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2010, My First Year of Goals

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Eric

Well, I never thought I would be saying this, but it’s time for me to make some serious goals for the new year. My whole life I’ve been kind of avoiding goal-making. I’m not sure why, but I just figured if I could stay in the moment things would just… work out…

Well running my own business has changed that idea. I can’t do it anymore. I’ve discovered I need goals even on the daily level. If I don’t schedule my day, nothing really ends up getting done.

So here it is… begrudgingly I have made the list. I’ve ordered them from least important to most important:

1. Make a list of my goals (holy shit I’ve already finished one!)
2. Buy one design book per month for all of 2010
3. Scale my CPA business up to $250 a day – enough to go back to school in 2011
4. Build up a network of sites (around 150 should do it) that will continually grow and make money
5. Learn how to teach people how to do things… I’m really bad at this…
6. Learn how to outsource a lot of my work to other people so I can accomplish the next two…
7. Share more of my money with people who need it
8. Share more of my time with my family and my friends
9. Keep my life scheduled down to the hour… not set in stone, but more of a… “guideline”
10. Continue to be happy where I am, and learn from myself and my friends

I guess that last one is a little sappy, and not much of a business goal, but I really feel like if you’re happy with yourself then it doesn’t really matter what you do, or who you’re dating, or where you live, or who your family is or even if your dog chews a hole in your wall of your rented apartment that costs you $2500 bucks…

Anyways, I hope everyone had a wicked awesome new years and let’s all make 2010 a rad year!