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Review of my 2010 goals

Review of my 2010 goals

Posted on May 10, 2010 in annual goals

It’s already May, and I had wanted to do a quarterly update on my 2010 Goals, but clearly I’m a little late with that. So I figured I’d better do them now.

You know, I didn’t realize I had made so many freaking goals for myself this year!

Financial

$35,000 Retirement Portfolio. I lost 6 weeks due to unemployment, but I’m still on track to reach this goal. Right now I’m sitting at $29,886 with just less than 10 months until the 2010 RRSP deadline (Feb 28, 2011). I need $5,114 to meet my goal, and my current savings plan has me contributing about $6,000. So my fingers are crossed that I can keep on pace.

$5,000 Emergency Fund. I’m currently sitting at $3,404. I have 8 months to go, and if I contribute about $100 bi-weekly I should be able to make this goal. Just barely though.

$3,000 Savings Fund. This one is going to be tough. I had planned on using my tax return to beef up this account. But instead I used the majority of my return for living expenses while I was unemployed, invested some into a work wardrobe, and put the rest into my EF. So there was only a few hundred left to put into my Savings Fund. Which currently sits at just over $300. I don’t think I’ll be able to make this goal, but I’ll keep on trying!

$1,000 Travel Fund. This is also going to be a tough goal to hit. I didn’t realize I’d have so many travel plans this year, and I think I’ll be happy just to finish off 2010 with something in the fund. Mexico, Las Vegas, Toronto, Hawaii … and now BF still wants to try to go to Thailand at the end of the year, provided we can afford it.

Establish a joint savings account with BF. CHECK! Accomplished 01/08/10.

Make an additional $5,000. If you count my tax return (which I don’t), I’ve made $3,059.13. Otherwise my real total is $1,475.93. Not bad!

Make 3 extra payments to my car loan. I’ve made one extra payment so far this year.

Personal

Climb 4 mountains. This year has been crazy busy. I climbed Mt. Finalyson by myself last month, so I guess it counts … but it’s such a small tiny little mountain that it doesn’t seem fair to count it as one. Still, I guess. A mountain is a mountain.

Go on a vacation with BF. We are THIS CLOSE to booking our trip to Hawaii for late September!!!

Go on a trip with my sister. We haven’t even talked about a trip together. She’s starting school again in the fall, so we’ll have to plan something for the summer. Probably just a day trip to Coombs or something like that. :)

Go on a trip by myself. I had started to look into prices of places in Oregon (a few nice B&Bs on the ocean), but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. It’s a little expensive. I might try to go somewhere a little more local on the island.

Successfully climb a 5.11 route in the gym. Urgh. We did not renew our passes to the gym, and now we don’t get the discount anymore. So I highly doubt I’ll be able to accomplish this goal. We’d have to dedicate our entire summer to outdoor climbing, and I don’t think we have the time.

Try trad climbing. Still on the agenda for the summer.

Take my dad to a baseball game. My sister and I are planning to take him to a game for Father’s Day or his birthday.

Go kayaking. We are planning to rent kayaks while in Mexico!

Read at least 1 novel per month from the library. Have read 4 books: The Book of Negroes, Dear John, Have a Little Faith, Shanghai Girls.

Join a local field hockey team. It’s on my radar to try out for a team in late summer.

Professional

Maintain an updated resume. I haven’t yet updated my resume with my current job information, but other than that everything is up-to-date, including references.

Maintain LinkedIn profile. Up to date as of today!

Go on 2-3 mock interviews. CHECK! I’ve been on 6 real interviews this year.

Take 3 seminars. Zero so far.

Print business cards for side business. Haven’t even thought about it yet. Ugh. I need to get on this.

Put side business website back online (and probably update it). See above answer. I need to get going.

Buy the perfect suit. CHECK! Bought a suit blazer from Banana Republic to pair with existing black pants.

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Luigi says:

Monday, May 10, 2010 - 10:25pm at 10:49 pm

A trip by yourself. Exciting. I've always thought of that also. I sometimes wonder how does it feel like to travel alone and be like a different new in a diffent place. Good luck on that.

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Luigi says:

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 05:25am at 5:49 am

A trip by yourself. Exciting. I've always thought of that also. I sometimes wonder how does it feel like to travel alone and be like a different new in a diffent place. Good luck on that.

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Kate says:

Tuesday, May 11, 2010 - 04:22pm at 4:12 pm

I actually love travelling by myself. I miss it now that the hubby expects to travel with me. There's something remarkably freeing about it. I've done it in Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, and Thailand.

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Matt says:

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 05:23am at 5:11 am

I like it! I need to start making new goals, especially traveling ones. I haven’t made any real financial goals yet, but as you said “better do them now". Well not right now, tomorrow. It’s a little late to be making financial benchmarks.

Matt

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