2018

1 – Year Goals (Updated Jan 2019 – how did it go?)

REI:

• Buy 2 units, $200/unit cash flow DONE!

Business:

• Launch blog with initial 20 posts DONE!
• Maintain one blog post per week DONE!
• Set up for income earning: affiliate marketing, social media, email list, product launches DONE!
• Generate first income DONE!

Career:

• Organize chapter section, elect positions, begin planning for new conference – I have until mid-Feb to accomplish this still  DONE!
• Maintain current national level leadership and volunteer activity, actively contribute to my field DONE!

Personal:

• Get down to 25% bf – I managed to maintain 26-27% bf, not exactly where I want to be, however I had so many other goals to focus on that this was too much. A better goal is to get to 26% and maintain this with a focus on healthy eating overall.
• HIIT routine 4 days per week – I took a couple breaks this year, realized that it’s a bad idea to take breaks, and mostly maintain this. This next year I’d like to balance this better so lower to 3x/week and add running/biking 3x/week.  
• Maintain 50+ miles biking per week – I actually averaged about half this due to a number of factors. A better goal would be biking and public transport 4 days/week
• Running 2-3 times per week – I started getting sick when I run, now I have to scale way back and start training slow. This is still a goal for 2019, but with the allowance to run slower and shorter distance.

End of Year Progress Report

So how did my year go? As you can see, I did great in most areas, and terribly on my personal goals. In hindsight, I wasn’t setting realistic health goals given how focused I needed to be to achieve my other goals. I didn’t have the time to devote to everything. My blogging goals took more time and focus than I anticipated, and my usual workout schedule took 2nd place. My 2019 1-Year Goals will take this into account. Overall, it doesn’t change my long term goals in any way.

2019

1 – Year Goals (New for 2019)

REI:

• Buy 2 more units for long term hold – $200 cash flow/unit
• Buy passive flip – 15% ROI  DONE!

Career:

• Transition to part time  DONE!

Business:

• >1,000 subscribers . DONE!
• Finish EBA
• Build private FB community to 300 members
• Launch first product
• Grow income to $1,000/month

Personal:

• Get down to 26% bf and maintain it
• Workout 5-6 days/week
  • 2-3 days HIIT
  • 2-3 runs (goal is 10k without feeling sick)
  • 30 miles/week bike commute (during the time I have a bike commute) (No longer applies)
• Make dinner at home 6 nights/week
• Stick to personal financial budget and maintain a 40% savings rate

5 – Year Goals

REI:

• Own 10 units cash flowing $200/unit

Career:

• Leave my field or volunteer on local and national level

Business:

• Write a book
• Continue to grow blog
  • Blog will fully replace full time income at >$100k/year

Personal:

• Continue to build a great relationship with my partner
• Help my son learn investing and buy his first property or start a business
• Complete an Olympic distance triathlon
• Travel
• Maintain 25-26% bf
• Take riding lessons

10 – Year Goals

REI:

• Own 25 units cash flowing $200/unit, or equivalent cashflow 

Business:

• Fully retire from my field
• Volunteer and start giving back
• Continue learning about investing and retire from any work I don’t love

Personal:

• Buy a family vacation home
• Travel
• Maintain 25-26% bf

Life goals

• Continue to raise my son to be an amazing human being, capable of achieving his goals in life
• Be a strong and supportive partner
• Teach others how to achieve their goals and become a mentor
• Achieve FI
• Explore passion projects
• Stay physically fit