Planning and Goal Setting Week: Share Your Goals

By Flexo on Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 in Planning
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I plan to use my time this week to review my financial progress in 2006 and set some concrete goals for 2007. I’ve never been a fan of concrete goals because so far, unexpected surprises have had effects on my progress every year for my adult life, sometimes positive, but sometimes negative. This unpredictability has discouraged me from setting specific short-term goals, for fear of coming up short or rendering the goals irrelevant.

By the end of the week, I will have some specific goals that I will hope to attain one year from now. I’ll also use them as a measuring stick throughout 2007.

Feel free to share your own goals for 2007 in the comments, or if you’re a blogger and have published an article about your 2007 goals, feel free to add a comment with a link. I’ll add links to the main part of the post as I find them.

• Investor Trip: Investment Goals for 2007
• Wealth Junkie: My Goals For 2007 – What are yours?
• No BS Finance: 2007 Financial Goals
• Moomin Valley: 2007 Net Worth Goal
• The Financial Oracle: Goals for 2007
• Million Dollar Journey: Goals for the New Year (2007)
• General Finance: My 2007 Financial Goals
• Blueprint for Financial Prosperity: Regular and Stretch Goals for 2007
• Alpha Guy: 2007 Goals
• Save Money: Some Stuff to Look at for 2007
• Erasing My Debt: My 2007 Goals

• Many more links are listed in the comments, so take a look!

  Leave some comments with your goals or with a link to a post containing the details. I’ll publish my goals by the end of the week.

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  By Flexo on Tuesday, December 26th, 2006 at 9:31 am

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1. Comment #1 by Nagel (reply)
   December 26th, 2006 at 10:02 am

   I have some lofty financial goals for 2007. Please check out my site to see. Thank you.

   http://finance.webaplex.com/
2. Comment #2 by jim (reply)
   December 26th, 2006 at 1:11 pm

   What about yours?
3. Comment #3 by Lua (reply)
   December 26th, 2006 at 6:53 pm

   My goals are over at the website. They include both personal and financial goals so head over to my site at http://lulugal.kevinlloyd.net and let me know what you think.
4. Comment #4 by Ruben (reply)
   December 26th, 2006 at 10:02 pm

   1. To have an online monthly income equal or greater than my office job salary.

   2. To make my weblog Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine, successful. I am also hoping through my weblog, I can help my fellow blogger who wants to make money online.

   On another note and I’d like to ask, If you will be interested in exchanging links with my blog Turn Your Blog Into Money Making Machine? If yes, please inform me by dropping a comment to my blog. I’l promise to install your backlink within 24 hours after I receive your notification and with my backlink installed on yours.

   Thank you.
5. Comment #5 by F. D. Bryant III (reply)
   December 27th, 2006 at 12:36 am

   My goals can be found here: http://fdbryant3.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/27/496626-my-financial-goals-for-2007
6. Comment #6 by Wanda (reply)
   December 27th, 2006 at 4:33 am

   My goals are simple! (or, i.e. easier said than done). ;) Just click on my website to see the post.
7. Comment #7 by Wanda (reply)
   December 27th, 2006 at 4:36 am

   Oops, sorry. Here’s the permalink to the post. http://wellheeled.wordpress.com/2006/12/26/financial-resolutions/
8. Comment #8 by Jeremy (reply)
   December 27th, 2006 at 10:55 am

   Here are my goals

   http://genxfinance.com/2006/12/27/things-gone-by-and-things-to-come-reflections-on-2006-and-changes-for-2007/
9. Comment #9 by Lazy Man and Money (reply)
   December 27th, 2006 at 12:15 pm

   My goes are here.
10. Comment #10 by Making Our Way (reply)
    December 27th, 2006 at 12:50 pm

    It’d be great to particiate. Here are my goals for 2007:

    Financial Goals for 2007

    Explanation of 2007 Goals
    Strategic Plan for 2007

    Hope these help – lookforward to reading everyone else’s goals and plans.

    Regards,
    makingourway
11. Comment #11 by makingourway (reply)
    December 27th, 2006 at 12:58 pm

    Ooops, it looks like the embedded html didn’t come through. Here are the links:

    Goals for 2007: http://makingourway.blogspot.com/2006/12/financial-goals-for-2007.html

    2007 Goals Explanation:
    http://makingourway.blogspot.com/2006/12/explanation-of-our-2007-goals.html

    Strategy for 2007:
    http://makingourway.blogspot.com/2006/12/strategic-planning-for-next-year.html

    regards,
    makingourway
12. Comment #12 by Michelle Hope (reply)
    December 27th, 2006 at 4:45 pm

    My net worth goal: increase by 60k. Stretch net worth goal: increase by 75k.

    My investment goal: keep asset allocation balanced. Maintain 70% equities to 30% bonds/cash unless we get a significant correction. Then, go to 80% equities and 20% bonds/cash. Otherwise, invest all cash over 30% at the end of each month at Zecco.com.

    Roth: funded by 1/5/07. 401k: 20% of income per week up to max of $15,500.

    Quit obsessing over net worth! Check in only once per month (this might be too tough to stick to).

    Budget: get restaurant/movie spending down as much as possible without seriously bumming out the boyfriend. Have more dinner parties at home.

    Exercise: get back into workout routine with boyfriend: 40 minutes 2 times per week plus 1 hour hikes each Sat and Sun.

    Work: get head and heart back into it, since I want to be here at least another 1.5 years.

    Travel: Hawaii, road trip up to Big Sur, San Fran, & Napa, Costa Rica OR friend’s wedding in NY if invited. Enjoy trips without going nuts.
13. Comment #13 by Lazy Man and Money (reply)
    December 27th, 2006 at 8:14 pm

    Doh, no HTML commments. Then my goals are:

    http://www.lazymanandmoney.com/planning-and-goal-setting-week-lazy-mans-2007-goals/
14. Comment #14 by donna jean (reply)
    December 27th, 2006 at 9:15 pm

    Hey flexo, I’v finally tackled my 2007 goals and your running tally of more punctual posts helped flesh out some of the details and prompted the last kick of needed motivation. Thanks!

    http://theweightofmoney.com/2006/12/goals-for-2007.html
15. Comment #15 by Amelia (reply)
    December 27th, 2006 at 10:14 pm

    These posts are fun and inspiring, thanks for collecting them. Here are my goals:

    http://aroundthesun.wordpress.com/2006/12/27/2007-goals/
16. Comment #16 by Stingy Student (reply)
    December 28th, 2006 at 10:30 pm

    Here’s my first and most important goal. Does anyone else do anything similar? I think it’d be great if people donated more.

    http://stingystudents.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-years-resolution-1.html
17. Comment #17 by sfmoneygal (reply)
    December 28th, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    Thanks for the post on goals! It made me sit down and think about some of the most important things I want to accomplish.

    Here’s mines:

    http://sfmoneymusings.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-year-resolutionsgoals-2007.html
18. Trackback #18 by Free Money Finance (reply)
    December 29th, 2006 at 6:21 am
19. Comment #19 by Michael (reply)
    December 29th, 2006 at 8:36 am

    Here are my goals….Good luck to everyone in 2007!

    http://www.myfinanceandaccountingblog.com/?p=52
20. Comment #20 by Sean (reply)
    December 29th, 2006 at 4:30 pm

    I’ve just posted a few goals, financial and other, onto my site: Looking Ahead to 2007.
21. Comment #21 by Him (reply)
    December 29th, 2006 at 4:54 pm

    Goals? Over here!
22. Comment #22 by Sean (reply)
    December 29th, 2006 at 5:11 pm

    Ah, no html allowed, I see…

    http://irregularpayments.com/2006/12/29/looking-ahead-to-2007/
23. Comment #23 by fin_indie (reply)
    December 29th, 2006 at 6:12 pm

    Flexo, great list of goals here. I still need to post mine formally, but it’s nice to see some new blogs out there. You can always learn from others, eh?

    RetiringEarly.blogspot.com
24. Comment #24 by moneysmartlife (reply)
    December 31st, 2006 at 2:21 pm

    We’re breaking new ground in 2007 by becoming a one income family. Our steps for making it work financially are below:

    http://www.moneysmartlife.com/2006/12/31/our-2007-finances-%e2%80%93-moving-to-a-single-income-family
25. Comment #25 by Donna (reply)
    January 1st, 2007 at 3:48 pm

    I actually decided not to make a specific post about my goals for the new year, because I am working on exactly the same goals. But, this post inspired me. On my front page of my site, I have a section on goals: actual, specific, numeric type goals. We’ll see how it goes. YOu can see my goals, type in your own (10 or less has a resolutions page, and generally, come on by for lots of new stuff this week. http://www.takingcontrolovermoney.com
26. Comment #26 by Pink Chick (reply)
    January 1st, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    My very simple, very beginner 2007 financial goals: http://gotnodollarshere.blogspot.com/2006/12/2007-goals.html
27. Comment #27 by PFBlog (reply)
    January 1st, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Here are mine:

    http://www.pfblog.com/archives/6053_financial_plan_2007_strategic_intentions_and_financial_goals.shtml
28. Trackback #28 by Mighty Bargain Hunter (reply)
    January 2nd, 2007 at 12:19 am

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