
One more year has passed and we made it so far after the deadly 2012 end-of-the-world incident. Kudos to us.

As I usually do at the end of each year ([2008](https://veerasundar.com/blog/a-very-happy-new-year-to-all-the-readers-of-dreamz/), [2009](https://veerasundar.com/blog/so-long-2009-welcome-2010/), [2010](https://veerasundar.com/blog/so-long-2010-welcome-2011/), [2011](https://veerasundar.com/blog/looking-back-and-forward/), [2012](https://veerasundar.com/blog/looking-back-and-forward-2012/)), here's the retro post about how things went in 2013 for myself/this blog.

## Last year resolutions

Last time, I decided on three things to do in 2013.

1. **Release treesk.com** - Nope. Didn't do it. Damn, its hard to focus and launch something. But as a consolation, released [countrack.me](http://countrack.me), so _yay!_ for that. :)
2. **Write more** - Kinda worked on it. Started writing few technical articles again in this blog. But not much as I would have liked. Should do better.
3. **Open source timethetask.com** - [Nailed it](https://github.com/vraa/timethetask)! :)

## 2014 Resolutions

1. Stop writing 2013 at first and then correcting it to 2014.

Neh, just kidding. This year, there are no specific resolutions. Instead, there's going to be one objective that I'm gonna apply at all things that I do - be it personal life, career, dreams. That'll be:

> **Go to next level**.

You know, once you get confortable with something, it is hard to get out of that comfort zone. But it is very, very important to move on, try new things, fail and learn. So, 2014 is going to be one such year, where I am gonna try new things and see how they work.

That'll be it. Though it's little late, I take this moment to wish each and every one of you a happy and successfull new year!


Looking back and forward (2013)


Ever since I started blogging, during end of the year I used to write a [retrospection of things][1] I did in that year. It has kinda become a tradition to me and an excuse for a new post. As the year **2012 **has only a day of fuel left in it, let me stop and look back.

[1]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/tag/new-year/ "New year retrospection"

## Last year resolutions:

You follow them or not, but you must make a list of new years resolutions. So, did I. For 2012, I had [three things][2] in my mind.

[2]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/looking-back-and-forward "Looking back and forward (2011)"

1.  Release **treesk.com **- it's my web app that I've started working on during the first quarter of 2012. Initially I planned to release it before 2012, but due to some personnel setbacks (definitely not because of _Mayans's_), I couldn't. But I'm quite happy with its current progress. The 0.9 version of it 'Ëœ*almost*'Ëœ ready and I'm hoping that the 1.0 version will see the light before first quarter of 2013.
2.  Get a new job - I did kinda get a *new *job. I mean, I joined *PayPal *again. Even though I worked at PayPal for last 2 years, I was a CSC employee then. Last year, I directly joined PayPal. Not sure what 2013 has in its store for my career! ![:)][3]
3.  Improve skills in photography - totally nuked this. I hardly took out my Camera last year (apart from the time when I was in [San Jose/San Francisco][4]). Next year, SHOULD.GO.FOR.PHOTO.WALKS.

[3]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
[4]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/walking-from-pier-39-to-golden-gate-bridge-photos

## New year resolutions:

1.  Release **treesk**. Make it reach people.
2.  Write. A lot. Get back to blogging. And, possibly an eBook.
3.  Open source [**timethetask**][5].

[5]: http://www.timethetask.com "task management app"

## Some important events:

1.  [Launched][6] and [open sourced][7] **Twikural**.
2.  Became a [DZone Most Valuable Blogger][8] (MVB).
3.  This blog crossed **1 million **page views.

[6]: http://twikural.veerasundar.com/ "Twikural"
[7]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/open-sourcing-twikural-an-app-engine-project
[8]: http://java.dzone.com/users/veerasundark "Dzone MVB"

## Stats for veerasundar.com/blog:

![2012 statistics][9]

[9]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2012/12/2012-stats.png

## Happy new year!

I take this moment to wish every one of you and your family a **happy and prosperous new year!**

So, screw you **_Mayans _**and what's up **_2013_?**


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