Last year, I wrote a post about things I wanted to do in 2008.
- Lose 30 pounds (I’d be fine with losing 10 this year, but close enough!)
I lost 10, then gained back 5. 
- One blog post per week – I tend to do more than that, but occasionally slip for more than 7 days without, so I’ll likely keep on top of that more. And keep them more focused. I may end up splitting in to two blogs. OR migrate WebDevRadio to WordPress and use that as a combined ‘tech’ blog and podcast.
Didn’t hit this.
- Write one new article per month – I’d like to write more in-depth how-tos than I do (which right now is almost 0). Focus will probably be grails or groovy, but I’ve got some PHP ideas I’m working on. Documenting those would be a good start.
Didn’t hit this.
- Another book in 2008. Funny enough, I did a book in 2007 – well, 2/3rds of one after the publisher reviewed it. It *may* come out this year, which would be nice. I have two other ideas I’m putting together, and I have interest from publishers on them. The issue is time to write, and I’ll work on making that happen.
Didn’t hit this.
- A picture a day in 2008. I don’t think I’ll be doing this one.
Didn’t try!
- Learn a new language. I was inspired to try to learn Chinese this year. I have a tiny bit of the spoken down, but the writing is what I’ll need to concentrate on if I do this. When I was in China, I couldn’t *read* anything, so trying to look it up in a dictionary was pointless.
Had been inspired to get into Chinese because of my 2007 trip, but ultimately didn’t do this either.
What the heck? Well, early last year I had an abrupt shift in the employment situation, which took some scrambling and readjusting to bring in to balance. I’m trying to take a more ‘ownership’ stance over my work and time this year. I made it through 2008 being entirely self-employed, and intend to do so in 2009, unless some great opportunity presents itself (basically, never say never to things).
So – 2009. What are the goals this time around?
- Lose more weight. 20 pounds lighter by January 2010.
- Financial stability – I have a number in mind (and written down) as to where I want to be at the end of 2009. Never written one down before – we’ll see how that goes.
- GroovyMag and related projects being profitable enough to meet all basic living expenses every month by the middle of 2009. This is a somewhat modest goal, not over the top. The over the top stuff comes a bit later.
- Get in to other information publishing arenas – books, videos, training – either produced by myself, or acting in the publisher role for other talented people.
- Speak at at least one conference this year (besides Codemash, which I just got back from).
What are your goals for 2009?
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