One year ago, HanMeta, LLC came to life. And so now we enter into year two.

When I look back, it’s very interesting to see how much I did and didn’t get done. I definitely started something, but at the same time, nothing really materialized, as witnessed by the lack of any product releases.

I’ve learned to have a balanced view in all things, not just with respect to HanMeta: That while I may aim for the stars, it’s okay to have fallen short of the goal. After all, goals change over time, especially with experience and knowledge in knowing that those initial goals were foolish to begin with.

I’ve been restarting my efforts in trying to create a product with HanMeta. The waves of productivity waxed and waned throughout the year, with certain things in my life or in the world triggering them. There have always been roadblocks along the way, mostly created by me.

There has always been this desire to make sure that everything is used towards something. Metrics and organization are both very important, but to an OCD person like myself, it because a crutch to not get anything done. It’s yet another thing to occupy my time, rather than building awesome things.

To add to that, I’m always looking out of the formula for success; the silver bullet. All the while, I know that such a formula doesn’t exist. It must be why I like systems that can be reduced to absolutes. Games provide me with this system, and I’m seeing my business-oriented self come out a lot more often while playing such games.

But alas, there will always be lessons to learn.

The question is, now what? Now that Year 1 has gone by like this, what will Year 2 be like?

Well, much more awesome, right?

The roadblock now is… passion. I can probably tack on focus to that also. There are just too many things I want to do with HanMeta, and due to this scattered focus, I can’t get anything done. A couple of blog ideas here, a podcast there, and a B2C project idea all the way over somewhere…

It’s time for a list. And to think a little bit more methodically about what to get done.

I sure hope when I write another one of these posts in 2009 that things would have changed for the awesomer, indeed.