This is the fifth year I have published my annual review and goals for the upcoming year. If you are curious about how I have honed the process, here are the yearly reviews for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and the goals setting posts for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. This annual review process is inspired by Chris Guillebeau who has been publishing his annual reviews for several years and has a free spreadsheet for you to download and do you own review. This year I am also using Orian Marx' Lifecrafting Annual Review.
Because I am largely an optimistic person by nature, I tend to look back at most things as having been successful. And of this positive bias, this process is valuable because it enables me to take a brutally honest look at what did not go well, so that I can keep learning and improving. If you are someone who sometimes feels you have not gotten much done this year, you might actually be surprised once you go through this review process as we tend to overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can achieve in a year.
This post will look at what went well and what did not for 2017. My hope for sharing this is to both inspire you to conduct your own annual review, and to give some insight into how I structure the process and reflect upon my year.
Other posts in the 2017 Annual Review Series:
* 2018 Goals and Plans
* 2017 Adventures and Travel
* Top 10 books read in 2017
Achievements and what went well in 2017:
Business
* Surpassed 6 figure annual net income for the first time (including $41K in one week)
* Filled coaching practice
* Signed book deal for SuperConductors
* 30+ speaking engagements to a total audience of 3,000
* Wrote and filmed first online course about the Heroes Journey
* Surpassed 10K Instagram followers
* Surpassed 150K podcast downloads
* Hosted first fully paid AdventureQuest business + adventure retreat
* Bought first AirBnb investment property
* Perfected a morning routine
* Launched 100 Coaches' book project
Adventure (Separate Post)
Peak Experiences
* Taking Axel to meet his great grandparents in Appalachia
* Giving the Braveheart 'Battle of Stirling' speech to hundreds at Freedom X Fest in Budapest
* Cycling to a different country in one day (Slovakia from Budapest)
* Doing a backflip off a cliff into the Adriatic Sea
* Featured on Croatian National TV and Newspapers
* Soaking at the famous Rudas bath in Budapest with friends
* Wearing a suit of armor at a friend's castle in Slovenia
* Cycling with my dad in Croatia
* Getting podcast fan mail for changing peoples lives
* Throwing a charity dance for Heidi's birthday
* Writing a book in the Gorgeous Budapest central library
* Axel's croatian grandmother