Maybe it’s the time of year, but I’ve got very contemplative and restless recently. I know its not new years just yet but I’ve decided to create a 2009 to-do chart. Hey - if you don’t set target’s you’ll never reach any goals. So in no particular order, here’s what I want to achieve in 2009. Some of them are more geeky goals, some of them life goals. No matter. Here we go. I might make this a stick post to help remind me of each of these, and check them off as they happen (hopefully). Maybe a printable version would be a kick in the arse too. I’ll ammend this post when things are achieved. I’m tagging this post #2009GOALS if you want to twitter it, or post your own. Be nice to see a few other people’s goals for 2009.
1) Generate £500 a month online. Through whatever means necessary. Online software sales looks like a good start. Maybe supplemented with advertising.
2) Reach 500 RSS subscribers on my blog. The feed is over here if you want to help with that one.
3) Get my new design finished off, coded and launched. Maybe get that done over Christmas. I really want to polish this one until I’m 100% happy with it.
4) Get the collaborative photo blog launched / off the ground with Phil.
5) Get learning more about photography. Santa is bringing a digital SLR this year, so that is a good start
6) Buy a book on Ruby on Rails
7) Learn Ruby on Rails
8 Write my first Ruby application
9) Learn ASP MVC pattern
10) Learn more OOP patterns in general. And yes I have purchased the code.
11) Get to an open coffee in Belfast
12) (Seriously) consider whether it will be worth finishing my degree
13) Sell more stuff on ebay. You have too much clutter Paul. I demand you sell at least 10 things in 2009.
14) Write at least one more commercial application in the .NET framework
15) Sell / Market above application
16) Clear my credit card debt
17) Finish Grand Theft Auto on the ‘box
18) Face your public speaking fear. Speak at Barcamp Belfast.
19) Contribute to an open source project
20) Get home more.
21) Abstain from KFC for one whole month. ie Eat less crap.
22) Exercise more. Punch bag here I come. Honest.
23) Get organised. That means washing and ironing stuff regularly. Not all at once.
24) Join Quidco. And actively use.
25) Open a savings account. (And contribute to it)
26) Take a holiday
27) Reach at least 50 posts on Just-Launched.com
28) Meet one reader of this blog.
29) Pick up the saxophone again. Learn something. Buy some reeds for said instrument.
30) Make the home page of Digg or Delicious again.
31) Sort out my pension scheme. Find out how much is in it, and setup direct debit to it
32) Feel more awake / less tired
33) Start each day at 6.00 a.m
34) Post this to 43 things
35) Get an IPhone
36) write a Facebook application
37) Get my social network app finished
Yes we should definitely discuss number 4!
Phil
Bravo, Paul! It looks great, and your style is clearly coming across more than ever. Good luck with your 34 remaining goals, but with #21, maybe you’ll find a way to let the Colonel down easy.
Sidra Condron