2024 Goals + Intentions

Jan 1, 2024

Last updated Aug 3, 2024, from my desk in Telluride.

What's important this year?

If you know me, you know my current life is fluid and chaotic. I've set out the following goals to give structure as I make decisions and embrace the new paths life offers me. My original goals for the year (with strikeouts and reasons why I moved on from them) can be found here. What remains on this page are my current priorities for the year 2024.

First and foremost, I’d like to become a better writer. Writing helps me understand my thoughts, and a growing body of online long-form + short-form content should grow my network (even while traveling), and bring attention to my other work areas. This will be targeted through my Content Goals.

Content Goals

  • ✅ Publish personal website (finished Jan 8, 2024)

  • ✅ Five thought pieces on life, travel, ideas, etc.

  • 25 Published Rogue VC Editions - Grow to 2,500 followers

  • 25 unpublished Rogue VC drafts

    • I want to get in the habit of writing two essays per week for the remainder of 2024 to condition my writing muscles, and ensure I have a few months of scheduled posts ready in case I have weeks or months where I don't find time to write in the future

  • 20 Tweets per week - grow X to 5K followers (226 as of Jun 29, 2024)

    • Tweets scheduled Monday of each week

    • 15 minutes of commenting on core profiles four times per week

Second, I’d like to achieve financial independence by the end of this year (defined as the ability to work wherever, whenever, and on whatever I’d like). My core medium for this will be through my work at the Rogue VC, which will monetize through consulting revenue, small sellable modules, online paid communities, and contract venture research work.

Work Goals

  • Rogue VC to $15K monthly revenue by Dec 31, 2024

    • ✅ Launch Rogue VC by Friday, Feb 9

      • ✅ Relaunch Rogue VC July 13th

    • ✅ Launch Venture Insights (lead generation for newsletter and products) by July 26.

    • Complete and launch startup investing course by September 30.

    • Complete and launch free Break Into VC Email course (to drive leads to startup investing course + paid group) October 15.

    • Launch a paid group focused on Breaking into VC one week prior to Black Friday / Cyber Monday (November 22).

Finally, I’d like to ensure pursuing these goals results in a net positive on my quality of life. Travel, adventure, and new experiences are currently my top priorities, and my content + work goals are meant to enable this lifestyle. It would be a little ironic if they stopped me from living the life I want to live. This intention will be targeted through my Lifestyle Goals.

Lifestyle Goals

  • 125+ workouts (gym, bodyweight equivalent, or boxing)

    • Workouts: 44 + 25ish days of 4-8 hour hikes (which don't count)

  • ✅ Snowboard a double black (I've skied for years, learning to snowboard this year)

    • By the end of the season, we were hitting them every day! The first day I really killed it was day 3 or 4 in Park City.

  • Shred on a medium surfboard (can't surf on anything other than a foam board as of now)

  • 1400 in rapid 10 min chess (1100 as of Aug 3, 2024)

  • Three new countries (probably not going to make this one due to US travels and prioritizing work for second half of 2024)

    • ✅ Nicaragua Jan 9 - Feb 1

    • Chile?

    • 3rd country

  • ✅ Ten US national parks

    • ✅ 1. Arches

    • ✅ 2. Canyonlands

    • ✅ 3. Bryce Canyon

    • ✅ 4. Zion

    • ✅ 5. Death Valley

    • ✅ 6. Olympic

    • ✅ 7. Redwoods

    • ✅ 8. Yosemite

    • ✅ 9. Joshua Tree

    • ✅ 10. Grand Canyon

    • ✅ 11. Black Canyon

  • Explore other cities in the US to determine potential other places to live

    • ✅ Denver - 6 days

    • ✅ NYC - 10 days

    • ✅ Portland - 6 days (Counting all my time in Oregon as it's a small state)

    • ✅ San Deigo - 5 days

That’s it! I'll come back to this throughout the year with my progress.

-Harrison

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