Everyday Dragons

Since I’m not starting setting goals until March 1st, technically this makes today the start of Week 0 (last week having been Week -1). Last week’s goal of getting everything set up in Google was easily accomplished and everyone can now keep an eye on what’s happening by checking out the Google Calendar link on the sidebar. As time goes by I expect things will look a bit more complicated, but for now it’s a great way to keep myself on track.

This week’s goal is to create a working area that allows me to organize the physical as well as the digital. I have a desk, but it’s a bit swamped at the moment (as most flat areas on my house are wont to do, it has succumbed to the dreaded Clutter Monster). While I’m not so naive as to think a clean desk is an absolute necessity in order to work, I would at least like to tell what color the darned thing is. So that’s my super easy, super simple, no-way-I-can-fail goal for this week.

And come March 1st, I’ll try and think of something slightly more entertaining (or at least educational) than playing with Google or cleaning out several years of paper-ly clutter!

It’s the start of a new year and, as always, the start of a new set of resolutions! (And yes, I’m running a bit behind as always. C’est la vie!)

Although in my case they are the same set of resolutions, which does bring down the excitement level a tad. Nothing quite like having too look back a less than stellar track record and convince yourself that somehow this year will be different… but since 2009 was a vast improvement over 2008, I can at least cling to the positives this time around!

The first resolution, as it is every year, is to simply make resolutions. I start with a blank piece of paper every year, even though many resolutions end up repeating, because I’ve noticed that the wording of the resolutions changes over time. Some years they will be vague ‘get a better job’, some years they will be specific ‘write up a five year plan to becoming self employed’, and some years they take a left turn at vague and into philosophical ‘be happy.’

As this is a business focused blog (or will be), I’ve only included the business orientated resolutions.

So, for 2010 I have roughed out the following resolutions/goals:

1. On the first of every month pick a theme. (Starting March 1st)
2. On each Sunday pick a small goal that matches the theme.
3. On the fifteenth of every month pick a monetary goal for the next month. (Starting March 15th)
4. On the first weekend in March, June, September and December sit down and review the past three months. (Starting in June)

You’ll notice I’ve put off setting any yearly goals as of yet. For now I’m focusing on the small stuff. Once I’ve got that rolling, then I’ll start in on the more ambitious things. After all, I’m looking at hobby-sized profits this year and I need to keep my goals hobby-level as well.

The project for this week is simply to get said goals set up in Google Calendar. Groundbreaking, I know, but I have to start somewhere. Small victories are still victories after all!