My goals for 2018 are partially work-related, partially FIRE-related, and partially fitness-related:
1: finish the graduate diploma I signed up for through work, and do well enough to convince my bosses to finance the additional modules in 2019 that will convert it to a full MSc;
2: get bored in work. I was told by a boss some time ago that I should move roles every 18 months unless I found something I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing, as just about every non-professional role should be possible to learn in 18 months. If I find myself getting bored towards the end of 2018, that means I'm right on schedule and ready to look for the next challenge.
3: get to a large enough savings figure to cover six months' expenses independent of any state assistance, then meet with my workplace pensions advisor to max out my pension tax benefits.
4: knock another minute off my 10k time. I'm down to 42:49, which is already ahead of the sub-44 I wanted to get to by April 2018, so the new goal is 41:XX by this time next year.
Partial credit for these:
1. Graduate diploma has been finished, and I'm hopeful that mid-January will confirm that I managed to hold onto my 3.8 GPA. I will not, however, be moving onto the MSc: I was at lectures or exams on twenty Saturdays this year while also working full-time, on top of frequent solo and group assignments, and I'm exhausted. The option remains to go forward with the last three modules in a year's time, but for the moment I'm quite happy where I am academically.
2. Did just a bit too well on this front. After my job became a bit routine, I successfully transferred to a related role over the summer, and it's been a baptism of fire. Hoping to get bored by the end of the year, but I sure as hell am not bored at the moment.
3. Have made it to the six months' expenses in an emergency account, but have yet to max out my pension contributions. Planning to do so before April.
4. This one was a casualty of my academic work. All those Saturday lectures and evenings spent working on assignments meant that I didn't train nearly as much as I should have, and my 42:49 from late 2017 remains my personal best. I still have three months to go before my April target for a sub-42, so we shall wait and see on that front.