2015 Recap and 2016 Goals

2015 was a great year! Challenging at times, but still pretty solid. I learned a lot this year, worked with a ton of amazing clients, and I look forward to seeing where 2016 takes me!

2015 RECAP:

Let’s see how I did with my 2015 personal goals:

With that being said, my goals for 2015 are mostly personal goals:

• Begin therapy to conquer my social anxiety (or at least learn how to cope with it);
• Maintain a consistent exercise schedule and run a half marathon in May (and possibly another in September);
• Take positive steps toward becoming the best version of myself I can be;
• Spend more time with my husband and our family; and
• Travel to Europe with my husband, taking a proper vacation.

As for business goals:

• Complete both books and have them published;
• Present and KILL IT at Learning Solutions 2015;
• Continue networking with colleagues I respect;
• Continue working with clients I respect;
• Conduct various workshops at the university and encourage growth within our distance offerings;
• Overhaul my portfolio;
• Participate more actively in the ELH Challenges;
• Continue blogging regularly; and
• Begin authoring my third book.

Overall, I feel like I did pretty good with my 2015 goals – I also completed the Online Learning Consortium’s Teaching Certificate, 19 E-Learning Heroes Challenge entries and wrote 38 Terminology Tuesday posts. However, there’s still lots of work left to do in 2016.

2016 GOALS

Personal goals:

• Slow down and take more time to enjoy the present;
• Maintain a consistent exercise schedule;
• Rehabilitate my jaw;
• Spend more time with my husband and our family; and
• Travel to Colorado and Iceland with my husband.

Business goals:

• Slow down, take on fewer clients (than in 2015), and work on fostering long-term working relationships;
• Continuing networking with colleagues I respect;
• Speak at 1-2 e-learning events;
• Publish my 2nd book;
• Conduct more workshops and speaking engagements at the university, continuing to promote online learning;
• Learn a new skill;
• Participate regularly in the Articulate E-Learning Heroes Challenges; and
• Blog regularly.