New Year, new goals.

2015 is upon us. We're already 5 days into the year, resolutions have been made, and many have probably already been broken. This year I won't be focusing on "resolutions" but solid goals in several aspects of my life. For those that don't know, physically last year was a time of ups and downs for me, I completed my first triathlon, and then had two surgeries, both for gout, that kept me sidelined for the rest of the year. Thanks in large part to the healthy eating habits, and great nutrition in my ViSalus shakes I have been able to, even with a physical activity level near zero, keep my weight under control, and while I have gotten a little bit softer over the last 4 months, I've kept the "beer gut" at bay!

2015 will be another rough year physically as I'm still recovering from one surgery and have one more scheduled for early in the year, so I'll be sitting on those aforementioned sidelines for most of this year as well. While I could look at this as an end of the road, I've been able to recognize it for what it is, simply a road block along the way. In some ways being able to keep my physical goals lower than they have been in the past, i.e. this year I'm simply looking to maintain a healthy weight throughout my invalid phase, I've been able to focus more clearly on my business, personal, and professional goals for the new year.

So here they are my personal, business, and financial goals for 2015:

Personal: While I've taken on a lot as far as job responsibility in the past year, going from working at an MSP to running IT for a reasonably sized regional company, for the most part entirely alone, I've struggled throughout in maintaining a separation and distance from my work and home life. My goal in 2015 is to devote more time with my family, to miss fewer events and to be there more both for my son and my wife. I will also grow myself, in several areas, fitness, gaming, and online journalism to help support my business goals.

Business: My business goals actually reside in several areas, a brand launch with a new friend that is already gaining momentum, my ViSalus goals, and the launching of an entirely new venture that finds me in a vertical that is new to me as far as monetizing goes. For the brand launch, along with my partner I hope to have built a 50k user Facebook Fan base by mid year, and be talking about expanding our purely Facebook presence into a full-featured website with e-commerce capabilities. For my ViSalus business, this year I will hit regional director, and be driving a BMW, helping countless others achieve their goals along the way. As for my new venture, it's been a project that's loomed in my mind for quite some time, and I've honestly been "too scared" to give it a go, but my biggest goal for this is to, in some fashion, have created a reliable revenue stream out of this avenue by mid-year, at which point I plan to refocus and see where it can take me.

Professionally: Two bigs goals in this field, one is to establish myself as a programmer, which will mean learning software development from scratch, and devoting a large amount of time to study of that craft. Along with this developing in my current IT niche, both with certifications, and continued education will be key to realizing my long term (post 2015 goals).

There you have it, my goals for 2015. While I hadn't exactly planned on "penning" these out in this particular forum, I'm glad that I did and hope that you will join me in keeping me accountable, and please take a moment in the comments below and share some of your goals for 2015, and I will do my best to check up with you!

Happy New Year to all, and may your 2015 be a year of realized and exceeded expectations!