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[...] about. I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The new year is a time for goals and resolutions. If one of your goals in 2008 is to take control of your money (instead of letting it keep control [...]

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1. Organize my digital photography situation. It’s pretty messy at the moment, and my rate of photo taking keeps increasing!

2. Be able to cook from my herb & vegetable garden. Right now my “garden” is a single rosemary bush.

3. Redo my bathroom. I have some home improvement projects that have been in an unfinished state for over a year (because I’m too cheap to hire someone to do something I can do myself!), so this will get me to do those so I can then achieve my dream of a nicer looking bathroom.

Not much in the way of finances because I already work on those goals daily!

Happy 2008! Thanks for the inspiration in 2007.

Without goals, you are living reactively, letting life push you around. With goals, you can live a proactive life, steering toward a destination

Couldn’t agree more!

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I was going to write you an email, but writing a comment on this thread seemed much more relevant. This past weekend, on December 29th, I fulfilled my goal for 2007, thanks to your inspiration and the many tips and stories on your site, I made the last payment on approx $15,000 in credit card debt.

It wasn’t easy, and I didn’t accomplish as much through saving as I’d have liked, but the stories gave me the drive to take on a second job, and I was even able to afford a little vacation (paid in cash!) to celebrate.

To reward my future self, I averaged out the amount of interest I paid per month, and I have increased my 401K by that amount (I was already at the match-point for my employer).

Since I accomplished my plan for 2007, I’ve set my goal for 2008 even higher, I plan to save enough to put 10% down on a home (in Seattle). The confidence of achieving my goal for 2007 should help me make better spending choices, and cut down my wasted time. The less time I spend playing video games and watching TV, the more time I can spend in the garden (I’m pretty sure that if I double the size of my garden, I’ll 1/2 my grocery bill) and on hobbies that generate income(however meager). Spend less, make more… Sounds like a great 1-2 punch for 2008!

I’ve worked as Director of Corporate Planning for more than a decade. One mistake many organizations (and people) make is setting too many goals. Prevents them from focusing. Creating an “action plan” with steps needed to achieve the goal and deadlines during the year is also very helpful in keeping you accountable and on track to achieving your goals.

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