Monday, November 5, 2012

Kicking around 2013 goals

So excited to start planning our 2013 goals & budget. I love this kind of stuff. :-)

Like last year, I stuck to 12 goals, as I had more than 20 in previous years, & it got ridiculously hard to track. I want to follow a similar model this year, & bump it up to 13. I always try to make my goals both specific & measurable, because I like being able to track my progress (or, in some cases, non-progress :-)).

I'm definitely not locked on these, but here's what I'm thinking:

  1. Lose 10 pounds, bringing my weight to 135.
  2. Track my food/exercise every day in My Fitness Pal.
  3. Complete 12,000 minutes of cardio.
  4. Complete 100 strength workouts.
  5. Complete 100 stretching workouts.
  6. Run 10 races. I have a few in mind, but basically want to challenge myself to really maintain my running endurance throughout the year.
  7. Reach 50% of our boys college fund savings.
  8. Pay $50,000 of principal on our mortgages.
  9. Have 1 date night per month with M.
  10. Get together with two friends per month.
  11. Track our spending, stick to our budget, & continue the monthly reports.
  12. Review our charitable contributions, & increase our yearly giving by 10%.
  13. Organize one room in our house per month.
Have you started thinking of your 2013 goals? How do you create them? Do you carryover goals between years? I try to carryover anything that is working (date nights, etc) & increase things like my fitness goals.

8 comments:

  1. Since you enjoy that so much, care to plan mine for me?! I'm terrible at them. Couldnt even come up with 12! I assume I'll come up with 12 this year and a "not announced yet" one. Last year was my first serious year to create goals, so I think I'll take from those (increase and keep those that were working). I would like to come up with something challenging, but that still works. We'll see!

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    1. Part of my work job involves setting & tracking very specific goals for a team, so it feels so natural to me. :-) If you have more general goals, but don't know how to make them specific & measurable, post & I'll see what I can do. ;-)

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  2. These are great goals, especially the specificness of the exercising! :)! I hope to beef up my workouts as well. Never thought of them in terms of minutes.

    I guess it's time to start reviewing my 2012 goals and look to 2013!

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    1. Sharon - I've tried setting a goal fo a specific number of workouts, but since I sometimes spend a lot of time on longer training runs, I like to measure more specifically. For example, 20 minutes on the treadmill is nothing like a 2.5 hour run. :-) This way, I give myself "credit" for the entire work out. I'm lazy by nature, so if I quit after the shortest possible "check mark" against my goal.

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  3. #1 and #13 sound like something right up my alley! I need to drop more than 10 pounds though.
    Good luck and I'm sure that you will accomplish all of your goals!

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    1. I'm pretty sure both of those goals will appear on my to do list every year :-)

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  4. I've got continuous financial goals but I do need to to think about a few personal ones.

    Good luck!

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    1. Thanks! The personal ones really do help me stay healthy & focused on how I want to spend my time & energy.

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