Earlier this year, I officially celebrated my 5 year Faceversary at Facebook. Its been a crazy ride and one that I am fortunate to be on. While there has been a lot of negative press about some of the mistakes the company has made over this time period, I’m still proud to call it home. For me, Facebook holds some more than a place where I get a pay check. This is a place where I make connections to people all around the world. The mission had always been one of those, of coarse we’re connecting people all around the world. But it really started to hit home for me with my post about The Ochos

I’ve been doing nothing but reviews at work and setting goals before that. Time for my personal goals for the year.

• Drop the next 10 lbs - This is a carry over from 2018 where I didn’t do near as well as I would have liked. A big portion of that is how I have been eating. So this yaer, I’d like to get down 10lbs+, eat better and hopfully it can help with energy levels. With 3 boys at home, 2 of which are getting even more active as they grow, its getting harder to keep up .

Another year, another time to see how we did on the goals for the year. Not going to lie, this one may be rough.

• Bot Up! - This was an idea to get a bot out the door. Safe to say, I did not the find the time to get this out the door. Kids, work, and other things got in the way of having some time in my night hours to work on some things that I wanted to work on. This is a nice to have, I have a lot of things that I’d like to write. But when you get done picking up the house and finally getting a chance to sit on the couch at 9 at night. My motivation to do anything else is pretty low.

Its the middle of the year and we just finished up the heavy lift of our half reviews at work. Lots of peer, self and upward reviews being written before we dive into final rating discussions. Its a busy time of the year but also a really good time for us to check in and see how we are doing. So let’s see where we are at with my personal goals.

Warning

I don’t think that I have any spoilers in here, but if I do, deal with it. You’ve been warned.

The Book

First off, I enjoyed this book immensley. I’m not religous as some of my co-workers that have ready it several times over the past couple of years. But I enjoyed the time that I read it. The contest alone gets you excited, cheering for the kid from nothing to beat all the odds is captivating. It gets you rooting for the underdog from the begining. Its filled with pop culture references from my youth which just adds that extra little bit to it.