A Review of 2012

It might have been the year of the London Olympics, a British Tour de France win and much more besides, but its time for a little review of 2012 from my own perspective.

For me, 2012 was a year of keeping my head down, and working hard. My ultimate goal is to build up a substantial kitty before my next cycling expedition (which I hope will turn into a form of perpetual travel – something that I will write about during the next week). In this regard, it was all very successful – I worked at maximising my income and reducing my expenditure, but still managed to buy myself a few treats throughout the year. I was quite focused for much of the time, apart from around July and August which was due to a combination of a relationship and my sailing trip from Malta to Sicily. Neither of these went to plan, and so in October I was back on track once more!

The one area that didn't go very well during 2012 was my training. I could put some of the blame for this on the extra hours I was putting in working online, which is true to a certain extent. For the most part though, I was a little lazy, and the weather in 2012 was quite simply crap.

So – What does 2013 hold? Much of the same I think. It will be another year of working and saving hard, and another year of exploring and developing streams of online revenue. Although I haven’t go a holiday planned this year, I am toying with the idea of cycling from Lands End to John O'Groats. Most importantly though, I need to get my head into training again, and get out on the road. Wishing you all a fun filled 2013 ahead!