My predictions for 2023. It’s quite late because I’m lazy. I’ve also thought about some of the predictions I made last year regarding to my personal life and I think I realize I might not want everyone to have an eye into my life on a space like this so I may redact certain past or future questions.

Personal

I will move: 20% I’m pretty happy where I live right now. I may decide to move if both my housemates move as it may just be easier to move rather than find 2 new housemates.

I will buy a home: 3% I’m still not particularly warm to the idea of home ownership but depending on my financial goals, I could see myself potentially buying a condo or something similar.

I travel to Taiwan: 3% Don’t think it’s happening but it’s still possible.

I travel to France: 10% Chance is higher to go to France but I’ll most certainly go in 2024, not this year.

I travel to Florida: 1% I have a friend Near Miami that I may want to travel and see.

I travel to New Jersey: 5% I have a group of friends in NJ, one of whom traveled to California and we got to see each other last year. I’d like to go there for my next trip after Canada.

I make a new friend: 55% I’m working on being more open to helping others and being more friendly and a better friend/person. I’m not as open to opportunities to meet others at the moment, but I’m more open to making an effort to making people I meet friends.

I play in a new D&D campaign: 15% Not likely as I’m not as embedded with that friend group at the moment. I made a character for a campaign a month or so back but nothing really came of it.

I run my own D&D campaign (or one shot): 10% Might organize a campaign with some people at some point but I’m not too motivated to do it. I know some people around me are somewhat interested in DND so I may run something for them if they really want or push for it.

I change Linux distros: 10% too lazy to change distros. Fedora works and works well 90% of the time. I’ll probably use this distro until I rebuild my computer.

Rebuild my computer: 1% I think my computer has a couple more years left in it. I don’t have a particular usecase that this computer can’t handle.

I weigh less than 160lbs: 1% If I were to try this, it’d be to test and see how low of a weight class I could compete in. I don’t have this goal at the moment.

I switch gym programs: 99% I am starting Candito’s 6 week program tomorrow.

I Deadlift 405lbs: 20% It depends how much I’ll push myself at the gym. I doubt it will happen.

I squat 315lbs: 20% Same as above.

I achieve 1000lbs cumulatively with Bench Press, Squat and Deadlift: 20% Same as above.

I make another blog post: 99% I have some ideas. I want to grade my previous predictions and write a blog post about niceness.

I pick up a new hobby: 30% I have more of an itch to pick up another hobby. I haven’t been doing DND and BJJ is taking more of a backfoot. Seriously been considering singing for a while. Also a friend took me bouldering and that was pretty fun too.

Financial

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Professional

I get or accept an offer at a new job: 1% I’m really happy with my current job and group. I don’t foresee myself changing anything this year, unless there are some drastic changes.

I will get fired from my current job: 5% It’s possible depending on the macroeconomic conditions and if my company decides to do layoffs. I think I’m considered a high performer and I’m in a group they are less likely to layoff.

I get a raise via a promotion: 80% reworded this a bit because I already got a raise for this year based off of my performance during the annual salary adjustment. I expect a high chance I get promoted this year.

I start a PHD: 1% I don’t think I’m going to apply for one yet, but I’m not really feeling burnt out on school anymore.

Political

Democrats keep the Senate: 85% barring some weird special election thing going on. I don’t see a reason why Democrats would lose majority in the Senate.

Republicans keep the House: 95% same reasoning as above, but there are more GOP representatives.

Kamala Harris becomes President of the United States: 1% Not a high chance but you never know what happens with old people. It’s a sub 1% chance but I’m rounding up.

Coronavirus

There will be a headline talking about lockdown or huge rapid spread of COVID: 5% I am using this as a metric to see if COVID will be relevant. I don’t think there will be any new lockdowns or any worrying spread that would be considered notable.