After reviewing my life in 2009, I set about deciding what I want my life to look like in 2010. I followed this basic template to set my goals.

2010 – The Year of Growth

 

Business – Create a business (or multiple mini-bizs) that provides the income for my wife and I to live from.
• $900 take-home each month from own business ventures
• Create products to sell – ebook is in the works & have contacted a partner for the marketing
• Sell portraits and other artwork
• Create and run niche websites – current topic ideas: artists, photography

 

Friends & Family – Spend more quality time with my wife, family and friends.
• Speak to family/friends once each week on phone
• Go on monthly date with my wife
• Spend 15 hours of quality time with my wife each week
• Have friends over at least once a month
• Read “His Needs, Her Needs” – this is an annual goal, to help my wife and I stay connected

 

Travel – Complete the trips we’ve been desiring last couple of years.
• See Moonbow
• Visit grand-parents in Texas – We’re heading out tomorrow and will be visiting some friends on the way. We’ll also cross the border to Mexico for a visit.
• Spring Break ministry trip with Cats for Christ Ministry – We’ve paid our deposit and reserved our spots already

 

Spiritual – Grow closer to God and share that love with others while hopefully helping them to do the same.
• Become better Christian
• Read books that have already: Practical Christianity, The Jesus I Never Knew, How to get what you Want, etc.

 

Art – Put into practice the daily habit of creating and developing into a “professional artist”.
• Have private show in gallery
• Fill two notebooks with sketches

 

Education – Prepare for grad school while finding a way to finance it.
• Take GRE – I have an exam prep book to begin studying
• Find potential employers who will pay for school

 

Physical – Get into better shape and stay there.
• Run/bike ride 4 miles a day, 3 days a week for 50 weeks of the year
• Complete 100 pushups
• Complete 200 situps
• Complete 200 squats
• Stop drinking sodas

 

Financial – Get finances in order and in line with God’s will, as I understand it.
• Create emergency accounts
• Give away a percentage of income

 

There you have it, my goals for 2010. A couple of these are not good goals, but only a couple; “be a better husband” is a bit too vague to be a good goal, but is a good starting point. Some of these goals help me complete some of the items on my Life List. Let me know what you think of my goals and watch as I work on them.