2023 in 8 forms of capital

I learned a lot about how to set better intentions from last year’s review in 8 forms of capital. So how will 2023 looks like?

What capital do I want to grow in this year? And how?

💵 Financial:
Hit $5k/m, any which way.

Continue with my goal of hitting at least $5k/m from my portfolio of products and services. I was about 60-70% there last year… close.
No more main project or MRR obsession. The aim is to hit $5k any which way, from whatever project or work, product or service. To thrive I have to first survive. I can think about thriving after hitting $5k/m.

⚒️ Material:
Invest high ROI assets for health and productivity.

Anytime I invested in sleep biohacking gear, my sleep gets better (even if incrementally). The ROI is usually high, so more in that area.
Update on tech hardware as most are dated – I got an iPhone SE 2020, iPad mini 2 2013, Macbook Pro 2015. Some apps are no longer working on my devices – FCP, iMovie on MBP, iPad apps like Google Drive.
More domaining for my products, e.g. getting domains where people are likely to type typos. (Side question: Are digital assets considered material capital? 🤔)

🌡 Living:
Sleep well, stress less, move more.

My living capital aka health goals summed up in 3 words – sleep, stress, fitness.
I’ve been working on my sleep for 2 years now. There’s ups and downs, but I really wish to nail it and get consistent 80-90% sleep scores this year. That involves nailing my sleep fundamentals and habit systems, even on busy project days.
The biggest health-related epiphany las year was realising that stress is the root cause of many of my chronic ailments. That’s why I set a new goal in Oct last year to biohack my stress. More work to be done in this area!
I’m not letting myself off for failing to get more exercise last year. Fit AF continues, but the big question is: How can I do this even on my worst days? How do I set up habit systems where I can’t fail?

💡 Intellectual:
Power up on marketing.

I’ve learned a lot about how to do active marketing on social media over the past 2 years. It’s hard work to keep the flywheel spinning, but I’ve done it. But how about other, more ‘passive’ ways of marketing? I got to learn to do this if I want my indie products to succeed.
Learn how to do the more ‘passive’ types of marketing. Ads? SEO? Affiliates?
Launch a new type of product that I’ve never launched before. Ebook? Course?

💪 Experiential:
Acting fast on opportunity.

Being able to sense and act fast on opportunity is a skill that one can get better at through practice and experience. Continue to practice and learn how to act fast on opportunity.
Also to learn being real
Gain more practice as a founder by launching new products through the year. Every new thing teaches me something that I can use for my existing or future products.

👥 Social:
More LinkedIn conversations.

I only started being serious on LinkedIn on April this year, yet the ROI from LinkedIn had been surprising. I got a few opportunities which made all the difference to my financial survival. So I’m doubling down on connecting more on LinkedIn.
Also to connect with more local designers.
Making friends and building relationships on Twitter continues.

🎨 Cultural:
Travel with a toddler.

A new challenge of traveling to new countries and cultures with a toddler. Thailand, Taiwan and Indonesia are possibilities.
Stretch goal is to go live in Bali for 2-4 weeks with toddler, and have grandparents join us part-way too.

⛩️ Spiritual:
Stress biohacking through mindfulness.

I only had a handful of rare moments last year where I felt present and mindful, when I worked with intention, clarity and a calmness that felt really enjoyable. The rest of the time I felt distracted, stressed, and scattered, running around like a headless chicken. I want more of the former in 2023 than the latter.

Onwards to 2023!