New Year's Goals/ Resolutions
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New Year's Goals/ Resolutions
| Tue, 12-30-2008 - 10:26pm |
I haven't really posted on here since my intro, but I feel very good about what the new year has in store (because I know that it is up to me to control what happens, and now I am sure I can).
I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, but I thought this year I would make some goals.


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My goals are identical to yours.
Norma
"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble"- Plautus
What is SMART an acronym for?
Dee
Financial goals:
Tickers are sensitive little boogers.
Norma
"Patience is the best remedy for every trouble"- Plautus
I also would love to lose 10 lbs, and I have been wondering what to do with that jar of butter chicken sauce in my cupboard. I am loving my crock pot this year too! Nothing fits and I would love to fit into my nice skinny clothes. Not going to be tonight though..........seafood and beer and hot tub is on my agenda. I have started walking outside(getting my butt moving) and I am liking it but it is so cold outside!
Ahhhh resolutions. I really don't overspend, and I know I can't take a real vacation this year so I don't need to save for that........
Ummm probably get my emergency fund up and I would love to not get deeper in debt, and if I do I would like to get out of it by the end of the year. LOL. We will see, maybe I will be more optomistic in April.
Happy new year!!
My goals for 2009
#1 - make and stick to a budget.
#2 - keep my filing up to date(at least weekly) (instead of tossing it at filing cabinet and sorting it all out the weekend I do taxes)
#3 - getting our CC's and LOC's down to a managable level.
#4 - pay extra towards our mortgage
#5 - pay cash for a short holiday (3-4 days somewhere no one can find us and no cell phone service lol)
All these I believe are attainable for us. I have bought a book by Gail Vaz-Oxlade to give me a bit of a push start. I like to watch her show, she has some good ideas and most of her plans seem very doable. I watch alot of the debt reduction shows, some seem a bit too extreme for my taste.
Hi Bex,
I just wanted to reply to your thread because I saw that you said you were going to Australia for a month (IMHO New Zealand is better!! lol) and that the estimated cost was $4000.
Last year I went on a trip to Australia (flights and accommodation were paid for by my dad) for 1 week and for 3 people (2 adults 1 child) we spent close to $4000 (Australian).
http://cashwillbequeen.blogspot.com/
SMART stands for:
Specific
Measureable
Achievable (or Attainable)
Realistic
Time-bound (or Timeliness).
http://cashwillbequeen.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the info!!! We are going to Australia because BF is racing in the World Triathlon Competition (representing his age group!).
Bex -
wow Bex, that sounds great.
http://cashwillbequeen.blogspot.com/
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