We’re almost halfway through 2009. Unbelievable, right? While I have never been good at sticking to a New Years Resolution, I always try to set goals for myself each January 1st. But, by this time every year, I seem to have either completed all the goals or have forgotten where I put the list of them. So I have decided to create a new list for the second half of the year, goals (both business and personal) to achieve by the end of 2009. Some are small, some are big, and some are a little unrealistic. But, if all the goals were easy and small, there wouldn’t be much to strive for, would there?
1. Focus on my writing. A lot of times with my blog, I tend to stray from the ‘writing’ and focus on numbers of readers, advertisers and all the other stuff… For the next 6 months, I want to just focus on my writing and let the numbers fall where they will.
2. Take a train ride down the coast for inspiration. I am a very adventurous person in my head. In real life, I don’t do quite as many things as I would like. I want to change that, and the first thing I want to do is hop on the Surfliner and ride it up the coast. Bring my laptop and spend the afternoon writing and enjoying the scenery.
3. Contact someone I admire. In the first half of the year, I reached out to Chris Brogan and learned a lot. I’d like to do it again, with someone else I admire. Not sure who just yet, but I’ll let you know.
4. Take a class. I have wanted to learn flash for a long time, but haven’t dedicated any time to doing so. I love learning something new and think flash would be a great challenge.
5. Complete 4 more chapters in my book. U have been working on a novel in my free time for about 3 years, but it has been entirely on the back-burner for the first half of this year. I need to dedicate time to it during the next half.
6. Convince my hubby to play hooky with me. Everyone deserves a break, and after the rough first half of the year that we had, it would be great to act like kids again and take him somewhere special for the day.
7. Crack the top 150 on Ad Age’s Power 150 list. I know that #1 was to focus on my writing, but I would also like to have one measurable task, and I think cracking the top 150 would be a great accomplishment.
8. Get a Greyhound. This is where my list becomes a little “unrealistic”. I know that down the road, the hubby will let me get one because he misses his (passed away 2 years ago) , but I definitely don’t think it will be this year…I can still attempt to convince him though!
9. Make a difference in someones business. The entire reason I started the site was to help others, and although I am not sure how to measure this one, I will still make it a goal.
Now that I have all these tasks, I need to plan out how to accomplish them…that’s the toughest part!
What things can you do to make the rest of the year even better than the first half?
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Kirsten
