Hi Everyone.
So January is flying by.
And one of the things that I wanted to talk about was what are my 2021
career goals since my early twenties,
when I found out that I was pregnant with my oldest,
I've always been very focused on my goals and I have a very tedious
way of going through it. I first start off with my vision statement.
What do I want with my life? I do have life goals,
the goals that I want to achieve before I pass,
and then as well as I break it down to my five-year goals right now,
I'm in the third year.
And so I then break that down into the yearly goals to achieve
those five-year goals.
So my last year's goal was to get my MBA,
which was my main career goal for 2020. And after I did that,
I started really thinking about what I want to do next.
And so that's what I wanted to talk about and share with you today for those who
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And now let's get to the video. So as I've said,
I always have five-year goals and I'm in year three. So after my MBA,
my main goal was starting my own business.
So that is something that I'm currently working on,
but I still have my nine to five and I really love my companies.
So that is something that I'm currently debating.
Do I really want to leave if my company takes off,
not as something that we'll focus on next year, hopefully, you know,
everything goes according to plan.
But the one thing that I really wanted to focus on was getting more technical.
I've been working a lot of cloud projects and I feel sometimes like everything
goes over my head and I did have a video on here about managing technical teams.
And so one of the things that now that my MBA is done is I want to start
becoming more technical again.
So I want to start getting certifications on Azure
and really getting back into coding,
which is something that I've always done more as a hobby,
but I really want to start learning how to talk that
developer lingo. And so when I'm talking to my teams,
I'm not just sitting there nodding my head, being like,
what are they talking about?
So that's something that I'm really focusing on this year.
So my first step is I'm going to get the Azure fundamental certification.
So I'm going to start studying for that. Again,
I started studying for it last year,
but when I got custody of my grandson,
I was just so overwhelmed.
The Val was one of the things that I had to take off my plate because I couldn't
do work school,
taking care of a baby while trying to also get a certification.
So now that I have more of a handle on things and my MBA's complete,
I can focus on getting them to certification so I can get the fundamentals on
Azure.
One thing is that because I've been working in these projects for a while now,
I understand what my teams are kind of talking about on a high level,
but I want to get more in depth knowledge.
So I can further understand what they're discussing
as well as be more of that technical advisor to my clients.
So that is one of my first certifications that I want to get this year.
The second certification that I want to get is the Security+ I do eventually
want to get the CISP.
And I did talk to my MBA cohort because my MBA is information
security.
One of the things that the school offered was to start the
CISP bootcamp, but at the moment, a lot of us,
I think we're just very happy that our MBA was done and we didn't just want to
delve into something right away.
So one thing that we have discussed is that when one of us feels like the time
is right, he or she will reach out and then see who else is interested.
And then we can start like a study group together and get the CSSP together.
So that's one of the things then my long-term goals that I want to do,
but for now the Security+ I can get,
because it's one of the requirements that a lot of our clients have.
So even though,
so I'm not in that technical role,
I still wanting to be able to get that certification.
And because my MBA was on information security,
I feel like I've got kind of a grasp on that.
Cause we learned a lot about information security.
So that is something that I'm going to study for one thing I found out that
there's now two security pluses, the 501 and the 601, which is the newer one.
So I decided to get the 601.
And the book that I really want to get is not going to be released until
January 27th.
So that basically made it easier to make that
decision on starting the Azure fundamental certification because I have to wait
for that book to come out. So for the first quarter of 2021,
I want to get those two certifications, the Azure fundamentals and Security+.
And I'm definitely going to create videos on how I study for those. I then want,
um, in the second quarter to start thinking about the intermediate
certifications for Azure.
So that is something that I'll hold off on until the second quarter,
because I just want to focus on these two certifications at first,
as well as start reading more content on these as well,
and start practicing coding, which is something I haven't done in awhile.
So that is my major goal is to become more technical and
be that technical advisor to my clients, as,
as understand in more detail what my technical people are talking about.
And then I mentioned starting my own business.
So right now it's more of a passion project,
but I definitely want to turn it into an actual business.
So that is something that I'm really going to be focusing on this year as well.
So one thing that I learned is that I do not want to have a bunch of goals for
the year,
because then I'll never be able to say I have
completed that goal.
I want to make sure that I have two to three goals for each life
category that I have.
And then in that way is more manageable to be able to complete
those goals and create action plans for them and be able
to say at the end of 20, 21, yay, I did it.
And then I can see how it feeds into my five-year
goal. And if there's any time that I have to make any modifications I can.
So for this year for my career is just becoming more
technical.
And then as well as turning my passion project into more of a side hustle,
I do not think that this year I'm going to be able to completely have a full
time business,
but I'm definitely going to make strides to get there in probably next year or
the year after that.
So I just quickly wanted to let you know what my 2021 career goals were.
Please let me know what yours are.
I'm going to go ahead and share a goal worksheet down
below. So it'll be in the description below.
And that's just how I create my goals.
And hopefully sharing with you will get you going in creating your goals if you
don't have any already.
But I think all of us usually chore or the majority of us usually try to
have some type of goals. I'm not someone who likes resolutions.
And I think sometimes people say resolutions,
but I think it's because they're more high level and there's
not really like a plan to attack those resolutions.
So when you start creating a plan and start becoming consistent,
then they become goals. So I hope that the worksheet does help you.
And please let me know what goals you have and we will chat
soon. I'll talk to you later and have a great week. Bye.