Goal #1: Rank 5
websites in top 10 for their keywords
Towards the end of November last year, I started 6
new websites. They are Amazon affiliate sites that should be able to fetch $500
or more a month once they hit the top 10 in Google for their keywords. I should
be able to complete this goal within 6 months.
Goal #2: Save $500 in an emergency account
I would like to get this
completed by June. I will need to put $250 into the account by the middle of
March and another $250 into the account by the end of May.
Goal #3: Get under 150 pounds
I will need to lose 50 pounds. I
lost 30 pounds in 2013 so 50 should be doable in 2014. I am going to aim to get
under 175 pounds by March. I will have to lose around 3.5 pounds a week which
will be very tough and unlikely but is possible. I will probably take a month
off to maintain in March and then try to lose 15 more pounds by July. The last
10 pounds will come off between July and October. I’m going to lose the weight
the same way I lost the last 30 pounds. I’m going to skip breakfast, eat a
decent size lunch around noon, have a small snack around 2:30, eat a large
supper around 5:30 and not eat anything after 7PM. I will also do 1 hour of
cardio a day to start and will add in some weights later in the year.
Goal #4: Read 6 books
I had a goal of reading 12 books
last year and that completely failed. I’ve noticed that I tend to choose longer
books to read. In 2012, I read Gone With The Wind which was over 900 pages
long. I’m still working on Don Quixote which is also 900 pages long. If I read
short books, I could probably read one book per month. Since I’m not sure how
long the books will be that I’m going to read, I will give myself two months to
read each book and will, hopefully, get 6 books read by the end of the year.
Goal #5: Complete Jillian Michael’s 30 Day Shred in 30 days
I’ve done JM 30 Day Shred twice
before but I always gave up after 3 weeks. I would love to get all 30 days
completed.
Goal #6: Save $2,500 towards a house down payment/apartment security
deposit
I saved up $5,000 last year towards
a house down payment but then I loaned my parents $3,000 and spent $2,000 on
new clothes and a vacation. Stupid of me, I know! If my parents pay me back, I
will easily be able to accomplish this goal. I will still try to save $2,500
this year whether my parents pay me back or not.
Goal #7: Learn to tune my guitar
Last year, my goal was to learn
to play 5 songs. However, my guitar would always go out of tune whenever I
picked it up. I don’t know how to tune it so I would play it without tuning it.
It would sound horrible and I’d get frustrated. I eventually quit trying to
play it. Just learning how to tune it will be a good first step in learning how
to play it.
Goal #8: Try 1 new recipe per month
I love to cook and trying new
recipes. I tried a ton of new recipes last year including mozzarella sticks,
chicken nuggets, crème brulee and meatball biscuits. I’m going to attempt 1 new
recipe each month in 2014.
Goal #9: Visit the dentist
I haven’t been to the dentist in
2 years. The last time I went to the dentist, they found a cavity but I never
made an appointment to have it filled. I hope to get that fixed this year as
well as get my teeth cleaned and looking good once again.
Goal #10: Buy a Smartphone
I own a really crappy flip phone
while all my friends own smartphones. I’m always borrowing my mom’s smartphone
and wishing I had one of my own, especially when I want to post photos to
Facebook or send out a tweet when I’m out and about. I also can’t send texts
with my current phone which is super annoying. I’m pretty sure I know which
phone I want, it is just a matter of coming up with the money to buy it and to
pay for a monthly data plan.
