2013 Goals

While I'm on the topic of accomplishments from yesterday's post, here's my list of goals for 2013. (Note: I drafted this a few weeks ago in my logbook, so some milestones are already met.)

Personal

• Ride the Whistler Gran Fondo. All the tri training last year made me forego a good few bike rides in the name of swimming or running. By the end of the summer I was in great cycling shape because .. I just love to ride. Having a terrifying cycling milestone at the end of the summer sounds like exactly what I need!
• Ride to Portland. Steph and I have been talking about a week-long trip down the pacific coast. Who's in?
• Ride 3000 km. Which works out to less than 10 km per day. It's mid January and I'm at 150, so this is looking good. I'll be tracking it using Strava.
• Own the necessary equipment to bike across Canada. Those last few are leading up to a goal for one of the next couple of years. I had wanted to do this before I turned 30, but I didn't take any steps toward it until I was 29 (and a half). This is me taking the proper steps. 
• Live carbon neutral. I was pretty close last year. Trans-continental flights destroy all day-to-day best practices however. Offsets will do for those.
• Own fewer possessions. I have too much "stuff". I'm always downsizing, but I need a good purge. Anyone in the market for hockey equipment? Old computer parts maybe?
• Beat my sprint triathlon PB. That's a sub 80 minute race. The swim and the run need the most work by far.
• Beat my Sun Run PB. Aiming to crack 50 minutes. I know the route well now, just need to put in the miles.
• Visit Victoria properly. There aren't many lofty travel goals this year because I have no idea how my financial situation is going to pan out. In the meantime, Victoria is beautiful and close, and I haven't taken advantage.

Professional

• Open Common Ground. This is well underway, partnerships are forming, paperwork is being filed, and momentum is building. It's going to be an exciting year for freelancers and entrepreneurs in St. John's!
• Grow Funl 50x. That'll be 5000 users by January 1, 2013.
• Earn revenue from Funl. Supporting 5000 users is not free. It has to pay for itself.
• Earn freelance revenue. Already accomplished! Now I need a more agressive target...
• Earn freelance revenue every month. I like side-projects. It's nice when they also pay!
• Learn a programming language or framework. Probably some new-school Javascript thing that all the kids are raving about.
• Become cash flow positive. One of the downsides of my self-employment adventure is the initial trough of relative poverty. Many of the above goals aim to rectify that. Oh the forecast spreadsheets I've made...
• Create a portfolio. I've worked on a few cool projects over the last few years and I need a good way to showcase them for posterity. Suggestions welcome.
• Give a presentation or pitch once a quarter. Because I need the practice, and I kind of enjoy making myself uncomfortable.
• Hire someone. Because it's fun to choose who you work with. And outsourcing-guy inspired me.

Above all else

• Enjoy myself. If any of the previous goals gets in the way of this one, then it's cut. Things change. I'll stay flexible.