2010 Goals!

Now that 2010 is officially underway, I've been trying to decide what my resolutions should be this year. First, I decided that I don't want them to be called resolutions and instead want them to be goals. Second, I want them to be achievable, yet not easily achievable. Third, I want at least one of my goals to benefit others. And, finally, I want them to encompass my entire life. So now that I've done my thinking, I think I figured out five good goals.

1. Volunteer at least one day a month for a non-profit or charity.
2. Workout at least 8 days each month.
3. Cut my debt in half.
4. Open a Roth IRA (once I am earning an income).
5. Blog at least once a week.

The above listed goals seem like five manageable goals. I've wanted to volunteer more for the past couple years and just haven't done it. Last year, it was my goal to run a 10-mile race and I got that done. This year, I need to focus more on being consistent with my workouts. I started out last year wanting to reduce my debt and ended up increasing it due to my job loss. I never opened the Roth IRA that I had hoped to open - also due to my job loss. And the blog started out earnest enough, then I completely let it fizzle out.

Now that I've put these goals out there, I can't very well back out on them. No excuses! I hope that everyone has made their own resolutions/goals/intentions for the year ahead. There's no reason not to be optimistic about what each one of us can accomplish in the next 362 days!