Unironically, my favorite thing I learned + worked on while at Amazon was their annual planning process so I started doing it for myself at the end of each year. Here’s my updated list for 2024 for external accountability (and visiblity if anyone wants to pair with me on any goals):

Health

  • Marathon: Get a running coach this year. Run 6x for 40-60 miles per week. Push closer to Boston qualifying time running SF Marathon and CIM. Get back to low ~3 hour range on each marathon.
  • Muscle Endurance: Lift 2x per week, specifically focused on improving muscle endurance so I don’t cramp again during the marathon and maintaining muscle mass.
  • Diet: Cut junk and fried foods from regular consumption. Maintain 2023’s lower alcohol volume.

Inari

  • Grow Inari: Super aggressive and ambitious target by EoY is 100K MRR. This requires building an end-to-end product stack that teams really love and becoming great at sales.
  • Fundraise: Raise Inari’s seed round in H1’24 and keep the team incredibly productive and lean.

Life and Relationships

  • Relationship: Ship the wedding and make it incredibly memorable and fun for Lisa, myself, and friends. Practice happy wife, happy life.
  • Move: Move back to San Francisco in Q1’24. Rebuild community with friends still in the bay. Make genuine friendships with more folks in the startup community.
  • Travel: Get a few international trips once Lisa gets her travel authorization.
    • Honeymoon trip to China, Japan, and potentially Maldives.
    • Plan our trip to Tanzania or Patagonia for Lisa.
    • Have a blast at my belated bachelor party trip during the summer.
  • Get Lasik: Stop putting this off. Get Lasik in Q3 or Q4.

Personal Projects

  • Become expert level at sales, marketing, and social.
  • Continue shipping >1 git commit every day. Aim for >2K commits. Learn a bit of backend.
  • If I read or listen to anything useful, record it for reuse later.
  • Switch to Audible and listen to audiobooks while running. Get in >24 books by EoY.