My Q3 Goals

Q2 was ehhh, but not really

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Reflecting on my Q2 Goals

I’m a big goals guy. So, last quarter I set some quarterly goals. I shared them on Twitter in this tweet.

For those not on Twitter, here were my Q2 Goals and how I performed.

• ❌ Make $6k on the internet - Between my courses, selling used clothes, and doing some freelancing, I accumulated around $500. It’s not $6000, but it’s something.

• ✅ 15 yoga sessions - I’ve never been very flexible. Committing to this goal and achieving it means a lot to me.

• ✅ DM 250 people - Keeping track of this was a pain in the ass. I’m not exactly sure if I hit this one, but I do know I grew my Twitter audience by 1000 followers; I know I DMed a lot of these people. This goal was a great forcing function to meet more people. I definitely met a ton of amazing people last quarter.

• ❌ Send 10 newsletters - I sent 8. I slacked a bit at the beginning of the quarter with this, but now I am in a good rhythm. My current content strategy is to send at least 1 tweet per day, 1 long-form piece of content per week, and send 1 weekly newsletter. I’m comfortable with this cadence for now and have been having a lot of fun with it.

• ❌ Write 15 threads - I think I wrote more than 15 threads, but they weren’t the quality I was looking for. Recently, I have been investing a lot more time in writing threads. My goal is to grow my Twitter following, and threads are the most effective way to do that. Moving forward, I am going to focus on writing higher quality threads, and spending more time distributing them. What I’ve realized is that no one is going to distribute your content for you; you’ve got to do it. Since making this realization, I have prioritized distributing my threads. It’s paid off significantly. I’ve gained 450+ followers as a result of posting my last 3 threads.

All in all, I am happy with what I accomplished in Q2. I learned a lot about myself and what I want to accomplish. What I learned directly translated into my Q3 goals.

My Q3 Goals

• Write 2 threads per week about financial freedom.

  • One of my annual goals is to hit 10k followers on Twitter. The best way to do this is through writing threads. I plan on writing threads about financial freedom. This is kind of the niche I have settled on. My goal is to help fellow 9-5ers make more money and create more time by simplifying the formula for financial freedom.

• Connect with 1 new person every week over Zoom

  • The highest leverage thing you can do is build your network. This doesn't mean talking to everyone and anyone; nobody has time to connect with everyone. You have to be strategic with who you speak with based on your goals and interests. For me, I am interested in learning more about self-storage and building small businesses. In the long term, I want to build a portfolio of small businesses (sprinkling in some real estate as well); kind of like a private equity kind of deal. Long story short, I am going to focus on building my network in those areas, so when the time comes, I'll be ready to acquire those sort of assets.

• 5 days of yoga per week

  • I have been lifting pretty much every day since I was 16. I've gotten pretty strong along the way, but my flexibility has suffered. My goal for this quarter is to create a foundation of flexibility. There has never been a time in my life where I have prioritized mobility because I have always been so focused on getting stronger. Quite honestly, I was scared to allocate more time to mobility because I figured it would hurt my strength gains. The more I thought about it, the more I realized how important mobility is. For example, I love doing CrossFit, however, there are a ton of CrossFit movements I struggle with because my mobility sucks. My goal is to build a strong base of flexibility, so I can go back into the CrossFit gym and master the movements I have always struggled with. I'm kind of thinking about this in terms of the barbell strategy. The barbell strategy is a concept that suggests that the best way to strike a balance between reward and risk is to invest in two extremes of high risk and no-risk assets. Yes, I know that sounded super “financy”, but hear me out! Take that same strategy and apply it to fitness. "Strike a balance between reward and risk by investing in two extremes of building a strong base of mobility and maintaining your strength over time". The way I am conceptualizing this is that flexibility is going to be my focus, but I am still going to do some high quality/low-stress strength training on the side to keep things in balance. For those interested, here is the YouTube channel I have been following for my yoga. I highly recommend it.

  Wrapping it up!

  What're your goals for Q3? Shoot me an email! Would love to help you achieve them.

  Thanks so much for reading!

  Talk to you next week,

  Austin