{"id":4402,"date":"2023-01-02T21:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T02:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/?p=4402"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:20:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T15:20:26","slug":"2022-annual-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/2022-annual-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Annual Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The coming of a new year is always a time for reflection. At the same time, I wouldn&#8217;t say I like making new years resolutions directly, and I like doing reviews, planning, and strategy session for myself and my work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have done annual reflections or reviews each year. This year I took a template I found online asking great questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It breaks down personal\/professional accomplishments and disappointments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do I feel were my most significant accomplishments in 2022?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>PERSONAL<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>PROFESSIONAL<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1. Keep the yard well maintained and improving the house&nbsp;<br>2. Better organized with calendars and attending family events\/appointments<br>3. Getting involved with the community <br>&nbsp;<\/td><td>1. Buying into a new business<br>3. Building WordPress templates with Elementor<br>4. Buying a new WordPress plugin&nbsp;<br><br><br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What were my biggest disappointments in 2022?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>PERSONAL<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>PROFESSIONAL<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1. Overspending&nbsp;<br>2. Daughter&#8217;s speech disorder&nbsp;<br>3. Not travel anywhere this year&nbsp;<br><br><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>1. Not reaching the 30K MRR Goal for the business<br>2. Not sticking to content creation more often<br>3. Errors in accounting and losing people on the team<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are my goals for 2023?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>PERSONAL<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>PROFESSIONAL<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1. Spend more time with the family outside of the house<br>2. Travel more over 2023 with the family and friends<br>3. Contribute more to the local community where I live<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td>1. Grow the business to $40k MRR business ($500K ARR is the big Number)<br>2. Consistently creating content on this blog, on Twitch, and on Twitter<br>3. Buy another online digital business to integrate into the other business<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to Spotify-wrapped or Steam-wrapped &#8211; I put together my stats for my website. How many blogs were written, how many words, and other metrics from analytics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-1024x247.png.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4403 lazyload\" width=\"840\" height=\"202\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-1024x247.png.webp 1024w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-300x72.png.webp 300w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-768x185.png.webp 768w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-1536x370.png.webp 1536w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-2048x493.png.webp 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 840px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 840\/202;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-1024x247.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4403\" width=\"840\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-1024x247.png 1024w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-300x72.png 300w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-768x185.png 768w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-1536x370.png 1536w, https:\/\/leonhitchens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-20.44.01@2x-2048x493.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I will put together a 2023 plan over the next 2 weeks. Then I will share the business plans along with the personal ones. The two overlap with growing the personal brand, building more of the business, and even networking more often professionally. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The coming of a new year is always a time for reflection. At the same time, I wouldn&#8217;t say I like making new years resolutions directly, and I like doing reviews, planning, and strategy session for myself and my work. I have done annual reflections or reviews each year. 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