2019 has come to an end, and although it was a year with plenty of downs and difficulties, as well as a complete lack of completing goals, I think it was a very successful year. We hit 100,000 subscribers on the Podcastage YouTube Channel, I launched Podcastage.com, and Sunshine & Powercuts and Tourette’s Podcast joined the Geeks Rising podcast network!

For 2020 I have a few goals set, and almost none of them are analytics based (there is one), because I don’t want to focus on growing subscribers or followers, because I think that can lead to causing the content to suffer. Here are the goals I have:

• Release 52 videos on Podcastage

• Get caught up on gear reviews that I have had sitting around for a year+

• Launch a series focused on preamp reviews

• Do at least 6 versus series

• Create more personality driven content as opposed to item driven content

• Do a quarterly Geeks Rising podcast which is a roundtable with different GR members

• Have one post on this website per month

• Keep developing podcastage.com, and grow it to 1,000 unique viewers per day.

I think all of these goals are very attainable, and I think it will ultimately lead to higher quality content that is more enjoyable for an audience as well as more enjoyable for me.

I also want to share a thought around goals. You should never feel discouraged, or self loathing, or overly disappointed for not hitting a goal because in most cases it’s an arbitrary goal that you’ve set for yourself. Instead of beating yourself up, ask “what can I learn from this?” or “was this goal unreasonable to begin with?” or “how can I adjust this make it more valuable for me?”

I would love to hear from you in the comments what your goals are for 2020 and what your plans are to reach those goals. Thank you all so much for an amazing 2019. I know that 2020 will only be better and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for all of us.