{"id":3492,"date":"2019-12-26T14:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T18:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/?p=3492"},"modified":"2019-12-26T14:56:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T18:56:23","slug":"2019-recap-and-2020-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashleychiasson.com\/blog\/2019-recap-and-2020-goals\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Recap and 2020 Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the past bunch of years I&#8217;ve done an annual recap and goal commitment (or&#8230;goal), and this year is no different. 2019 was a wild one for me. Things that I did:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Started a new job with Traliant as their Senior eLearning Developer;<\/li>\n<li>Helped Traliant win Best Video Solution at Learning Solutions 2019;<\/li>\n<li>Had knee surgery; and<\/li>\n<li>Delivered several workshops and sessions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s see how I did with my 2019 goals:<\/p>\n<p>Personal Goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Slow down and <del>enjoy the present; &#8211;\u00a0<\/del><strong> I&#8217;m not great at this. There&#8217;s a theme.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>Have knee surgery to repair the torn meniscus;<\/del> &#8211;<strong> Had microfracture surgery in July to repair busted cartilage and a torn meniscus<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rehab the knee and then return <del>to a maintaining a consistent exercise schedule;<\/del> &#8211; <strong>Still doing this; the road to recovery is longer than anticipated. I&#8217;m in a nice fancy brace for the next 13 months<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Make additional dietary changes (maybe get rid of dairy?); and &#8211; <strong>Definitely did not do this<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hit the cottage at least four times for <del>max relaxing.<\/del> &#8211; <strong>We only got here ONCE this year&#8230;.waaaah!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Business Goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WORK LESS; &#8211; <strong>NOPE! Definitely did not do this.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>Work smarter &#8211; implement processes that will make my work-life easier and more efficient;<\/del> &#8211; <strong>Not really a process, but I did finally hire an accountant and it was glorious.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>Hire an accountant (something that I&#8217;ve been long overdue for);<\/del> &#8211; <strong>See above!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>Maintain relationships with my existing clients;<\/del> &#8211; <strong>Done! I worked with one primary client outside of my regular work.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><del>Invest in sprucing up the blog;<\/del> &#8211;<strong>DONE! I had my bestie, Erin, do this at the start of 2019, and AMEN!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Blog reg<del>ularly;<\/del> and &#8211; <strong>I published, on average, 2.67 posts per month.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Continue to grow <del><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sproutelearning.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sprout E-Learning<\/a>.<\/del> &#8211; <strong>Also kinda sorta; Many folks signed up for existing courses, but I was unable to push out additional courses because I need clones.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>2020 Goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, my goals this year are pretty practical and light. They&#8217;re a bit repetitive, but this year I&#8217;m trying to take some of the pressure off myself.<\/p>\n<p>Personal Goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Continue my knee recovery and get back to consistent exercise;<\/li>\n<li>Cut out gluten, despite my love of pizza, for the sake of my migraines;<\/li>\n<li>Plan an epic vacation with my husband; and<\/li>\n<li>Hit the cottage at least 4 times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Business Goals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give myself permission to say no and not feel guilty about it\/reduce pressure;<\/li>\n<li>Speak at, or participate in, at least 3 conferences;<\/li>\n<li>Read at least 4 industry-related books;<\/li>\n<li>Participate regularly in industry chats (e.g., lrnchat or guildchat);<\/li>\n<li>Blog regularly; and<\/li>\n<li>Continue to grow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sproutelearning.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sprout E-Learning.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the past bunch of years I&#8217;ve done an annual recap and goal commitment (or&#8230;goal), and this year is no different. 2019 was a wild one for me. 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