OFFICIAL Goals for 2005

[Clutch]

You knew it was coming some time or another. Post your goals for 2005 right here.

- Cut down my debt
- Pay off my two out of three credit cards and keep it that way
- Pay off the car as much as possible

[GnomeWizardd]

find real love

[KingFish]

-finish remodeling the house
-find more time to be off and enjoy the family

Hope everyone has a great new year!

[entropy]

-Get off the computer more, especially now that I'll have my license
-Be nicer to my brother (lame, I know, but too bad)
-Tell my dad that enough is enough
-Several other things I don't feel like sharing ;D

[bothered]

To make it to 2006, everything else is a bonus.

[Nomad]

Live.

[RWB]

I haven't thought too much of actual goals for this year. But I figure I would like to have my game I am working on at least close to a beta stage. But more than that I want to repay my parents for helping me out financially while I went to school. I also want to move back to Texas and find a good job that pays the bills, but fun and educational above all else.

Ohh yeah, I want to see a doctor.... I haven't been to one of them since 2001 I think it was. :p Health Insurance would be nice.

[TheSmJ]

Get a really good sandwich for dinner tonight.

[muddocktor]

To make it to 2006, everything else is a bonus.

As another resident old guy, that is an admirable goal that I also share! :D ;D ;D

[Gargoyle]

- Pay off my debt
- Get back into shape
- Avoid women problems (by locking myself in a safe on a desert island... :rolleyes: )
- Keep things in perspective

[mmonnin]

I hadnt thought about a goal/resolution until I came across this thread but about the only thing major that I can really think of is to be a better boyfriend than I was last time to my girl.

[madmat]

I hereby resolve to stop making arbitrary resolutions that I will never keep.

[Access_Denied]

good one mat. i 2ed that one.

[madmat]

Thanks, dunno if I can keep it but I'm gonna try really hard...

[Xander]

-Become a good bass player
-Form a band with my friends and record a few songs.
-To not take anything too seriously
-Get into better shape.

[Black Hawk]

Get on with my life.

[miinkie]

Wife of 4 months has been asking about my New Year goals.

Her's for me:
- move to bigger house (you hog one all to yourself with your computers and books)

Mine for us ;)

- move house/room/ doghouse ....
- spend more time with her
- be the best i can
- have enough patience to crack using either 3Ds Max or Maya
- and most of all still have a cracking good life

and take over paying the electric bill :wow:

[pseudonym]

-Get my GF back.
-Finish School in May :)
-Win the National Championship and break my curse.

[Thrax]

-Have a better second semester
-Work my ass off this summer
-Get around to taking my road test now that I actually need a car

[entropy]

Oh, reminds me. I'm adding one. To not fail my roadtest ;D I'm taking it this Friday (as in 5 or so days...) and I'm nervous as piss...

[Volvo]

Improve my attitude.
Get some better gear for folding.
Learn more about Linux and solving Malware junk in Windows.
Pay down some debt & save 4 youngest daughters wedding this summer.

-=Volvo=-
Ranked 455 @ Short-Media w 1642 points since start 3 weeks ago.
Fold on Team Short-Media ;)

[bothered]

The best advice I had when taking my test was from a video my driving instructor lent me. It was a government vid and this guy said, " we are not interested whether you are a good driver or not but absolutely insist that you are a safe one". You are allowed to make mistakes but if you make one that is dangerous or potentialy dangerous then you fail.
I did a parachute jump for charity but my test was more nerve wracking. Just keep cool and be aware of what's happening around you, and keep using that mirror. You'll be fine. Best of luck, let us know how you get on.

[primesuspect]

A little late, but I just wanted to bump this up for a half-year checkup, guys ;D

[profdlp]

I resolve to make my New Year's Resolutions for 2006 before the middle of July. :mullet:

[Donut]

I resolve to make my New Year's Resolutions for 2006 before the middle of July. :mullet:

Which year?
;D

[Black Hawk]

Get on with my life.
Making good progress I think.

[Nomad]

A little late, but I just wanted to bump this up for a half-year checkup, guys ;D

Looks like I'm still achieving my goal, much to the dismay of my numerous and shadowy enemies.

Live.

[Slydog]

I have given up smoking which will hopefully make doing the other two goals easier- get fitter and get out of debt

[Clutch]

- Cut down my debt
- Pay off my two out of three credit cards and keep it that way
- Pay off the car as much as possible



Two out of three cards are paid off and have not been used :thumbsup:

My final credit card should be paid off in 2 months :thumbsup:

The car will come after the credit card :thumbsup:

[Thrax]

Success on goals 1 and 3.. 2 is still MIA.

[RWB]

I still haven't been to a doctor, but I Have moved back to Texas and had some work done on my game, but been too tired at my current job when I get home to do much more now'a days.

[Gargoyle]

- Pay off my debt
- Get back into shape
- Avoid women problems (by locking myself in a safe on a desert island... :rolleyes: )
- Keep things in perspective

More car problems, so not much progress on #1.
A little progress on #2.
Los Alamos is kinda like an island...
#4 is going well.

[RADA]

Great job Clutch,

Being near debt-free is a wonderful feeling.

I've only had my Stang for a year, and I've already cut a 5 year loan by 60%. Should have it paid off by Dec 05. Need to buy a house or condo next.

[entropy]

-Get off the computer more, especially now that I'll have my license
-Check
-Be nicer to my brother (lame, I know, but too bad)
-Check
-Tell my dad that enough is enough
-Check
-Several other things I don't feel like sharing ;D
Looks back and wonders what I was on about... Check

I also got a job, fixed up a lot of little things in my life, and have learned to let people be - you can't ever change people.

[RADA]

- you can't ever change people.

entropy -

Hit that nail right on the head! All you can ever do is be there when they ask for help, and not blame yourself if they don't.

[GHoosdum]

I must have missed this thread, but I met a few of my goals:

Eliminate short-term debt (credit cards) - Got that one done around March when I paid off and closed the BestBuy CC I had purchased my notebook on last June. I had finished off my Amex balance in Feb.

Put my monetary situation in order - This one was tougher. It won't really get finished until I pay off my wedding, but I got organized early. I'm keeping track of account balances and bills in a spreadsheet, on a per-pay-period basis, which was weekly under my old job and monthly now. I found MS Money to be not-quite-right for me when I tried to use it (one of my CC accounts that I downloaded into Money was being recorded as positive net worth and the budget projections were thrown off by that to the point of uselessness), so I had to go back to Excel. I was also keeping meticulous track of every single transaction in a little book, to try to pin down my 'latte factor' (that little $5 wasted every day really adds up over time!) - as it turns out, the bulk of my money was being used on food. Even when not eating out, I found that I was spending too much. The solution was to buy groceries once a week and plan meals a week in advance, rather than buying meal-to-meal. I was able to stop keeping the record in April, without really increasing my 'latte factor' spending. I met my personal savings goals of paying for my honeymoon without having to put it on a credit card and saving for the up-front costs of buying my home. I have not paid a dime in credit card interest since Feb. Unfortunately, my fiancee's mother backed out of helping pay for our wedding, so once we get married (Aug 13) I'll have to pay for that ASAP, hopefully before the credit card we have for it starts charging interest on Nov 1.

Buy a house - Check! (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=30209) I picked up a huge chunk of long-term debt to replace the short-term debt that I got rid of. Once I stop paying rent on the apartment, though, my mortgage will be easily affordable when compared against my current rent plus the amount I was spending on my CC bills monthly before.

Clean out my storage unit - I own so much crap that the apartment just couldn't fit it all. I had to pay for a storage unit for about 9 months before I bought the house just to keep things like my couch, loveseat, and dining set (in the apartment we use CB's living room furniture and our PCs take up the whole dining room). I cleaned up, trashed out, and moved out of my storage unit in 1 day after I closed on my house, just in time to avoid another monthly payment on the unit ($33) and I even got my deposit back ($30), which I had forgotten would happen.

Here are the ones I missed:
Work out 3x per week - Not even close! Does it count if I work out 3x during the last week in December, and count it as meeting my 2005 resolution before the end of the year?
Clean my room and keep it clean - Right now it contains my bed, a bookshelf, and piles and piles of clothing on the floor. Almost all of my other posessions are at the house. I've nearly given up on my living conditions at the apartment, and when I move into my house I'll have a wife to <s>nag</s>, er, <s>bully</s>, er, sweetly convince me to keep things in order.

[Jimborae]

Not been smoking for 5 weeks & by the end of the month I'll be debt free!

1st of Aug & I'll be taking out a £10,000 loan to get a newer car. Honda Civic Type R or Seat Leon Cupra R here we come. :thumbsup:

[profdlp]

Not been smoking for 5 weeks & by the end of the month I'll be debt free!...
Wow! :respect:

The odds of doing both of those at once are astronomical. You ought to buy a lottery ticket and go for the hat trick. :D

[GHoosdum]

You must have smoked a LOT! ;D

[Jimborae]

You must have smoked a LOT! ;D


That's not quite what I meant! :shakehead :shakehead :D