I started October by foolishly posting my goals for last month for the whole world to see. Let’s see how I did:
Financial Goals
- Pay down at least $2,000 on my student debt. - SUCCESS! $2,350, to be precise.
- Research and purchase shares in at least one BRIC company. - FAIL! In this market, I’m researching what mattress is best to stuff with cash.
- Finally get my Questrade Self-Directed RRSP up and running. SUCCESS! And I even wrote a post about it!
Blog Goals
- Participate in at least one blogging event per week. FAIL! Not even close.
- Increase average readership by 25%. SUCCESS! Average daily visits was up by 38%, subscriptions by 34%.
- Write a guest post for another blog. FAIL! I’ve got a draft in place, but haven’t done anything further.
- Launch the new design I’ve been working on for MGL. FAIL! But it should be launched soon… really!
Personal Goals
- Finally sign up for guitar lessons. FAIL! I’m the world’s best procrastinator.
- Read A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry- it’s been sitting on my bedside table for way too long. FAIL! Moved from my bedside table to bookshelf.
- Host a theme dinner party- I’m thinking a Diwali party to try out my favourite curry recipe on a larger group. SUCCESS! A good time was had by all, and my house still smells like an Indian restaurant.
- Go moose hunting with my father and uncle- my grandfather is currently quite ill, and it’s making me wish I had spent more time doing those type things with him when he was well. FAIL! Our trip has been postponed until late November.
The result? I accomplished 4/11 goals, or a success rate of 36%. Boo-urns. Feel free to berate me and mock my failure. It’ll be just like Grade 8 all over again.
So let’s try this again. Here are 10 things I’m going to accomplish in November. Goals from October are listed in italics.
- Purchase a new term life insurance policy.
- Sign up for guitar lessons.
- Lay tile flooring in my front porch (or foyer, for you fancy folks).
- Complete 50% of my Christmas shopping.
- Increase average blog readership by an additional 25%.
- Take that moose hunting trip.
- Adjust my investment portfolio allocations based on recent market changes.
- Write a guest post for another blog.
- Cook something with quinoa in it.
- Take a walk in the park at least once a week.
Wish me luck!
Photo by Eric Kilby.
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There’s a certain dude looking for guest posts this week for when he’s away if you want to knock off another goal
Seems like you had pretty good success to me!
About guest posts - most bloggers are ok if you repost on your own blog later on (ie 2-3 months later) so the net amount of work is not that much.
I’d suggest doing one on my blog but a post on something like MDJ would probably be more successful.
Mike