Thursday, May 01, 2008 3:09 PM
at the beginning of 2008, i provided a list of goals i had for the year. here is the second update, for the end of april, that reports my progress so far.
setup a 529 account for my daughter (complete!)
this goal is complete and currently on "auto-pilot".- max out my roth ira contributions
i am waiting until july to make my first contribution per the advice of the manager of my roth ira. - maintain a $2000 emergency fund savings
the economic stimulus plan payment will be going towards this and will put me just over halfway there. - increase my net worth by 50%
surprisingly, april was a good month. i increased my net worth by 4.34%. i also reached a mini-milestone for my overall total net worth, which has nearly doubled since i started keeping track back in june of 2006. so far, for 2008, it's gone up 7.47%. - cut my outstanding debt by 50%
i've pretty much only been able to cut the standard 2% each month off credit card debt. i had to make some minimum payments at the end of the month due to poor timing of my cash flow. - lose 35 pounds
i took part in a wellness quiz at work and was told that for my height (6'), i should weigh between 136 and 183 pounds. that sounds ridiculous to me. i'm guessing if i can get to 190-195, i'll be fine. i'm currently around 203. - exercise at least twice per week
i've been golfing 2 or 3 times a week and also playing soccer once a week. when golfing, i've been walking and choosing the hillier of the two courses when i go. i also walk at work a couple times a week at lunch. - join a golf club
i became a member two weeks ago and have already played enough golf to equal about 20% of the membership fee. not too shabby! - take golf lessons
the learning center at the club i belong to is supposed to open in mid-may. i hope to take some lessons then. - create a book of erie photographs
i'm fine tuning my selections and starting to work on some organization of the photos. i'm still not sure about the layout or format of the book. - bring in at least $1000 in donations for parents of autistic children
the golf tournament is coming up and i've managed to get one team together (my own). that will account for $400, bringing my total to $450. i plan on getting one more team together and hopefully a couple sponsors for the tournament. - enroll in the erie ambassador program (on hold)
i've received the application for the fall program, and plan on filling it out shortly. i hoped to take care of this in their spring program, but classes currently conflict with my soccer schedule. remodel my basement into livable space
i've pretty much given up on this for now. there's just not enough money or time to work on this. i am going to try and clean it up a little bit and organize my woodworking tools, but that will be just about it.- bring in $10k from freelance jobs and photography
this has been going along steadily, which is surprising. later this week i will be blogging about my fantastic news from april. just waiting for the bank wire transfer to clear! - become a microsoft certified developer
i haven't done anything with this lately at all. although, some funds at work just became available for training. perhaps i'll see if there's a course or book i could get.