Saturday Meme - Goals

 I usually keep my goals to myself.  I'm so OCD that I don't need to share in order to achieve what I desire.  Today I'm going to share a bit of what I've got in mind in hopes that the rest of you do the same - no, not the same goals, but the sharing of where you intend to go. 

The first and most important criteria of my goals is that they are possible - they aren't pipedreams to get me going in the right direction and they aren't carrots on a stick that this ass can never quite reach.  I set goals that I know I can achieve and I modify them often so that I'm always moving forward.  If I would've set this goal eight years ago:

Quit my engineering job, start a business in an unrelated field in which I have no experience, build that business up to the point where I have employees, am making as much money as I used to, and am working less than half the time in both hours and days.  Start writing.  Finish a book and some short stories while learning the craft.

I'd have said that I was off my rocker.  But I did it this way, one at a time.

• Quit a job that was killing me mentally, physically, and emotionally.
• Take some time off to write and figure out where I wanted to go.
• Write some stories.
• Write a blog.
• See an opportunity for some good seasonal money and learn how to do it.
• Work with the idea of perfection and to getting personal referrals from clients.
• Hire my brother, both for his benefit and mine. 
• Turn my blog writing into a book.
• Hire my son through the summer, mainly for me.

So that's my method of goal setting.  I've never read a self-help book which explained to me the right way to set and achieve goals, so I'm probably doing it wrong.  C'est la vie.

Now to my current goals.

1.  Eat less food, but make better choices.
I don't know if I'll lose a lot of weight or if I'll look better, but those would be nice side effects.  What I do know is that I eat too much of foods that are bad for me.  I want to change that.

2. Hire two employess.
It's either that or turn away work.  I'll have to hire them and train them and develop a level of trust before I'm confident they'll do the job I want.  I'm meeting with an accountant on Monday to determine what the best direction is for restructuring my business and making this move.

3. Write 1500 words a day through my work season.  Write 3000 words a day this coming winter. 
Chances are that another book and some short stories will result.  I'm not being that specific, however.  The words are the important thing - the goal is one day at a time.

4. Take Sugar out on more dates.
We need to have more fun.  We've had too many hard years.

5.  Write a blog post every day. 
I made it over a full year.  I know I can do it.  This week I essentially took a breather while life and work overwhelmed me.  I'm back - you can come here every day.

What are your goals?

 - rick, trying to keep it simple.

Comments

[a rose is a rose]

i am doing #1 on your list. i made the decision in january. not so much to eat less....but to eat differently. i was already a vegan BUT i was eating a bunch of crap (on top of the good stuff). now, i've just eliminated the crap. no sugar (i still eat maple syrup and agave nectar), no non-whole grain flours (quinoa and jerusalem artichoke pastas are way better than let's say whole wheat pasta). one of the side effects is i've dropped a few pounds. it is a slow process, but i'm not going anywhere (and i feel MUCH better. i even walk up the four flights of stairs to my department at work a few times a day)

by the way, i'm VERY happy you decided to blog. i would have never 'known' you otherwise. i would have never enjoyed your words. and i DO enjoy your words

[Success Warrior]

My goal is to read this blog every day and where appropriate, add funny comments.

[a rose is a rose]

that sw is kinda funny.

[CV Rick]

Rose, you're much farther along on eating well than I am. And yes, that bastard can be a bit funny.

[sugar]

Alright, I won't take issue at being number 4 on the list. I am sure, baby didn't think that through before he posted.

I will have to take some issue with NO DATES since he posted this damn goal list. AND NO taking the boy to see Indiana Jones does not count. It was nice enough, but not quite date like.