My 2020 Data Year-in-Review
If it wasn’t clear in previous years, 2020 cemented the fact that I’m making a living by summarizing insights through data. I believe that understanding and monitoring key metrics is essential to be successful and identify opportunities for improvement. Even though most of my time spent with data is helping organizations understand and improve their operations, I use the same principles in my personal life and use different apps to help track and drive action/improvement. For fun to end the year, I’ve summarized my life in 2020 with the data available.
Fitness
Total Workouts: 211
HIIT / Strength Training Workouts: 118
Hikes: 14
Runs: 79
Number of miles ran: 287.8
Average Pace: 9’30’’
Weight: 198lbs (Started 2020 at 216lbs)
Work
Number of companies I’ve helped: 6
Github Commits: 485 (LookML #1, SQL via DBT models #2, Python #3)
Companies Founded: 2
- Sutton Analytics (Consulting)
- Elevate (Analytics Product helping Operations teams, Co-Founder)
Golf
Number of Rounds: 51.5 (Loving California weather!)
Number of Courses: 8
Average Score (per 18): 88.8
Handicap: 9.5
Drive: 243yds Avg, 308yds Long
Fairways Hit: 63%
GIR %: 42%
Putts / Hole: 2.0
Number of Eagles: 3
Lowest Score: 74 (@ The Fort)
Other
Flights: 25
Houses Sold: 1
Miles Moved: 2,289 (Moved from Indianapolis, IN to Campbell, CA in June)
States I’ve been in: 12
New beers (UnTapped): 62
Companies/Funds Invested in: 25
Active Trading Transactions: 38
Pictures taken: 2,939
Other things I’d like to measure but not yet tracked:
- Slacks sent
- Lines of code written / committed
- Weight lifted
- Flight Miles
- Hours of Music listened to
- Hours of podcasts
- Screen time totals
- Lbs of coffee beans consumed
Goals for 2021 based on these metrics:
- Improve my average running pace, and run more miles
- Help more companies run successful business operations through Elevate
- Lower my handicap by focusing on GIR% and Putting
- Explore and hike more
- Become more proficient with Python and APIs
Cheers and Happy New Year!
James
