Recovery – And a few goal-setting thoughts
Posted on January 3, 2011 5 Comments
OK, a little yoga, some vitamins, a nutritious meal (including steamed kale – who knew?!), and a few cups of tea later, I’m feeling like sharing some 2011 goals.
FINANCE
Savings Account – Increase by $12,000 ($1,000/month)
Retirement – Continue to invest at 10% all year
Auto loan – Pay $300/month
Attend a home buying 101 class
Complete a free online tutorial for investing (@ Kiplinger)
Create a new budget and stick to it!
FITNESS
Stay healthy! No injuries in 2011
Complete an olympic distance tri
Complete a half marathon
Add strength and stretching to my workout schedule EVERY WEEK
BLOG
Connect with more finance bloggers in 2011 via comments, link love, and twitter
Post every week, no excuses
Research how to get ads on the blog
There you have it. It’s a lot of goals but I think most of them are doable. They just require commitment and discipline – both of which I can do, provided life doesn’t get in the way.
Now, for a relaxing end to the night, I’m off to go work on a knitting project I recently started. Gotta love those cheap hobbies 
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January 3rd, 2011 @ 10:59 pm
Those are some really nice goals. I’m trying to figure out how to put ads on my blog too.
January 4th, 2011 @ 7:48 pm
Keep posting! We are reading
January 5th, 2011 @ 6:22 pm
Why do you want to create a new budget? Is it because you got the car?
Will you be reducing other expenses to compensate for the car payment?
To me it looks like the one you have works pretty well.
January 5th, 2011 @ 6:35 pm
The car payment isn’t really a factor, it essentially took the place of my student loans, which I finished paying in 2009 (they’re the same payment per month). It’s more about making sure my resources are all going to the right places. Now that I’m making more (I set up my first budget at age 25-ish)and my interests have changed a bit, I tend to overspend in some categories (like groceries, gas, sports-related stuff, gifts) and underspend in others (entertainment, bars and restaurants). So rather than saving less, I just need to “right size” my budget so I know where everything’s going. Just a little tweaking to see if there’s more I can be saving.
August 21st, 2011 @ 9:24 pm
[...] It’s mid-August and I’ve been feeling a little antsy about my finances since man-friend still doesn’t have a lawyerly job (he’s doing part-time research for a professor while he job hunts), so I thought perhaps a goals check-in would make me feel better and give me a truer picture of whether I really need to sweat my financial situation. We’ve been doing REALLY good with our savings this month, mostly by avoiding lots of unnecessary expenses like dining out and clothes/vacations/athletic equipment. But rather than guess, let’s see where I compare to my 2011 goals. [...]