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January 06, 2020

2019 Year in Review

Every year my wife and I take time during the month of January to do our planning for the year. Part of the planning ritual is looking back on what worked and what didn’t. Even though we have been consistent planning every year since we got married, not everything goes as planned, and that’s okay. Planning is not about predicting the future or getting everything 100% right; it’s about setting a direction and being intentional about where we’re going.

Planning hasn’t been an issue for me for the past 5-6 years, but writing about it sure has. Last year, I wrote a 2018 Year in Review article but I left it in my Google Drive. I didn’t hit the publish button, so it never saw the light of day but this year is a little different. Dan Mall’s tweet really pushed me over the edge to publish this time around. (Thanks, Dan!) I have always had the desire to share our planning (or write more often) in hopes that someone would find it useful and use it as inspiration. So here it goes…