From 2021 to 2022

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Hello everyone!

We came to the end of 2021. We can’t say it was a good year, because coronavirus didn’t over. Also nowadays we have a new variant that is named ‘Omicron’. But the world has a vaccine right now and I have vaccinated in my country. That’s the good news. I hope all countries can reach vaccines easily.

In this blog post, I want to check my goals for 2021 then want to talk about 2022 goals. I wrote a blog post in early 2021. (From 2020 to 2021). With this blog post I explained the goals below :

I want to talk about my goals one by one.

1. The first goal was to complete my thesis and master’s degree and it’s completed. I wrote my thesis about ‘Web Performance Evaluation and Improving’. I got my diploma and it was the most important goal for me in 2021 so I am so happy about it!.
2. The second goal was to read 10 books in the year. I couldn’t complete this goal but I read 5 books and currently reading 2 books. So before this year, I wasn’t reading books for 5 years maybe so it’s also a good improvement on my side.
3. The third goal was to complete military service in Turkey. And it’s completed. I have good new friends from the military service period. It was a bad month. The important thing is it is over :D
4. The fourth goal was losing weight. I completed and when I wrote that blog I needed to give 9 kilograms more. And I gave 5 kilograms more but I couldn’t continue because of the summer. Right now I need to give 10 kilograms so I couldn't complete this goal. I will define this one for the new year.
5. And the last goal was to write 10 blog posts about software engineering. I wrote 7 blog posts and I gave a speech at the GeekDays conference. I think we can say it’s completed. Because last period of the year was too busy for my side. I will explain it in the next step.
6. I also have one goal that I didn't add to the list. Finding work in Germany after I came back from military service. I also completed this goal and I will start working as a Frontend Engineer in heycar in February. That’s was one of the most important goals and we are excited about this process.
7. My Youtube channel has 1 K subscribers right now. It wasn’t on the list but I am also happy about the 1K goal-achieving :)

When I look at the results of my goals in 2021 I think it was one of the successful years of my life. We completed most of the important things about our life. Also in 2021, I opened a Youtube channel and I am making videos about technology, life, or whatever I want :)

Berlin

And with 2022, I hope coronavirus will be over. We are starting a new chapter of our life with my wife. And I can’t say like previous year these are my goals. Because new country, new people, new culture, new company all of these are excited and need to discover. But at least I can list some generic goals like:

1. Getting used to heycar company, new team, and new projects.
2. Reading at least 10 books
3. Taking at least 25 Youtube videos
4. Meeting with new people, start to learn German culture.

For now, I can say these items as my goals in 2022. I hope 2021 will be a year of a healthy and happy life for all of us.