035. Year in Review, 2019
Some reflection on our OK 2019 and a glimpse at 2020
Differences between 2018 and 2019
- Erik fully embraced Notion for planning
- Leo switched from Todoist to a spreadsheet
- Mastermind meetings for group accountability
Leo's Year in Review
- Improvements to health
- Successful speaking engagements
- A consistent schedule with podcasts
- Successful at writing output
- Audience improvements:
- +156.32% at Learning Swift
- +12.85% at BrightDigit
- +726.15% at LeoGDion
- Future Improvements include email, more video, and audience research
Erik's Year in Review
- Came up with whole-year goals and broke down into quarterly, monthly, and weekly lists
- Also made weekly and monthly habits checklists
- About 20-30% of the anticipated objectives and habits changed over the year
- The habits that stuck were those that Erik had the most direct control, like stretching and diet
- The items that changed or were not met the most typically involved other people or deep research
- Erik's biggest regret: not enough "for-fun, but also is work" tasks
- Erik's biggest desire to change: more regular date nights
- Leo referred Erik to Derek Sivers' article: Stay in touch with hundreds of people
What's being cut in 2020
- Leo's stepping away from organizing meetups and local networking
- Erik is getting away from nonprofit administration, business social media management, and the status quo of local tech events
- We're stepping away from the podcast, too. More on that in the next episode!