Verdict on Financial Goals 2017
First and foremost and hardest: grow the business so it's enough to live and save off of. Earn $60,000 total between W2 job ($27,000) and business ($33,000). Did not happen- but I did earn $25K gross from the business, so I could've done worse.
Live on less than $20,000 for the year, including medical premiums (2016 with two weeks left: $17,559) - on track - Not quite, but my total came to $22K including premiums, and I will get ~$2.4K back from health care subsidy at tax time because my income was so low, so ALMOST.
Max out Roth IRA - did not earn enough, but put away $2,000
Contribute $10,000 to a Solo 401K - did not earn enough
Reduce overall alcohol-related spending from 2016 (Total spending for 2016 was $854.43, which is $71/month). - Spent $69.39 for the entire year, did not drink alcohol at all.
Reduce overall fitness-related spending from 2016 (Total spending for 2016 was $829, which is $69/month) - success, spent $754.89
Continue to track expenses & publish monthly reports - did so
Travel on trans-siberian railway and in Russia/China for 3 weeks without spending >$1000[/li][/list] - No, I spent over $3,000 and added 11 countries to the itinerary, turns out my estimated expenses were overestimates
Stop spending business expenses out of personal accounts/cards - done