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A Look back at my 2021 Goals
Happy New Year everyone! Today, I’m taking a moment to look back on 2021 and start 2022 with gratitude. Stay until the end where I share my progress on my financial goals from 2021!
First, I thank each and every one of you for your support and encouragement. Sharing a piece of my passion on this platform, blog and podcast is truly an honor.
Hi, I’m Jessica and I love talking about financial freedom after experiencing burnout early in my pharmacist career. We talk passive income and simplifying on this channel to combat stress and burnout. If you haven’t seen my burnout story or our debt-free journey while in residency/fellowship, please click those video links below.
I’m not one to write down New Year’s Resolutions each January. Instead, I like to plan out goals for my personal and professional lives – this step can happen ANYTIME of the year, month or the week – there is no waiting until January 1st to start something in your life! Join me in setting goals – listen to episode 14 on how to CURATE your goals and download the podcast workbook today!
You can see the 10 pillars of life I follow in my Weekly Joy Check process here. Besides the CURATE method, you could also use the SMART goal method.
I’m grateful for my personal health, my family’s health and for the joys that we encountered this year. All of our years look different. Please do not compare what I share in this yearly reflection as a measure of success or as a way to compare yourself to me. We all write our unique stories.
My Word for 2021 was ABUNDANCE.
Work/Mission:
Business
- Re-launch YouTube channel and post video once a week for first year
- 44 videos published
- Re-launched in March 2021 and have posted a video weekly since then
- Expanded topics on well-being, burnout, stress, finances and pharmacy resources on the videos this year
- Continue podcast weekly
- 40 episodes published – listen here
- Weekly podcasts from January through July 2021
- Switch to every other week podcasts from August 2021 to end of year to focus on YouTube growth
- Grow Keynote Speaker portion of business with at least 10 events
- Spoke at over 34 events this year – see here and book today
- Big clients such as DocuSign, LinkedIn, State Pharmacy Organizations, Schools of Pharmacy – see some of them on my Speaking Page and Featured Page here
- Press and Features – see all of them here
- Get featured on 9+ podcasts – accomplished
- Featured in CPhT Magazine, School of Pharmacy Magazine
- Featured Page here
- Had the best year yet for my digital products – see here
- See Find Your Script Shop
- See my digital Workshops
- Let go of aspects of my business that no longer aligned with my values or my time resources
- Full-time Position and Pharmacist
- Renewed my BLS, ACLS and finished up my board-certification continuing education (49 hours)
- Peer-reviewed publications – did not accomplish this but had 14+ invited speaking presentations in the pharmacy/healthcare realm
Experiences:
- Get Married! January 2021
Family/Friends:
- Monthly Video calls with my girlfriends
- Monthly Video calls with family members
- Able to see my nieces and nephews in person during the year and watch the little ones grow up during the first year of life
Movement:
- Continue Hydrow rowing 4-5 times/week
- Met 750,000 meter goal in March 2021, 1 million meter goal in May 2021, 1.25 million meters in September and 1.5 million meters in November – all before my goal deadlines
Hydrow Rower Review Post
Learning:
- Read over 30 books this year, 20 of them in the financial well-being space
- Invested in a new YouTube course for growth (highly recommend)
Mental/Emotional Health:
- Take care of myself so I can take care of others
- Lucky joined our family to help bring joy and laughter into our lives
Health:
Continue to seek out new eco-friendly/non-plastic products to transition in our home:
- Switched over our tissue/Kleenex
- Switched over our laundry detergent and hand soap
- Switched over body lotion
- Wore less makeup
- Continue to use up old products before switching over next ones
- See my Eco Page Here
Finances:
- Savings rate of 70-80% – achieved and some months exceed to 85%
- Learn about investing and increase investments – read over 20 financial books
- Tracked all my finances on my Kakeibo template and a digital version for myself and my husband
- Front-loaded work 401K in first 4 months of year
- Automated investing with auto-investments in my brokerage accounts
- Decreased emergency fund
- Invested 6-figures in 2021 between 401K, ROTH IRA, Solo 401K and Brokerage
Overall:
I attracted ABUNDANCE into my life with my loved ones, my keynote speaking growth and how I transitioned my health and well-being this year.
I’m excited to share my 2022 goals next + a separate financial goal video for 2022!
See my previous Year in Review Posts here:
Thank you for following along and supporting my businesses. I look forward to a joyful and intentional 2022 year together!