This is the first year that I am tracking individual performance. I was in a target retirement date fund with my new employer that included 10% bonds. After the COVID-19 stock market crash, I didn't want to be in 10% bonds during the recovery, so I switched to 100% equities.
My first deposit into my retirement account with my new employer was September 10, 2019. I'm up 28.67% in that account. I also bought 100 shares of Southwest Airlines (LUV) at the bottom (23.05) in the middle of May 2020.
Combined, my return is 33.37% over the past 11.5 months. It looks like the S & P 500 is up 14% during the same time. The LUV stock was my first individual stock purchase in about 10 years and I nailed it. I probably won't do it again. However, I do modify my asset allocation in my retirement account 3-4 times/year and I will probably continue to do that.