2022 Goals: Professional and Personal

Getting them on paper is half the battle right?

Professional

  • ENWLSI
  • CWAP

I bit off more than I could chew last year and ran into issues so yeah, gonna set the bar a bit lower this year and actually hit them. Since I landed a full time WiFi gig, I’m going to focus on more things outside of work/career development. That’s not to say that I’m not going to continue to press in. I’ve got quite a bit of training scheduled this year for DNAC/Spaces and Catalyst wireless gear. We’ll see where I’m at after the CWAP. If I’m feeling up to it, I might try to sit for the ECSE Design.

Personal

  • Less time on the phone
  • Read more non-technical books
  • Run 500 miles
  • Road bike more

I really need to take care of myself both physically and mentally in 2022. I had big plans to run more last year and failed totally failed. I’m not sure why but in 2020 I totally fell off the bandwagon and did basically nothing for two years. If ya run, you know how hard it is to get back into it. I always had excuses and just never got into the rhythm again. I need to get back to that 2016-2018 form. No more on-call duties in 2022 means no excuse to be near my phone at all times which will be huge for a lot of these goals. When I’m exercising it helps a ton with physical (obviously) and mental health so that will be really big. Being in better shape mentally and physically will help me be a better husband and dad too. I won’t be as tired, there will be less anxiety, and less need for escapism (reddit/twitter/etc). So yeah, here’s to a much better 2022!

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