Annual Review 2022: Hustle, Heart and Haste

The major milestone of this year was quitting my day job and going full time on Growth Sprints.

A big reason that I left my position at ActiveCampaign was a bad manager (aka the reason most high performers leave companies) culminating in enough stress to give me a blood clot in my leg.

This was my second catastrophic health scare related to over-working.

If I’m going to wreck myself, its going to be building my dream, not somebody else’s.

Note:

This isn’t a full annual review. It’s what I was able to salvage from my notes app looking back from 2025.

Highlights:

• Vacations – Alabama and Carolina and Sedona
• Quit my job
• Got a dog in June
• Big house project – redid our kitchen and main living area to be more connected
• Bought a truck (second we’ve bought all cash – “I don’t have a rari but my whip is really mine though.” – Kyle)
• Kids stayed health

Lowlights:

• Failed to sell SEO for the Rest of Us
• Despite being a major part of my life for a long time, I decided Jiu Jitsu isn’t for me any more. Tried to make a return, got hurt again, and frustrated with poor instruction and meatheads
• Everything felt like it was moving so fucking fast
• Just execution and action
• All gas and absolutely zero fucking brakes.
• Probably why I hospitalized myself (again) this year.

Biggest Takeaway:

I made more this year than ever before.

That was amazing, but it’s freaking me out a bit.

I want to make less this next year.

I want to break the streak.

It’s freaking me the fuck out.

I can’t keep destroying my health in an endless pursuit of more.