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It\u2019s been another crazy year. I set five goals for myself in 2013 and managed to accomplish three of them, sort of. Here\u2019s what I set out to do in 2013 and my status for each.<\/p>\nIt\u2019s been another crazy year. I set five goals for myself in 2013 and managed to accomplish three of them, sort of. Here\u2019s what I set out to do in 2013 and my status for each.<\/p>\n
BCG Certification<\/strong> \u2013 Will I ever \u201cstart the clock?\u201d It\u2019s been on my genealogy goals list for years, yet I never seem to have enough hours in the day to get my regular work done, let alone begin work on the BCG portfolio. Maybe next year?<\/p>\n Publishing Articles<\/strong> \u2013 This is an ongoing goal, but for 2013, I wanted to expand and publish in a variety of new-for-me publications. I did just that!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Continue Working on American Records Certificate Through National Institute for Genealogical Studies<\/strong> \u2013 My goal was to complete the intermediate course for the American Records certificate through the National Institute for Genealogical Studies<\/a>. Unfortunately, that did not happen this year as other priorities got in the way. On the list for 2014 it goes!<\/p>\n Dedicate More Time to My Genealogy Writing Blog<\/strong> \u2013 In 2011, I started the blog Writing Your Way to the Past<\/em> with the intent of focusing on the writing aspect of genealogy. This blog also served as my business website. After much deliberation (for over a year!!), I decided to merge all three of my genealogy blogs into one<\/a>, along with my new business website<\/a>. You can read more about the blog merger here<\/a>. While this didn\u2019t exactly fulfill my intended goal, it needed to be done, and it puts me in a better position to accomplish this goal down the road.<\/p>\n Continue Growing My Genealogy Business<\/strong> \u2013 In 2012, I was able to focus a little bit more on my genealogy business<\/a> and worked with several new clients. I had hoped to put all<\/em> of my energy into growing the business and be more proactive and deliberate in finding clients and projects in 2013. Although I wasn\u2019t able to focus 100% on growing my business, I did work with many new clients this year. I was also busy creating a new business website<\/a> to coincide with the blog merger (see above). I also made it a point to make sure all of my online profiles were consistent and up-to-date.<\/p>\n In addition to these achievements, I also managed to do a few other things this year.<\/p>\n All in all I\u2019d say I had a pretty successful year. Looking forward to 2014!!<\/p>\n Image courtesy of <\/font><\/em>scottchan<\/font><\/a><\/em> via <\/font><\/em>FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/font><\/em><\/a>.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been another crazy year. I set five goals for myself in 2013 and managed to accomplish three of them, sort of. Here\u2019s what I set out to do in 2013 and my status for each. 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