50 Goals For The First Quarter
Written on December 27, 2010 by Greg Spies
An old school-mate of mine who happens to share my interest in web design and serial entrepreneurship recently completed a challenge he devised called 100 Goals In 100 Days.  The concept is simple – list out 100 goals, and complete them in 100 days.  As someone who recognizes the power in setting goals – this seemed like a great concept.  However, as someone who is also easily distracted, I felt 100 goals were a bit too much to manage at once and for me personally, would be setting myself up for failure.  So instead, I’ve gone with 50 goals in the first quarter (January, February, March).  This adds up to 90 days – which is still a good amount of time to complete the tasks at hand.  In theory, if this goes well, I’ll be able to do this 4 times this year, and accomplish 200 goals in 2011.  Lets not get ahead of ourselves though – time to focus on the tasks at hand.
These goals range from business goals, to personal improvement, right up to just wanting to catch a basketball game.  It took me less than an hour to create the list, which means most of these “wants” have been floating around in my head for some time. Some will be relatively easy – others extremely challenging.   I will continue to update this post as I cross things off my list.  Hopefully it inspires others to try the same.  Having clear measurable goals with definitive deadlines is the key to success in life – hopefully this new construct will help expedite the process.
MY 50 GOALS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER
- produce an iPhone/iPad app
- go to the gym/workout 50 times
- cook 10 meals I’ve never made
- read The Autobiography of Ben Franklin
- be able to do 100 pushups
- produce video series reviewing iPad apps
- open t-shirt store online
- travel to someplace new
- ask a girl on a date
- update theinteractivedept.com homepage and work sections
- find a pet web project for little $ and get passionate about it
- learn fundamentals of the Chinese/Mandarin language and 25 phrases
- produce a series of paintings with a theme
- produce some large scale photos for home/office
- write outline for my novel “East” and first two chapters
- get in touch with two old friends
- learn 5 scales on the mandolin
- write a song and record it
- volunteer a Saturday
- learn Flash AS3
- produce a short video about my walk to work
- write weekly blog posts
- get health insurance
- go to coffee with 3 colleagues/peers
- get weight below 175lbs
- build website using html5 and css3
- learn to pull an espresso shot
- get laid
- find a recipe for Irish stew and brown bread and make them
- take a brewing class and make some beer
- meditate daily
- build something to improve apartment
- compliment someone daily
- write an article for publication
- cut back on use of intoxicants
- go to three live shows of bands I don’t know
- fix faucet on tub
- take a yoga class
- get better photos of family members and frame them
- visit doctor and get a physical
- get clean bill of health from dentist
- acquire a new bike
- go to a Blazers game
- try 3 new restaurants
- take a tour of 2 apartments/condos I can’t currently afford
- get a sketchpad and create a style for drawing people
- watch 5 Chinese films
- Get Vacation-Anticipation up and running again
- Get rid of anything that doesn’t have a purpose in my apartment
- inspire 3 other people to create lists of goals
ITALIC/GREEN MEANS COMPLETED
I love it brother. Well done and good luck.
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