Have More Fun
2012 will be about Having More Fun. 2011 was an internal, emotional struggle, although I still managed to have some fun highlights. Nevertheless, it was the least fun I’ve had since I graduated. As I mentioned in my Life After College post, it’s now my “senior year” after college and it’s time to live it up. I’ve simplified the quantity and complexity of my resolutions this year and made them more fun. Thematically, they are divided into 2 professional, 3 personal, 3 travel, and 2 fun.
Professional
1. Make Best Delegate profitable. I want us to hit our internal revenue target. I make my living off the startup right now so it’s most important that we succeed here because it affects everything else I can do personally and professionally.
2. Find a professional mentor. We’re missing a mentor in the startup world and we could really use some solid guidance.
Personal
3. Maintain a physical fitness routine. I know how to eat healthier now. The next step is to implement a physical fitness routine that I can commit to while on the road (e.g. P90x style exercises). I will need friends to help keep me accountable on this though.
4. Care deeply for those who I love. I’m great at maintaining soft connections with hundreds of people, but I think this year I want to focus on building deeper relationships with a select few who I love. This goal includes spending more time with my parents.
5. Outline my personal lessons. I want to write a personal development book in the near future based on my 15 Personal Lessons series and I think the first steps are framing my existing content and figuring out the core themes that I’d like to market to a broader audience.
Travel
6. Travel to a new country. Surprisingly I didn’t visit a new country last year so I’m just going back to the basics. Ideally, I’d like to visit a new continent in the process though. Also, I think a bonus goal would be to go on an international trip with family.
7. Travel for fun. I realized that traveling for work isn’t that enjoyable, so I want to block out some time where I just travel for fun again. I’ll probably seek out travel buddies for some of the potential destinations listed below.
8. Explore LA more. I want to experience life in LA as a young professional and be acquainted (or re-acquainted) with its many districts, signature food places, and nightlife.
Fun
9. Do more photoshoots. DSLR photography is my new hobby. I have a lot of fun doing them and I want to get better. I’m always down to do a photoshoot whenever I hang out with friends.
10. Add glamour to my life. I’m not a glamour-driven person, but sampling a “baller” lifestyle does spike personal ambitions and I realized I had a lot less of it last year than the two years before. To me, adding glamour could include: going to lounges or rooftop bars, partying/clubbing, going to Vegas, checking out culture or the arts, attending a fundraiser dinner, being in the networking “scene,” buying a new suit, etc.
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The last five can all be combined, of course. In case you’re wondering or looking for a travel / food/ photography / partying buddy, the destinations that are high up on my travel list include:
- South America: Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay
- Europe: Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, parts of Spain and Italy
- Middle East and Africa: UAE (Dubai), South Africa
- Asia/Pacific: Taiwan, Indonesia (Bali), India, Pakistan, Australia, parts of Thailand
- Domestic: Las Vegas, Miami, San Diego, Maine
- Potential work trips: London, Hawaii
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It’s also important to note what I left off from my resolutions. I realized I had a lot of goals that conflicted with being focused on the startup or are no longer high priorities given my travel plans and that I could accomplish them in another year. This list included: getting involved in international development, taking the GMAT, deciding on the next journey, learning basic French or Arabic, cooking, and leading a food tour.
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Happy New Year! Good luck with your resolutions as well and let me know how I can help!
Kevin have you considered running a membership site with a paid training area/resources? If you guys can get schools to sign-up or conferences you can make some passive income in addition to your consulting services on Best Delegate.
Just a thought.
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Hey Kevin, Happy New Year! Love your resolutions – I share a few. Really like #10 about adding glamour to your life. Everyone deserves a degree of fancy-ness! RE physical fitness, my brother is finding great success with the Abs Diet so thought I’d mention.
Hope to see you around soon, mister jetsetter!
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