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Redefine 2009: May in Review

They say April Showers brings May Flour, but I don’t really get what the months have to do with cooking… Anyway, May was a pretty solid month, one of the first ones in awhile where improv was on the back burners.  Luckily that changes in June.  With that said, here’s a look back at the goals:

1. Redefine 2009
My focus for May was relationships.  These are the types of focuses I need to do more often as they are definitely the most rewarding.  You can check out the details for focusing on relationships.

2. 53 Weekly Projects Challenge
The weekly projects in May included finishing the improv agenda, writing a guest post (that never got published), edit the 50th Show, create the rough cut of a short film, and most recently, write an eBook.

3. Weekly Content Creation Challenge
The May content that is up at the Weekly Content Creation Roundup were some notes from a walk home, a review of what my mom taught me, a video from the 50th show, images from the short film, and an excerpt from the eBook.

4. Establish 4 New Habits
I started May off great with consecutive days of exercise…but then the short film came, then a small bout with a sore throat and congestion.  I finally got back to the daily exercise routine yesterday.  Looks like I need to try to be my previous record of 40 days.

5. Improve My Taste
There wasn’t too much new here, so I need to get back to trying more foods and going to more unique restaurants.  I was surprised to find out that I actually think guacamole is pretty good.

6. Publish a Book
Though the eBook isn’t really a published book, it is a start and could potentially be a sample chapter from something bigger in the future.  I really need to start thinking about this one.

7. Get 100,000 views on YouTube
I’ve gotten some great feedback on the rap video, but my co-MC decided to leave the country.  In the meantime I do think that the short film we shot will get some decent hits.  After that I need to start working on some more projects.

8. $10,000 in Supplemental Income
I don’t think I made any real progress here.  Looks like I need to step this one up as well.

9. Get on a Harold Team
I’ve decided that if I can’t make it on a Harold team this year, I need to at least get to the point where I am 98% confident that I’ll make it next year.  That means lots of important in a short 6 months.

10. Get 1-Rated at Work
The extracurricular stuff I’m doing at work is going great.  Now if I could only say the same thing for some of my projects.  The one saving grace is that it isn’t technically my fault, but that doesn’t really matter as I need to be able to deliver no matter the circumstances.

Whew, 31 days came and went pretty fast.  Now it’s June and then we’re officially at the half-way point–scary.  This is certainly a wake-up call for some of the bigger goals I wanted to do, time to get cracking.

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