Mid-Year Check-In: My 2018 Resolutions Journey

A visual journey tracking my annual goals and personal growth

Jeremy's 2018 Resolutions Interactive Dashboard

*Click to view my interactive 2018 resolutions tracker *

Time flies! We’re already halfway through 2018, and I realized I neglected to share my annual resolutions project with you here on my blog. This interactive dashboard represents one of my favorite “personal time” creative projects I work on each year.

Why I Create These Interactive Resolutions

For me, resolutions aren’t just a list to be forgotten by February. They’re a visual reminder of my journey and aspirations. Creating this interactive experience helps me stay accountable while practicing my creative skills.

Visualizing goals provides powerful motivation. When we transform abstract resolutions into tangible dashboards, we create a constant reminder of our commitments and progress. This visualization turns fleeting intentions into concrete action plans we can track throughout the year.

Explore My Interactive 2018 Resolutions

Mid-Year Reflections

Reaching the midpoint of the year provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on progress made and challenges encountered. June offers a natural moment to reassess priorities, celebrate achievements, and adjust course where necessary.

The most valuable aspect of tracking resolutions isn’t just measuring success—it’s gaining insight into our patterns, preferences, and priorities. Even goals we haven’t yet achieved provide valuable data about where we might need additional support or strategies.

The Creative Process

Creating an interactive dashboard combines several creative disciplines—data visualization, web development, user experience design, and personal storytelling. This project allows me to practice these skills while creating something personally meaningful.

The best personal projects often serve multiple purposes. This resolution tracker not only helps me stay accountable to my goals but also serves as a creative outlet and skills practice. Finding these multi-purpose projects creates natural motivation to complete and maintain them.

Your Turn: Mid-Year Check-In

I’d love to hear what you think! Have you kept up with your own 2018 goals? Feel free to share your mid-year progress or setbacks in the comments below.

Join the Conversation

How do you track your personal goals? Have you found creative ways to visualize your progress? Share your experiences or questions in the comments!

The Best Ideas Die in the Shower

The Best Ideas Die in the Shower - Masters of Scale

On this episode of Masters of Scale, Linda Rottenberg talks about how the best ideas originate in the shower, but too often they never escape the bathroom.

Key Insights

Ideas Need Action

Even brilliant ideas remain worthless until they’re put into action and shared with the world.

Overcoming Hesitation

The journey from idea to execution often requires overcoming fear and self-doubt.

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Successful entrepreneurs develop systems to capture and implement their creative insights.

About Masters of Scale

Masters of Scale is a podcast hosted by Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, where he explores how successful companies grow from zero to a gazillion. Each episode features conversations with pioneering founders and leaders who share their insights on innovation, leadership, and scaling businesses.

About Linda Rottenberg

Linda Rottenberg is the co-founder and CEO of Endeavor, a nonprofit organization that supports high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. Known as “La Chica Loca” (the crazy girl) for her innovative approaches to entrepreneurship, she has been named one of “America’s Best Leaders” by U.S. News and one of TIME’s 100 “Innovators for the 21st Century.”

Her book, “Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags,” provides insights on how entrepreneurs can break barriers and achieve success.

Linda Rottenberg

Your Thoughts?

What great ideas have you had that never made it out of the “shower?” What holds you back from pursuing them?

Outrunning Money

“Honey, you have to stop chasing money because money runs really fast. You should go do the right thing. It will chase you.”

— Advice from Tariq Farid’s mother to the Edible Arrangements CEO

In this NPR interview, Tariq Farid shares the story of how he transformed a small flower shop into the global phenomenon that is Edible Arrangements. At the heart of his success lies this simple wisdom from his mother—a reminder that authentic purpose often leads to prosperity.

The interview explores Farid’s immigrant journey from Pakistan to America, how he built a business now worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and how his mother’s practical wisdom guided his entrepreneurial decisions at crucial moments.