Photo care of 2 1/2-Months-To-New-Years-Resolutions Resolutions

I’m a reader of a few financial blogs, and I recently came across an old post from The Simple Dollar detailing the challenge of 101 Goals in 1001 Days. And then I came across the same post (except for the goals themselves, of course) in Starshyne Productions‘ blog. I could go into the specifics, but I won’t insult your intelligence – it’s exactly how it sounds. And I want to do it, too.*

So, here’s my list of specific, measurable, decisive, focused realistic & stretching goals to complete on or before September 4, 2011 (Doesn’t that seem far, far away?):

1. Be credit card debt-free
2. Be a homeowner
3. Establish my own work space
4. Work fully for myself (no day job!)
5. Do one show/year [0/2]
6. Plan a “big” trip (overseas) with Luke
7. Send a thank you note for every gift received
8. Conduct at least 3 workshops [0/3]
9. Conduct at least 3 teleclasses [0/3]
10. Write at least 3 articles and post them online [0/3]
11. Get a financial planner that is not my accountant
12. Write an eBook
13. Graduate from ICA
14. Join ICF
15. Continue to blog here with at least 429 more posts [0/429]
16. Go to an ICF Conference
17. Complete the 3-Day Walk for breast cancer
18. Meet at least one of my twiends face-to-face
19. Take one scholarship client/year [0/3]
20. Join a networking group
21. Paint every room in my house/apartment with a non-white color. White is so un-homey.
22. Speak at an event
23. Visit The Bronx Zoo
24. Visit The Cloisters
25. Have a 2-show date in one day with my Mom
26. Go to The Met with Luke, my Mom & Chuck
27. Spend a holiday with my Dad in Florida
28. Have another girls weekend (in Atlantic City?)
29. Get 6 massages/facials [0/6]
30. Get a real make-up lesson
31. Purge my closet of every single clothing item that doesn’t fit or I don’t like, no matter how much I might “need” it at some point
32. Take a flying trapeze class. Yes really.
33. Host 5 movie nights in the movie theater room (cool amenity, huh? Thanks fancy NYC building!) [0/5]
34. Offer my Mom and stepfather at least one night in our apartment
35. Spend 2 full days in my pajamas [0/2]
36. Learn how to make 3 “real” dishes (pizza, burritos & pasta doesn’t count) [0/3]
37. Throw a dinner party on the roof for 6 people
38. Hire a designer for a WIGU logo
39. Redesign my site to coordinate with the WIGU logo
40. Redesign my blog to coordinate with the WIGU logo and be more reader-friendly
41. Add necessary widgets to my blog (Twitter, Digg, delicious, etc)
42. Start a newsletter
43. Send out 6 copies of said newsletter [0/6]
44. Create a Facebook group for WIGU
45. See Guys & Dolls, no matter the cost
46. Change my name. Everywhere.
47. Update my performance site
48. Continue helping Opening Doors become the powerhouse they deserve to be by helping behind the scenes. Hm, this isn’t measurable. OK – produce 1 show for Opening Doors.
49. Start a client database
50. Order photos for wedding album &…uh….get it
51. Frame 6 wedding photos [0/6]
52. Return unwanted wedding gifts
53. Hang up/find a home for all framed photos
54. Make wedding photo book for Mom & Chuck
55. Make wedding photo book for Dad & Diana
56. Make wedding photo book for Nana & Papa
57. Make wedding photo book for Sheila
58. Mail all birthday cards 7-5 days prior to that person’s birthday
59. Take 1 martial arts or boxing class
60. Make recipe book with easy, healthy recipes
61. Stop picking my g.d. fingers!
62. Have a weekend road trip getaway with Luke
63. Take a road trip to see the fall foliage
64. Team up on a garage sale with a friend (that has a garage)
65. Find the paper I wrote on my Papa’s life
66. Establish weekly phone calls with my brother
67. Establish weekly phone calls with my Dad
68. Give blood
69. Give 5 homemade gifts or cards [0/5]
70. Take 6 voice lessons [0/6]
71. Read all books in the WIGU Bookstore [1/10]
72. Get my watch fixed already
73. Have 100 things on my Celebration List
74. Transfer the quotes I’ve been collecting to my brand new blog page
75. Scan all notebooks and recycle the paper versions
76. Beat Luke at Monopoly. Or any other game. Just once.
77. Clear out bin of Stuff That Needs A Home and use for something else. Because you’ll never just dump your crap there again.
78. Clear out bin of Papers That Need A Home and use for something else. Because you’ll never just dump your crap there again.
79. Attend a clothing swap
80. Start a new ING account for appearance purchases only. Set it up to deduct $50/month & stick to this budget!
81. Figure out where to put your money each month & make it automatic, especially with the joint checking account.
82. Create a WIGU budget, calculating the cost of web hosting, newsletters, a contact database, design fees, stationary, etc.
83. Get to 1,000 Twitter followers
84. Map out my time blocks for 2 consecutive weeks and stick to them. I’m serious [0/2]
85. Print out this goal list & keep it in my Moleskine
86. Put this list in a new blog page & keep it updated in real time, along with a countdown
87. Take my vitamins every weekday morning (calcium, one a day, vitamin c)
88. Read 10 novels of my choosing (0/10]
89. Take 10 bubble baths [0/10]
90. Eat dinner with Luke on the roof deck
91. Donate $100 to charity (0/$100]
92. Have a beach day
93. Buy fancy schmany hot chocolate
94. Learn how to update my website myself
95. Eat lobster
96. Attend a Mets game with my family at the new CitiField
97. Go to the Brooklyn Flea
98. Take a group marketing class with Veronika Noize
99. Work with my own business-building coach for at least 24 weeks [0/24]
100. Make an inspiration board, because “vision boards” are too hippy-dippy for me
101. Start a book club for/with my girlfriends & have 3 meetings – NOT all hosted/organized by me [0/3]

*And yes, I would jump off a bridge if other cool bloggers were doing it.

Jump on the bandwagon! Write your 101 Goals in 1001 Days in the comments section, or write your post on your blog & link it back here. If you think that this is too large of a project for you, set 2-5 S.M.A.R.T.Y. Goals for 2009 & let me know if you need help.

UPDATE AS OF FEB 9, 2009: I have created a page where this list lives, and is updated (and sometimes changed). Go here to see where I’m at today!

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1. One of “those” days…
2. Goals should wear SMARTY pants, just like you do!

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