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I explain a good way to reflect back, which includes writing your New Year’s Goals for 2014. I also do a year end in review for 2014.
Housekeeping:
What are the different subjects that I look at:
Here is my review of those subjects for 2013:
BUSINESS | SURVIVAL | ||
Social and Email | Food | ||
Created social pages to connect with you! | Copy-Canning (not done, but worked on it) | ||
Created many videos | created can stackers (PVC, maybe a post in the future) | ||
Began connecting on Google plus and twitter, even though I am not big a big fan. | Made water Keifer (probiotics yo!) | ||
Set up email Opt in (this is how you can sign up for my personal emails) | Failed Miserably at a Garden (I blame the late start, but we still produced some… It was more of a failure for me) | ||
Organization | Water | ||
IQTELL (Getting Things Done Principle, and Project management. It’s FREE!) | Worked on Backup Water Storage in soda bottles (never done, but sitting fairly good) | ||
Set up a business bank account for tracking expenses | Water Purification Tablets (when you run our to water!) | ||
Web Improvements, Tracking, SEO | Shelter | ||
Created cleversurvivalist.com | New Hammocks (Grand Trunks Hybrid Hammocks) | ||
Created THEprepperpodcast.com | New Tents | ||
Storm Shelter | |||
Lots of hidden stuff with websites (LOTS!!!) | Learned some shelter constructions | ||
Created a Backup System on my websites | Energy | ||
Began satellite sites for SEO | Learned a primitive fire building technique and practiced it | ||
Google Analytics | Solar Powered, Battery backup for storm shelter | ||
Woopra | Security | ||
Podcasts and Posts | Aquired some firearms (NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! LOL) | ||
Went to new format (Awesome decision) | Sanitation | ||
Added additional ways for people to join podcast (If you arent listening to The Prepper Podcast YOU SHOULD!) | Medical | ||
Income Generating | Other | ||
Wrote a book about bees (So far, my only income) | Made several Paracord bracelets | ||
Had money paid to me (That’s what makes a business, not a hobby) | Made Paracord Belt | ||
Other | Camping Supplies Bought | ||
Been looking into an assistant, researching security and such. | Camped with children (Doubles as Family, Permaculture says to stack benefits) | ||
Learned extra ways of compass-free orienteering | |||
Plotted Contour of my land | |||
Building Fitness | |||
Started a Business for sustainability | |||
Started saving a cash backup | |||
My 72 hour bag or Bug Out Bag | |||
Here are my goals for 2014:
BUSINESS | SURVIVAL | ||
Social and Email | Food | ||
Go to Gunshows/ Survival Expos | Make different beers (Who wants me to start doing beer review?) | ||
Connect with one person a day/week | Biltong | ||
One Email Marketing Campaign | Jerky | ||
Maybe include meetups during each show or expo | Hunting, (IF ANY OF YOU ARE IN WEST TN, LOOK ME UP) | ||
Organization | Make Yogurt | ||
Learn more about GTD and IQTELL | Plant some food trees | ||
New garden | |||
Web Improvements, Tracking, SEO | Can some veggies or meat | ||
(2 other goals, but for security, I left them off) | Get Pressure Canner | ||
20 Satellite Sites | Water | ||
Make CS mobile look like PP mobile | 50 Soda Bottles of Water | ||
Improve site load time | Build at least one more rain catchment | ||
Get a Birkey | |||
Podcasts and Posts | Shelter | ||
Sleeping Bags for each family member | |||
Income Generating | electric blankets for each member | ||
Create Prepper Store (Ecommerce site) | tent for each member | ||
Create 3 shirts for store | build one primitive shelter with family | ||
Make an Electrical Book for Preppers (Who would buy it???) | Work on home efficiency | ||
Encryption Software? Much bigger project than I thought. Any software people contact me) | Energy | ||
Prepper Plan App (awesome project!) | Learn one primitive fire building technique | ||
Create Plus Membership (this will never be a paid site, but I will give EXTRAS to plus members) | Get sun to dollars and build one solar heater | ||
Other | Research and maybe build solar AC | ||
Password Security Software (for my assistant, to raise MY security) | Buy a new generator | ||
10 Google Plus Meetups | Propane Heater | ||
Security | |||
Window Jams | |||
Install 3m Screens and see if it works (window breaking) | |||
Buy more Ammo | |||
7mm Scope | |||
Wife Gun | |||
Concealed Carry Permit | |||
Sanitation | |||
Come up with a plan/research | |||
Medical | |||
Get HOME first Aid in a tub | |||
Make a medicinal tincture | |||
Make a list of medicines needed for us | |||
Other | |||
Get HAM license | |||
72 hour bag for Wife | |||
Orient an orienteering course | |||
Achieve 1000 cash backup fund (on my way there already) | |||
Pay off credit card (not far to go) | |||
Business (continue) | |||
Get a distiller | |||
Ammo Reloader |
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