My Biggest Achievements (and Failures) of 2020
And the total income I earned from my side hustles. Here’s my recap of my past year before going wild on 2021 prospects and plans.
It’s been an hour that I’ve been staring at this blank, digital sheet, finding it hard to get anything on paper. Did I really do that poorly in 2020? Am I afraid to come clean with my accomplishments? Afraid that they won’t be seen as “good enough” by others, and mostly, by myself? I’ve come across and read quite a few end of the year posts written by indie makers, online entrepreneurs, YouTubers and fellow writers. They’re pretty impressive.
One tweet stood out to me today about how someone made $3 Annual Returning Revenue (or ARR) in 2020. My immediate thought was, $3 what, thousand? Spread out over the entire year? But no. Guess what. There was no typo and there were no digits or commas missing.
That put things back in perspective for me. When I read about business owners having gone from five to six or seven figures per month, I gasp. But we all start at zero. They started at zero once too. Chances are they either got lucky, or they’ve been in the game for months, if not years, and they probably worked hard and smart for it.
