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The last year was a challenging one. In many regards. There has been so much change that it almost hurt a keeper like me. There has been positive and negative stress, often regarding similar things. It is tough to compress 365 days into one little 2019 year in review post. To make sense of it all, I am turning back to my Big 5 for life<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A<\/strong> \u2013 Become an Agile <\/strong>Project Management Consultant<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

My work life in 2019 has been going in the right direction: Especially towards the end I was able to take some more steps growing from ScrumMaster \/ Agile Coach to Trainer \/ Consultant. At the end of October I even hosted a session at the Global Scrum Gathering 2019 in Vienna. I  got great feedback and also plenty of things to improve on. Shortly after I received a recommendation for giving Agile trainings at a foundation close to the government (thank you, ProduktwerkCGN<\/a>!) and made more contacts leading in that direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another 2018 client contacted me again for supporting the next stage in the organizations evolution. The first engagement was a relatively small, but impactful one. So don\u2019t say limited efforts (by an Agile Coach) can\u2019t make a change. It always depends on how you (the client?) take it further. This client took it further and I\u2019m really satisfied these great folks are moving ahead! As a result we\u2019ll continue our work in Q1-2020. Turning this short-term training into a mid-term collaboration again proves my creed holds true: Deliver results, provide things that work and trust will follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest kudos goes to Quandoo<\/a> (\u201cWe transform the world of dining.\u201d), where professionally we make a lot of progress, while having a great customer-freelancer-relationship. An earlier rift between tech and product is finally closing. Alesia Braga<\/a> really got the tech team organized and up to speed and the positive trend continues. What made me most happy in 2019 though is that the company really had my back, when family life (see \u201cR for Relationships\u201d below) was challenging and I couldn\u2019t work much, but return whenever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m looking forward to continuing the good work in 2020. Thanks, folks!
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W<\/strong> \u2013 Travel the World<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Traveling the world suddenly becomes less important with a little one at home, shouting \u201cPapa, Papa!\u201d when you get home. However we still managed to go on a great one month long <\/strong>trip through Ireland. This was great for many reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First: This was a return to a country I called home for 1.5 years. Relieved of the sight-seeing pressure you might (I do) feel when going somewhere new, we could really enjoy ourselves. We went to places we wanted to see, stayed for some days and went out for long walks with the baby strapped to the chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second: We went to see friends in Ireland and since we had planned longer stays in holiday homes, some friends joined our journey (11 of 29 days we had visitors). Organizing this could have been a pain, but we simply booked all houses from home and sent an email with our itinerary to ~20 friends. Two couples from Ireland and friends from Hamburg, Germany, joined!
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A<\/strong> \u2013 Be directing or Acting <\/strong>in an at least medium sized theater<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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In My Big Five for Life<\/a> I wrote about how clear goals make prioritizing easier. There was no (zero!) acting or the like in 2019. But that\u2019s okay. Merely 2 weeks after playing our piece on the (rehearsal-) stage of Berlins Schaub\u00fchne<\/a> back in summer 2018 my son was born. Since then, this life goal is a bit on hold. And that\u2019s fine. It is still there and let\u2019s see when chance rushes in to assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, the acting bug is still tingling. This Christmas I got to be Santa for the first time. The acting was minimal, however, the audience of under 5 year olds was captivated. What more could I ask for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R \u2013 <\/strong>Have intense family and friends Relationships<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here it is: The winner of 2019 in the category \u201cWhat made me most happy\u201d. Family life is great. It\u2019s also tiring, frustrating and exhausting. And it\u2019s still great. Childcare adaptation took ages. That and sickness led to not very much work being done in Q3 and Q4. Family takes priority. The family and friends life goal is best combined with traveling: So in 2019 we\u2019ve visited friends in Mecklenburg, Munich, Ireland, went to my hometown and visited the in-laws.
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We also hosted a lot of visitors, mainly since we moved house this summer. We\u2019re feeling very much at home in Berlin-K\u00f6penick<\/a> (from Slavic Copnic<\/em> — island-place). So, we ended up showing and sharing it with friends and family alike. This desire to host culminated in our first ever Xmas in our place! No driving to two hometowns, no \u201cbeing guests\u201d. Hosting Xmas meant the first ever Christmas duck prepared by my better half, the first ever Xmas tree set up and decorated in our place. In short: Next level adulting! The result was a heartwarming, amazing, cozy family-Christmas with everyone around one table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E<\/strong> \u2013 Active political or charitable Engagement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Just like Acting, this life goal was a bit on hold in 2019, so that beyond donations I didn\u2019t do anything. One thing I can retro-actively do though: If politics (I mean clean and fair <\/strong>politics) means something to you, as a German please consider donating to Abgeordnetenwatch<\/a> (\u201cWatch members of parliament\u201d). They are doing a great job for our country: creating transparency on corporate lobbying and politicians who don\u2019t vote how they publicly claim they would\/did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Aligning goals with one another is not always possible. 2019 in review however was great in many ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n