2007 Personal Goals
Posted by macengr on November 16, 2006
One of the things that drove me crazy when I first discovered the concept of self-improvement was goal-setting. I mean, it was easy to pick long term goals, i.e., be a gazillionaire when I retire, things like that. But the short term ones were the ones that I had trouble with. I tend to think big picture and long term, so thinking short term and at a lower level was more difficult. At the time, blogging was gaining in popularity but there still weren’t a lot of good examples of personal goals. So in case any one is in my situation, I decided to put these up. Also, it gives me accountability, now that I’m posting them for all to see.
There are lots of good blog posts out there on goal setting; just do a search. I’d recommend using Google’s Blogsearch for a start.
Financial / career
I will invest 10% of my earnings in an IRA
I will (at long last) buy a house
I will start an online business
I will maintain my Blog
I will Bench 200 lbs 10 times
I will trim my waistline to 32 inches
I will workout at least 4x per week
I will eat a better diet
I will begin taking Oomyungdoe?
Family
I will take my wife on 1 date night per week – need babysitting
I will spend one-on-one time weekly with my son
I will have uninterrupted knee-to-knee time with my wife daily
Friends
I will call some weekly
I will email the others weekly
I will have lunch weekly with at least one
I will make new friends and enlarge my social circle
I will earn my Toastmasters Competent Communicator award
Church
I will serve in some capacity
I will teach a Bible study
I will write a column for the Tidings?
Spiritual
I will read my Bible daily
I will pray at least 5 minutes daily
I will memorize 1 scripture per month
I will give a proper offering to God via the church
Miscellaneous
I will find a mentor
I will learn to Podcast
I will write a book
james craig said
I’m available to babysit. Chrissy will vouch for me:)
How’s the ‘dating’ going these days?
jusu ngobeh said
James,
It is true that goal seeting is very difficult when one is not sure of the uncertainties of life.
Am happy to come across you and hope you will happy too to meet with me though am outside USA living down to Africa in the West African state of Sierra Leone
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Layi said
Hi James,
I am still trying to articulate my Goal list for the year and decided to check out examples in the internet. Google brought me to your site.
I read earlier this year that one of the ways to accomplish your goals is to share it with others or put it on your blog. I praise your courage.
If you won’t mind, will you let me know to what percentage you were able to achieve your 2007 goals and are u dropping the idea of doing the same thing for the current year
Cheers