My Goals for 2024 (Update #2 - March)

Happy March everyone! I hope you had a great start to the year and are making progress towards your goals!

For me, I had a SUPER busy February!

First, my wife and I celebrated Lunar New Year with each of our families over 2 separate dinners. The following weekend, we celebrated my mom's birthday, my brother-in-law's birthday, and a combined birthday dinner! A few days later, my wife and I celebrated our 4-year anniversary!

On top of all of this, I gave 3 presentations! The 1st one was for the Lunar New Year event at Applied Materials as the MC for the event. Then, I presented at San Jose State University about How to Build Confidence for Networking. Finally, I presented to Theta Tau - University of Reno about How to Create Content and get into Public Speaking!

Continue reading below for my 2nd update to my 2024 goals!

1) Personal Development Goals

For my personal development goals, I want to challenge myself to do new things and continue to grow!

a)?(BEHIND, 1,405 minutes) Exercise for 10,000 minutes on Peloton (excluding walking)

For 2024, I want to focus on more active exercising through Peloton. I set a goal of 10,000 minutes on Peloton excluding walking classes. This means that I will need to do strength training, cycling, or running for at least 30 minutes every day.

With all of the celebrations and events that took place this month, I wasn't able to have a good exercise routine. I am behind my goal by just exercising for 500 minutes in February, compared to 900 minutes in January.

I need to step it up more in March!

b) (ON TRACK: 4 pounds) Lose 15 pounds

I started the year at 188.5 pounds and start February at 183.5 pounds. With all of the celebrations and not exercising enough, my weight went up to 184.5 pounds.

I will need to focus more on eating healthy and exercising more in March!

c)?(BEHIND): 10 paid coaching clients and 4 paid speaking opportunities

For 2024, I want to double the number of paid coaching clients as well as the number of paid presentations from 2023. To help with getting these opportunities, I've been sharing weekly tips for shy introverts (more updates below).

On February 8th, I was the MC for the Asian ERG at Applied Materials for our Lunar New Year Festival! We had over 1,000 people attend and we had cultural performances of an orchestra and lion dancers. We also had several activities including Bingo, calligraphy, and folding fortune tellers.

Also, I presented at San Jose State University on February 21st about How to Build Confidence for Networking! I shared with 15 students about why networking is important for college students and the best way to network in person and online!

Finally, on February 26th, I presented to the Theta Tau - University of Reno chapter about my public speaking and content creation journey. This presentation really helped the 20 students who attended on how to find their voice and build confidence in themselves!

If you know of any organization that would benefit from presentations about LinkedIn, content creation, or building confidence as an introvert, let me know!

d)?ONGOING: Learn Japanese (and then another language)

In 2024, I am continuing to learn Japanese on Duolingo. This month, I learned words and phrases related to scheduling plans, using polite language, talking about your home, using commands, and discussing laws.

2) Professional Development Goals

I want to continue to gain new skills and knowledge to grow professionally!

a)?Continue to learn Data Analysis, Python, and Excel

This year, I will be taking several Data Analysis, Python, and Excel classes for my professional development requirements at work. I was able to complete the overview course for Data Analysis, where I learned about the different tools and languages that Data Analysts used.

I only took 1 lesson for my 100 Days of Code Python course this month and I learned about error handling.

3) Content Creation Goals

For 2024, to be more consistent with creating content on LinkedIn, I have been posting weekly tips for shy introverts to build confidence! You will see my posts at 7AM Pacific time every Monday! Make sure to follow my hashtag #stephenhelpsyou and #shyintroverttips

Week 6: How to Build Confidence for Job Interviews

Week 7: How to Overcome Anxiety Before a Big Event

Week 8: How to Be Confident with English as a 2nd Language

Week 9: How to Build Confidence for Networking

How are you progressing towards your goals? Share in the comments!