Man, I simultaneously blew and sucked at working on reaching the goals I set for 2010. Oh well, I'm over it. Not reaching goals is something I'm very practiced at. Anyway, here's my one and only goal for 2011: LIVE BY A FREAKING BUDGET FOR ONCE.
Seriously, I've been 29 for almost two years now, and I have yet to set a budget and stick with it. But here's the thing: I NEED TO. Or there will be serious consequences. I don't have any debt other than my mortgage and loan for my basement, but that could change if I don't straighten up and fly right, and that's just what I intend to do. Part of my brilliant master plan is to refinance my mortgage and roll my basement loan into it. In theory, that should free up quite a chunk of money every month, which should make the budget more bearable. But f'rills. I'm making and living by a budget in 2011. And it's going to be magical.
All right, all right, and I'm going to work on getting more work, too. I'm shooting to make 25% more in 2011 than I did this year. *Deep breath* Here we go.
Friday, December 31, 2010
2010 Goal Round-up
Remember my goals for 2010? Yeah, I barely do either. But let's see how I did.
Goal #1: Stick to a daily schedule. This did not go over well. Here was the new goal: NEW GOAL #1: Don't sleep past 11:00 on school days, then make a list of crap I need to get done every day and do it. Done and done. I don't think I slept past 11:00 on a school day once after this. And I even started getting up at 7:30 for about three weeks before Christmas happened. So, total success? No. Good enough? Sure, why not.
Goal #2: Shower and get dressed at least six days a week. Erm... Not so much. But I'd say I did shower at least four days a week on average. That's something right? Okay, something to improve upon.
Goal #3: Use my treadmill. Shut up.
Goal #4: Stop spoiling myself. Honestly, I've been way, way, way better about this, but there is still room for improvement. We'll call it a mild success.
Goal #5: Increase client base. Okay, I believe my goal was something like two new repeat clients and three new one-timers. Well, I definitely got at least two new one-timers and one new repeat client. That's something right? Better than nothing, anyway. And it still leaves improvement for 2011. I wouldn't want the perfection to come all at once. It would be overwhelming.
Goal #6: Work on financial preparedness. Bbbballlllls. I'm worse off than when I started. But 2011 is the year of the budget, my friends! The year of the budget!
Goal #7: Get Milo 100% house broken. Done and done! *Wipes hands in self-satisfied manner* Milo whizzes outside with the best of them.
Wow, taking all this into account, I'd say I was only about 25% successful, and that's if I'm being generous. Well, I tried and I failed. I guess it's my fault for trying something I knew I probably wouldn't succeed at in the first place. ;) On to 2011 goals!
Goal #1: Stick to a daily schedule. This did not go over well. Here was the new goal: NEW GOAL #1: Don't sleep past 11:00 on school days, then make a list of crap I need to get done every day and do it. Done and done. I don't think I slept past 11:00 on a school day once after this. And I even started getting up at 7:30 for about three weeks before Christmas happened. So, total success? No. Good enough? Sure, why not.
Goal #2: Shower and get dressed at least six days a week. Erm... Not so much. But I'd say I did shower at least four days a week on average. That's something right? Okay, something to improve upon.
Goal #3: Use my treadmill. Shut up.
Goal #4: Stop spoiling myself. Honestly, I've been way, way, way better about this, but there is still room for improvement. We'll call it a mild success.
Goal #5: Increase client base. Okay, I believe my goal was something like two new repeat clients and three new one-timers. Well, I definitely got at least two new one-timers and one new repeat client. That's something right? Better than nothing, anyway. And it still leaves improvement for 2011. I wouldn't want the perfection to come all at once. It would be overwhelming.
Goal #6: Work on financial preparedness. Bbbballlllls. I'm worse off than when I started. But 2011 is the year of the budget, my friends! The year of the budget!
Goal #7: Get Milo 100% house broken. Done and done! *Wipes hands in self-satisfied manner* Milo whizzes outside with the best of them.
Wow, taking all this into account, I'd say I was only about 25% successful, and that's if I'm being generous. Well, I tried and I failed. I guess it's my fault for trying something I knew I probably wouldn't succeed at in the first place. ;) On to 2011 goals!
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