Thursday, January 3, 2013

Goals at a Glance + At hand

I can't remember who, but someone made a board like this for their goals during 2012 (I think Serendipity?). I decided to make one for myself! On Tuesday, I spent a lot of time sorting out my budget and making sure everything matched on the spreadsheets vs what's on my book. Not surprisingly, the spreadsheet was off. Then I added a "small change" that completely threw both the book and the spreadsheets out the window, and spent too much time fixing it up.

I kept referring back to my goals and what exactly they were, so I decided to print it out pocket size to put in my book. I wish I could laminate it, but I'm perfectly happy with the pretty print! How's that for a visual?

As for the "small change"... I'm taking $50 from my debt payments per month to use as extra/personal. Since every extra bit of money will be destined somewhere, this wiggle room will help me hopefully meet with my last 4 goals: buy books to read if the library doesn't quite have what I'm looking for; cook more, which may mean ingredients not in stock; dine out; give to charity. I know it's a small amount (perhaps too small to make much of a difference), but I think it's a good start.

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  1. How did you make your cute graphic?

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    1. I used Microsoft Publisher and got a bunch of free cliparts online. I could do yours if you want me to! :) It was fun putting them together. Though I'm sure you could use something like Powerpoint and get very similar results.

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  2. If that cute board can't keep you motivated, nothing will! ;-)

    Will look forward to seeing how you do in 2013.

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  3. I'm glad you keep some money for yourself. It's important to do things you like too. Or it will just be too much!

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  4. Oh yours is ever so much nicer than mine! Great job...and the goals are good too :-)

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  5. Hi, Happy New Year! Nice post thanks for sharing. Would you please consider adding a link to my website on your page. Please email me back. Thanks!

    Aaron Grey
    aarongrey112@gmail.com

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