January 2011 Goals: Recap

While I came in well under budget this month, I didn’t hit some of the major goals I wanted to accomplish – namely make an additional $1,500. But I know all the hard work I’m putting in now at the beginning of the year is going to pay off in the coming months. I’ve got a few freelance projects on the go, and along with my FT job, this blog and Moneyville, I’m a tad overwhelmed. But I just need to find my groove.

January 2011 Goals:

• $700 into Retirement Portfolio. FAIL! I only contributed $600 because I needed to save a bit extra for upcoming travel plans.

• $100 into Travel Fund. CHECK! I deposited a total of $420 ($195 for my Toronto/NYC trip in May, and $225 for New Orleans next month).

• Make an additional $1,500 above and beyond my FT job. FAIL! I don’t want to say that I only made $1,206 because that’s still a lot of extra money to be bringing in. But I didn’t hit my target this month.

• Sell at least 1 thing on eBay or Craigslist. CHECK! I actually sold a book last week on Amazon.ca!

• Go to 1 business seminar. FAIL! I wanted to check a few out while I was in Toronto, but was so busy that I didn’t have time.

• Run at least 1x/week. FAIL! I didn’t run at all. I know, I suck.

• Work out at least 3x/week. FAIL! I only worked out 7x this month.

• Go through my wardrobe and donate at least 10 items. CHECK! I went through my closet and set aside 14 pieces to donate.

Ongoing 2011 Annual Goals:

• No buying lunch, snacks or coffee during the work week. CHECK! I felt like this month was a bit of a cheat month because I was away for work 7 days out of the month. And because my expenses get reimbursed while I’m traveling, I was able to indulge in Starbucks tea lattes and bought all of my lunches. But the other 3 weeks out of the month I did just fine.

• No buying clothing, shoes or accessories until May 19, 2011. CHECK! The first week of the month I snagged my tights in my boots. They were snagged so badly in them that I had to get BF’s help to cut my tights out of the zipper. Not happy, since I only have two pairs of tights (that I just bought over the holidays during my shopping ban break). But instead of throwing the tights out, I spent about 20 minutes sewing the hole back up. I won’t be able to wear the tights with anything but my knee-high boots so that they cover the crappy patch job I did, but at least I can still wear them. :)

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