Each year I post a year in review/resolutions blog post. This site is my journal, and I use it to keep track on what past me has done.
Review of 2018, here’s what I said.
- Get in shape
- Continue building NorthIQ
- Build a second saas product
- Be consistent with Content Marketing
- Plan some actual vacation time
- Do more stuff around the house
The Results:
Get in Shape:
Fail. I am in worse shape than I was this time last year, although I weigh less. My biggest problem this year was a health challenge which has only recently been identified as an internal bleed which is causing severe anemia. Luckily this is about to get solved, and after 4 weeks of recovery, I can get back to doing physical activity. This is going to be the year of Self Improvement!
Continue Building NorthIQ:
I’m calling this one a success. While we didn’t double revenue, we did some pretty awesome things, and I wrote a full post about it. Yay NorthIQ, we’ll keep building it, but it is doing very well for itself considering this is only it’s second full year in business.
Build a Second SaaS product
Why build when you can buy? We became Sharpspring resellers in 2018, and have a couple of really great stories to tell about how marketing automation is changing our clients businesses.
Plan some actual vacation time
Success and then some! We took two full weeks off to travel to Nova Scotia, and did a ton of things along the way. I took the better part of a week off late in the fall, and we basically closed the shop down from December 21st on, and the business didn’t fall apart.Schedule vacation week for March
Do more stuff around the house
Success! We completely revamped our first floor, had the entire house painted, and took care of a bunch of little projects around the house.
My 2019 Goals:
- Take care of my health
- Take care of our financial health
- Succession plan for NorthIQ
- Be more present
I am going to make this simple with four little goals.
1: Take care of my health. Once I am recovered, I am going to get to the gym, and start really focusing on yoga. I need to improve years of flexibility, and repair this aging husk.
2: Take care of our financial health. We are in a good spot, but it could be better. Build and stick to a budget, make a plan to pay down the renovation debt, and create a “rainy day fund”.
3: Succession plan for NorthIQ. This boils down to documentation and figuring out processes for everything. It’s not the sexy stuff that making a website is, but it’s still gotta be done, and 2019 is the year to do it in!
4: Be more present. Yeah, it’s granola-y, but it’s important. My grandfather used to say “We’re here for a good time, not a long time.”, my kids are growing up faster than I can know, and they’re not going to be in the house forever. It’s time to be here when I am here, and work when I am at work.