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July goals

June 30th, 2009 at 06:07 pm

OK, I think I've got my goals settled. I decided to add two more categories, "Side hustles" and "Other," to allow for more flexibility. I won't necessarily give myself a goal in all eight areas every month; in fact, this gives me more room to be creative and think of goals that inspire me.

So, for July, my goals are:
1. Debt: Pay off at least $2,000 of debt. This will be a bit of a stretch, but I think attainable.

2. Savings: Save at least $800: $125 for AS's retirement, $675 for the baby/emergency fund.

3. Fitness: Swim at least three times in our rooftop pool. No time or duration requirements; just get up there and at least swim a little bit!

4. Environmentalism: Try to get off some junk-mail lists. We did the thing a couple years ago where you sign up to get taken off junk-mail lists, but we still get lots of credit card and other offers. I'll try to call each company and request to be removed from their lists as junk mail comes in this month.

5. Creative/crafts: Two goals this month; I have to finish the first one for sure, and the second is if I feel inspired.

First goal: Some super-secret crafts goal for AS for our 12-year anniversary. (We agreed this weekend to give each other handmade presents. I won't be able to talk about it till I give it to her, since she reads this blog, but I have one or two ideas floating around.)

Second goal: Start new blog. I know, I know. I already have this blog and one where I blog my thoughts about trying to get pregnant. But I want to try and make a money-making blog. I think I know what I'm going to do, but in this case I don't want to write too much about it until I've made some progress.

6. Philanthropy: Free month. If I see a charitable opportunity I may take it, but no specific goal.

7. Side hustles: Perform more tasks on Mechanical Turk. It's this thing on Amazon.com that I learned about from either The Simple Dollar or Get Rich Slowly, where you do small tasks online for pennies. The money gradually builds up and they pay you once you reach $10. I started it this month and made almost $2, but I had to stop and devote all my time to the RFE for NT's residency. Which brings me to:

8. Other: Finish compiling evidence and send out RFP by second week in July. This is an absolute requirement for NT to stay in the U.S., so I wanted to put it up there as a concrete goal and make sure I get it done in time!

5 Responses to “July goals”

  1. nmboone Says:
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    Hi Ceejay! Good luck with all your goals. And will you keep us updated on the Mechanical Turk thing? It sounds kind of interesting and I might would like to sign up. Thanks!

  2. ceejay74 Says:
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    Hi nmboone,

    Sure will. So far it seems legit, though it's definitely only worth your time if you weren't doing anything anyway; you're not going to get rich doing it. Smile

  3. Sandy Says:
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    Would you mind sharing your blog about getting pregnant?

  4. ceejay74 Says:
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    Oh, it's not very enlightening about getting pregnant, Sandy--just random ramblings that don't make much sense. Smile

  5. cityjane Says:
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    Ceejay -

    2 tips for the environmental goal:
    1. Catalog Choice! www.catalogchoice.org - its a free site that works with direct mailers to get you off catalog lists. Takes a little time, but once the account is set up you can use it any time you get a random catalog that you (or anyone in your house) doesn't want.

    2. Business reply envelopes! If you get any junk mail that has a prepaid envelope, detach the part that has your address, write a quick note saying you want off their list (or that you don't respond to direct mail) and send it off. This really works b/c they have to pay the postage and don't want you to keep sending back their envelopes with removal requests! Good luck!

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