2023 Playbook (mid -March edition)

 So I'm feeling happy. 

As I'm wont to do the weekends, this time on Sunday, I take a mental inventory of upcoming events. 

Here's how 2023 is shaping up so far:

Jan to March 2023

- Focus on work: 

• Get up, go to work, don't complain
• Do a good job
• Check and check. Did a good job. Got 2 deliverables out the door. Got a few Catalyze acknowledgements. 
• Worked even while sick

- Max out 401k

• Passed with flying colors and with addition of bonus, was able to do it by March 15! Record! 

Other

• Continue therapy
• Sleeping more regularly by going to sleep later
• Have continued tracking moods on Daylio app
• Cranked out quite a few bank bonuses. On track for at least $1200 this year
• Just trying to make the best out of hibernation and staying put and taking it easy
• Bonus - jumpstarted travel with 13 days in Nashville!

Other thoughts: I hit the bank bonuses pretty hard and have applied for all the big juicy or really easy ones. That being said, I didn't get a handful and ran into issues with credit cards so taking a step back from this to let my soft inquiries take a break. I'm hoping to take the second quarter off, but likely the rest of the year. I think the running start of $1200 is enough. 

Now looking forward:

Quarter 2: April, May, June

Focus

- Travel months

• still planning to do a summer session, likely Seattle
• thinking now about getting away in April if work is slow (which I hope it is!)

- Spending some of my extra cash

- Try to get approved for a credit card

July/ August

- Staying put back in NC - avoiding peak travel/price season; endure awful heat; might challenge myself to do some weekday beach days; that's a stretch; generally doing a summer siesta in place; not really sure what I've done the last 8 summers.. probably just complain

Sep/Oct

- This is probably Sept to mid-Oct; will travel again; work should be ramping up around October; so will try to sneak in the second getaway; if Seattle, kind of thinking not that worthwhile to stay past mid-October where it is noticeably cold and darker

mid-Oct/Nov

- Stay put in NC; probably will need to focus on work; enjoy the cooler sunnier days

Dec

- Hope to get away until 1st week of January to a much warmer destination; probably Miami; but if can find a good deal/location in the Caribbean, totally down; get ready for hunker down winter hibernation come January