Youtube is a bad place, but every now and then a good video appears. Because I can’t seem to stop going there, I can at least make it easier for you (and future me) to see what was worth it.
If we’re going to give all this data to companies, the least they can do is give us a nice web page with statistics that seem kind of neat for five minutes.
If I’d have guessed, I would have said I’d watched 500 movies this year.
This one shows that some of Letterboxd’s metadata may not be perfect. These count up based on tags, and “On The Rocks” probably shouldn’t be counted as Russian. “To Live and Die in LA” probably shouldn’t count as Spanish just because William Peterson inappropriately uses “amigo.”
Unfortunately Letterboxd doesn’t know if I’m rewatching a movie but just hasn’t reviewed it on the site before. So…there? I sure did like a lot of the movies I watched this year.
What do you mean, they’re still making new movies? I haven’t heard of this.
Letterboxd definitely thinks I should have watched more 2020 films. But what can you do?
letterboxd moviesIn 2019-2020, I tracked my Peloton workouts every three months. I found it useful to to see a quarterly grade on how I was doing. This fall, I changed up a few things in my workout tracking. First, I began to use Notion to track workouts every day. I duplicated Red Gregory’s Home Workout Tracker and modified it with the workouts I do. Second, I tried out Apple Fitness+ in December, which let me try out a different type.
I simplified my stat tracking by not using Peloton’s spreadsheet at all. Every time I finished a workout, I’d add it to the spreadsheet in notion and use the active calories burned as the results number. The workout would already be in the calendar, because I’ve been setting them up a week in advance. That’s why some aren’t checked: I thought maybe I’d do it on Sunday.
Here’s the calendar view of my workouts in notion:
I’ve simplified my stats to just three categories: Cardio (all HIIT, elliptical, etc), Strength, and Wellness (Yoga, meditation, etc). Here’s the data:
| Fitness Type | Planned | Completed | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardio | 49 | 38 | 78 |
| Strength | 27 | 15 | 46 |
| Wellness | 28 | 13 | 46 |
| Fitness Type | Time Spent (minutes) | Time Average | Cals Burned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardio | 1019 | 27 | 7374 |
| Strength | 352 | 22 | 2381 |
| Wellness | 289 | 20 | 1560 |
The main note for this entry is that it took 10% the time it took to make the last entries. Because I’ve changed how I’m tracking workouts, I’m not going to compare these entries to the last run (though my cardio is way up, because I began using an elliptical instead of outdoor cycling).
peloton Apple Fitness+ wellness notionI can’t even cook or whatever.
Show notes:
Fran’s Not Here is a show about Toronto, co-hosted by Sawyer Paul and Robert Pilgrim. Read blog posts about each episode. The show is hosted at Anchor, where you can subscribe however you want.
podcasts fransnothereI’ve been keeping better track of the things I consume this year. I couldn’t have done it without Notion and this blog. Here’s my top lists for every category. If I remember to, I’ll expand each section with reasons for each. If I don’t, assume each one of things gave me some joy and got me through some of this year.
Note: I definitely consumed more media than this in 2020, but I tried to keep it to things that were released this year.
still a piece of garbage” of documentaries, and I adore it.Self isolating as James Spader or whatever.
Fran’s Not Here is a show about Toronto, co-hosted by Sawyer Paul and Robert Pilgrim. Read blog posts about each episode. The show is hosted at Anchor, where you can subscribe however you want.
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