Goals 2008

Every dream needs a written plan otherwise its just wishful thinking!

Goals:

1. 10% a month increase in account
2. Break above 10K and stay there!
3. 20 % ROI on Short Put Verticals
4. 100% ROI on Calendars

Action Plans:

• Check market daily for Positions, Overall market trend and news events.
• Update Blog consistently for each trade
• Focus on Following Trading Rules
• Practice Money Management

Review trades monthly with Trading Group

Other Life Goals:

Health
Goal: Loose 15-20 lbs and be consistently healthy  I currently weight 130.6 lbs. By then end of 2008 I will weight no more than 115 lbs 

Action Plan:

• Diet
  • Track my daily eating using VitalityForLife.com
  • Reduce fat consumption and increase fiber in my diet using recipes from Dr. Phil’s Cookbook, Rachel Ray, Good Eats and Vitality For Life meal plans.
• Exercise
  • Exercise using You On a Diet podcast (20min) every day.
  • Walk for 30-60 min 3 days a week at 12:30 pm.
  • High Impact Aerobics for at least  60 min once a week.

Family
Goal: Continue work on being consistently compassionate and calm.
Action Plans:

• Wife -Have dinner alone with my Husband once a month.
• Mom – Spend 1 hour one on one with the older 2 kids a month.
  Daughter -
  • Family dinner with Dad and Step-Mom at least once a month. 
  • Call Mom weekly.

• Other - 
  • Cause a breakthrough with MIL & SIL
  • Host a CAbi party for SIL
    

Work
Goals:

1. be organized and efficient
2. Facilitate 5 new developments
3. Inspire and Motivate Leaders.
   

Action plans:

• Spend 15 min a day organizing inbox
• Spend 15 min on new groups
• Spend 15 min on managing existing user groups
• Spend 15 min on Managing Forums
• As needed in 15 min chunks promoting groups internally
• As needed in 15 min chunks developing new content.
• Email as needed in 15 min chunks

Spirituality
Goal: Continue to build a relationship with God and grow spiritually
Action Plans:

• Read the bible daily
• Pray
• Volunteer at Church
• Attend a life group weekly.
• Read at least 1 book
• Attend at least 1 new class.
• Listen to primarily christen music
• Speak to at least 1 EDGE group on; Drugs, Premarital Sex, Underage Drinking, Fitting In.

Finance
Goals:

1. Spend >50 % of income
2. Donate 10-25 % to charities
3. Save 25 %
   
4. Save equivalent of 10% of mortgage in high interest savings account.
   

Action Plans:

• Use cash for all purchases.
• Create and stick to the monthly budget
• Save receipts for marital review.
• Set up automatic payments for everything available.
• Pay bills on 1st and 15th of month with Chris.
• Set up Auto save & auto donate.

Home:
Goal:

1. Be organized
2. Reduce clutter
3. Make 1 major and 1 minor home improvement.

Action Plans:

• Vacuum, Sweep / Mop consistently.
• Steam Clean at least Quarterly.
• Practice one touch handling with: bills, junk mail, school papers,
• Complete 1 load of laundry a day.
• Practice Fly Lady type of schedule.
• Get rid of bulky Chair and Love Seat. Save for and replace with smaller Ikea love seat and chair.
• Water plants daily.
• Put things back
• Paint first floor.
• Re-Floor first floor.

Friends:
Goal: Maintain communication  and re-establish friendship.
Action Plans:

• Maintain myspace and Facebook profiles.
• Call friends regularly.
• Host 2 parties.