# 2015

By Simon Hørup Eskildsen · 2016-01-01 · https://sirupsen.com/2015

While there's nothing special about the arbitrary time frame of a year it
provides a good time to do long-term reflection and goal-setting. 2015 has been
a great year. What I'm most proud of is building a solid exercise routine,
reading 40 books, becoming confident in public speaking and improving nutrition
significantly. Every year, I strive to make it better than the last, which has
been successful for the past 5 years.  These numbers, of course, only capture a
small part of the story.  The number or percentage change in parenthesis is
compared to last year.

+ Travel
  - **Flights:** 42 (+50%)
  - **Kilometres:** 110,000 (+60%)
  - **Airlines (9):** Air Canada (17), Lufthansa (8), United (8)
  - **Airports (23):** YOW (17), YYZ (7), SFO (6), YUL (4), BLL (3)
  - **New Destinations (6):** Mexico City, Siem Reap, Hanoi, Salzburg, Lake Tahoe, Zürich
  - **Countries:** 11 (8)
+ Conferences
  + **Speaker:** 5 (2)
    - [Container Summit, New York](https://www.joyent.com/containersummit)
    - [GOTO, Chicago](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnIiFWD7yUw)
    - [Goruco, New York](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev0KpoACieo)
    - [Dockercon, San Francisco](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDeAEZHby_A)
    - [Euruko, Salzburg](http://www.euruko2015.org/)
  - **Attending (excluding those spoken at):** 2 (1)
    - Dockercon, Barcelona
    - [SRECON](https://www.usenix.org/conferences/byname/925), San Jose
+ Twitter
  - **New Followers:** 1402
  - **Tweets:** 621
+ Website
  - **Page Views:** 200,000 (+100%)
  - **Users:** 140,000 (+120%)
  - **Sessions:** 170,000 (+120%)
  - **Most Popular Article:** [Why Docker is Not Yet Succeeding in Production](http://sirupsen.com/production-docker/)
+ [Reading](https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015)
  - **Books**: 40 (10)
  - **Audiobooks (Audible)**: 16 (0)
  - **Kindle**: 24 (10)
  - **Favorites**: [Antifragile](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13530973-antifragile), [The Dorito Effect](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1386096068?book_show_action=false), [Bold](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609444-bold), [Slack](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1334437374), [Meditations](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30659.Meditations)
+ Apps and Services
  - **New:** [Workflowy](https://workflowy.com/), [Strong](http://www.strongapp.me/), Snapchat, Goodreads, Google Inbox
  - **Deprecating:** Gmail Client, Evernote, [Alternote](http://alternoteapp.com/)
+ Music
  - **Top Artists:** Purity Ring, Nils Frahm, MØ, CHVRCHES, Kiasmos
  - **Time:** 1,018h
+ Health
  + Lifts (only included those I'm currently progressing on, I cycle primary exercises every couple of months)
    - **Weighted Chin Ups:** 5x75lbs (8x0lbs)
    - **Weighted Pistol Squat:** 5x70lbs (3xBW)
    - **Power Clean:** 5x150lbs (5x85lbs)
    - **Flat Bench Press:** 5x195lbs (5x135lbs)
    - **Shoulder Press:** 5x120lbs (5x85lbs)
    - **Push Up:** 5x(one-arm push up), 1x(behind back clap push up)
    - **Back Squat:** 5x285lbs (5x165lbs) *not currently progressing, haven't done BS in 3 months*
  + Body
    - **Weight:** 172lbs (175lbs)
    - **Bodyfat:** 10% (15%)
    - No breakfast