New Year’s Resolutions for Naohito 2017

Business Goals

1) Work-Life Balance – Don’t stay late at work, go home on time. Don’t stay more than 8 hours (9 hours with a lunch break). 7-4 or 8-5.
Fail (Q1/Q2) – Consistently put in a 50+ hour workweek, not enough comp day off.
Pass (Q3/Q4) – Kept under 40 hour workweek, WFH/OOO as needed.
2) $60,000 RSU – Stay in a high retention group. Get the equity bonus equal to or more than sign up bonus.
Fail – $44,401 RSU
3) Complete a Major Project – Complete a project such as Puppet automation in 2013 or Slingshot v2 in 2016.
Pass – NAT Gateway, EFE Payroll to AWS

Personal Goals

4) Manga – 43 manga in the to-read folder. Read and keep it under 20.
Pass – Cleaned up backlog during the 4th of July week.
5) Anime, Movie, Drama – Finish ジョジョの奇妙な冒険. Watch 1-2 new series.
Pass – ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, 進撃の巨人, 笑ゥせぇるすまんNEW, 正解するカド, 夏目友人帳, しろくまカフェ
6) Car Wash – Keep the car clean all year long. Monthly water wash, weekly water-less wash.
Pass – Spot clean as needed, wheels & tires water wash monthly.
7) Lose Weight (Conditional) – After recovering from a hamstring injury, lose enough weight to comfortably fit into the Lululemon Commute Pant. Target weight 65-68kg.
Pass – Hit the target weight of 67.9kg in July 26, the target fit at 65.8kg in October 10th.
8) Lift Weight (Conditional) – After the completion of weight loss, start lifting again. Target Squat 315lb, Deadlift 405lb.
Fail – Didn’t even start
9) New Fashion (Conditional) – After the completion of weight loss, look for a fashionable business casual style in the workplace.
Pass – Athleisure (lululemon athletica) & Slim Fit Casual (G-Star RAW)

Financial Goals

10) Hit $800,000 net worth – This requires taking on the additional risk of investing in the stock market.
Pass – $894,549
11) Tax Shelter (Conditional) – If Trump lowers the business tax rate from 35% to 15%, form a C Corp and move some investments.
Irrelevant – Trump’s tax-reform will apply to pass-through businesses such as S corporations, LLCs, and partnerships as well. Also this no longer matters as the money earned on LexShares counts as capital gains.