goals

Theres this motivational speaker, Zig Ziglar. and i cant remember exactly how it was worded (or when he said it) but basicaly he said that there was really only one country that he was scared of, and that was the former soviet union. his reasoning... they were the only country that had their national goals written into their constitution.


two years ago i made a list of goals and i put them into my diary. a while back i was going thru old entrys, and i saw that one. I have accomplished every single one.

so, with these thoughts in mind, im making some new goals.

i went an opened a roth ira retirement savings account today. i dont have enough to invest yet and i dont have funds matching at work, so it is the best way to start investing right now. It feels sort of pitiful bc i have so little to invest that any mutual fund shares in my account will have to be purchased quarterly (instead of monthly) because they havea minimum amount that can be purchased. anyways. while i was going thru it all with my financial planner (! i have a financial planner!) he showed me the financial pyramid. your base has 5 things, retirement fund, life insurance, disability insurance, another thing i cant remember but have, and an emergency fund. as of today, i have 4 of those 5 items. so goal number one.

* have an emergency fund savings account.

i think the next one is fairly obvious. i think most people know this is a goal of mine. i have never actualy put it into writing before. and therefore, this is the time.

* get married.

Im not setting qualifications on that, im just throwing it out there. i would like to set time limits on these goals, but i also want to maintain realistic goals. so... the time limits will remain in my head.

something else that ive thought of but never really written out in so many words. and something ive toyed with for years. and danced around and never really committed to. i know i need to commit to this. i havent decided how. but i also realize the power of writing it down.
Its something ive done before. and im going to do it again.

* loose 10 lbs. and keep it off.

I started cleaning out my shit when we moved in august. it made me feel really good. and acomplished. i felt like a functioning adult human being. and its something that i never finished. i did enough to move easily, and then lazyness set it.

* finish the organization and purge of my worldly posessions.

my last goal (for now) is inspired by several people i know who have started selling their hand made items online, and my sister whos following what she loves to do. I love what i do. i love quilting. I love crochet and knitting. and im good at it. I want to feel like owning a sewing machine is justified. i want to be justified in purchasing expensive and high quality materials. ive made quilts before that sold at auction. i sold scarf and glove sets. i can do this, i just want to do it semi-regularly.

* make my crafting hobbies marketable, and sell some item(s) for profit. (and secondary to that, finish old projects that i started)



Jesus. those are some hefty goals. its scary to have them out there. but when i was in Pete's office today, i saw that he had his goals on a laminated card front and center on his desk. you know what. thats balls out. and any one who goes that balls out with their goals is going to meet them. I want to be like that.

allright. heres a toast to me. im off to go pack, i have to be up at 4 tomorrow morning driving my parents to the airport. and in just a few years ill be a thin financialy stable married woman with her own craft shop. hey. its a goal.