{"id":759,"date":"2024-02-13T14:34:58","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T22:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nathanbak.com\/?p=759"},"modified":"2026-01-02T19:59:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T03:59:39","slug":"better-by-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanbak.com\/?p=759","title":{"rendered":"Better by December"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At the end of 2022 I had scheduled vacation days, but plans fell through and I found myself with extra time to kill. I generally do better when I have something to keep me out of trouble, so I built a web application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the new year rapidly approaching I was starting to think about goals that I had for 2023 and how to track them. I again<\/a> wanted to do 10,000 sit ups and 10,000 pushups over the year. Also, my Wife and I wanted to go on 150 walks together. In addition to goals, I also wanted track other things such as the books I read and the number of days I played guitar. The hope was by doing those things I’d be a better person by the next December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who might be interested in the basic architecture, here’s a summary of the various pieces I built and\/or assembled:<\/p>\n\n\n\n