2018
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 3,901 this month
15. Post a new Instagram photo each week - starting this month
 

 

19 April 2019
It's still been a bit of a blur but things seem to be getting back on track. The weather is cooling down and daylight savings has ended but I'm exercising and losing a little weight again. Things are settling down at home so my weekends will become a little more available to motorcycling pursuits. I just need to take advantage of nice weather whenever I can. This month is the first time I've averaged over 10,000 steps each day and averaged over 4.6K calories each day.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 10,000 steps daily average - 11,572 this month
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 109kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September 2018
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 4.63K this month
15. Post a new Instagram photo each week - I posted once in the last month and that was last weekend.
 

 

19 May 2019
I haven't changed my step goal yet but it is probably getting close to the time where I should increase it. This month I didn't quite meet my targets which somewhat surprises me as I did last month and I feel that this month I've tried harder.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Built but no videos as yet 
3. 10,000 steps daily average - 9,500 this month
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 110kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September 2018
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - Not sure how to judge this?
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 4.04K this month
15. Post a new Instagram photo each week - I haven't posted at all in the last month, bad Bomber.

19 June 2019
A mixed bag this month. The colder weather and some trips away with work have impacted my step targets but I'm persisting and the weight is very very slowly coming back down.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - Took some footage this month but no motocamping trips
3. 10,000 steps daily average -  9,255 this month
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife) but I haven't really launched the channel yet.
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 109kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September 2018
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - I'm starting to really feel like I'm becoming a better Dad, I just need to work harder on being a better Husband.
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned but I need to get onto this, I think I've found the right course.
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 4.1K this month
15. Post a new Instagram photo each week - I took a bunch of photos this month and will release a new photo each week until I run out, hopefully I'll take some more before that happens.

19 July 2019
Well it's been one year since I started this blog. I blogged nearly every day up until the last couple of weeks. All up I've published 344 posts in 365 days, that's a pretty fair effort. I just seemed to run out of things to write about which was part of why I stopped writing every day and life had settled down for me. I've been really busy at work and I've been happy watching TV with my wife instead of spending time on the computer.

1. Start Blog - Completed 19 July 2018 
2. Start YouTube Channel - This never really happened
3. 10,000 steps daily average -  8,286 average this month
4. 10,000 subscribers within the first year - 1 subscriber (my wife)
5. Earn $1000 in one month by second year - $0 biggest month
6. Earn $5000 per month by the fifth year - $0 avg per month
7. Meet YouTubers who have inspired me - 0 met
   
8. Weigh less than 90kg by Christmas - currently 109kg
9. Shoot intro videos by end of August - Completed 14 September 2018
10. Publish 20 videos in a year - 0 videos published
11. Be a better Husband and Dad - I think I've become a better Dad
12. Motocamp to Bourke - Nothing planned
13. Adventure Motorcycle Training by Oct 2019 - Nothing planned
14. Burn an average of 4.6K calories each day - 3.2K this month
15. Post a new Instagram photo each week - I haven't taken any more photos from what I had previously.

Bomber

I'll still be writing regularly, just not daily unless there is a lot happening; And thank-you for reading all the way to the end of this post :)