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. | Desired Goal | Specific Goal WHAT are you going to do? | Measurable Criteria How much? How many? | Attainable Results HOW are you going to do it? | Realistic Objectives Are there requirements / resources that you need to complete the goal? | Timely Commitments WHEN is goal to be completed? | 3 month milestone | 1 month milestone | 1 week milestone | Daily Tasks | |
. | Learn Adobe Dreamweaver | Create a website using Dreamweaver | Have a website that is publicly viewable | 5 - 6 pages of content built with Dreamweaver | I have a space on the internet to host, and a computer to learn on. I have "Dreamweaver CS3 Visual Quickstart Guide" by Peachpit Press. I have heard good things about this guide, and will read it and use examples in the book and on the Internet to help build a website. | by Nov 2007, put up website | 3 chapters read and understood | 1 chapter read and understood | 1 hour spent reading book and looking at Dreamweaver examples | Have Computer ready and a space set aside to read and study focused on Dreamweaver and web design | |
. | Transfer Old Home Movies to DVD | Put old 8mm movies onto computer, transfer to DVD | Produce a DVD and share with my family for them to use as they wish | Film the 8mm film using my video camera – transfer video to computer, edit and produce movie files for digital transfer | I have the instructions and a space to do it. I just need to make time to complete. | by Nov 2008, put together DVD for family | Transfer 12 films to digital | Transfer 4 films to digital | Transfer 1 film per week (1 hour average time) | Get other tasks done each day so I have time to focus 1 hour of time for this goal. Set aside a space and time for completing this goal | |
. | Lose the last of my fat | Get under 15% body fat | Wear clothes smaller than XL. Wear size 36 pants Lose my gut ponch and chest fat (aka - manboobs) | Aerobic Cardio or Fitness Training Daily Eat Real, Whole, Good, Clean Foods Drink Water Sleep well Continue the Fat Cutting Plan I have been doing for the last 2 years. *Refer to Nutrition and Fitness email sent to Jman for more information* | I have already lost 250lbs and have about 45lbs to lose, but would like to focus on fat% and body size rather than lbs. | by Nov 2008, lose 45lbs of fat | Lose 12lbs of fat | lose 4lbs of fat | lose 1lb of fat | Sustaniable Daily Habits, including- eating, supplements, fitness, sleep, diary logs, weekly blog, and mental and spritual healthy routines | |
. | Be a lean muscle stud | Lift the equivalent of the Statue of Liberty TWICE or MORE! | Statue of Liberty (without the pedestal, just the lady herself) is a hefty girl. She weighs 450,000lbs (225 tons) | Fitness room at work has a Precor S3.45 Strength Machine. I have contacted the company and was suplied with a circuit routine that matches closely to the "BFFM" and "BFL" fitness routines. It is a full body circuit training with rest between lifting days. | Start slow - add weight as I feel I can. Plan on training M, W, F at noon - training takes about 30-40 minutes, which is the time I have during my lunch break. | by Nov 2008, should have lifted 864,000lbs this weight is 2x of Lady Liberty. | lift 216,000lbs | lift 72,000lbs | lift 18,000lbs | M,W,F, lift 6,000lbs each training day. (Note: This calculation is based on using the smallest weight - 18lbs - on the machine for each excersice, so this is an extremely conservative number.) | |
. | Beat my own time in 5K | Run a 5K in under 32 minutes | Run (virtually) from Denver to Chicago It is approximately 1,000 miles to go from Denver to Chicago (and mostly straight terrain! - Nebraska joke) | Combination of walking, road/trail running, aerobic elliptical machine, treadmill | Stay physically healthy and motivated. Committed to the goal! Take 30 minutes 3 times per week (Tu, Thu, Sat) spent on aerobic activity. When we get to June, we will begin more specific 5K training from the resources we gathered in the 2007 5K training | Beat 5K time by Nov 2008, run from Denver to Chicago by Nov 2009 | run 108 miles | run 36 miles | run 9 miles | run 3 miles (or equiv on elliptical machine) every Tue, Thur, and Saturday. | |
. | Play the Accordion well | Perform 5 or 6 solos on the accordion for a critical audience | Learn 6 songs found in "Palmer Hughes Accordion Instruction Series" books and videos Have a live performance in front of peers where I have to show my results. | "Palmer Hughes Accordion Instruction Series" books and videos | Must practice every week - have to commit to reserve both space and time to learn. Have to commit to not get frustrated with mistakes that I make during the learning process - this is a marathon and not a sprint | by July 2008, should learn and master 6 new songs | learn 3 songs | learn 1 song | practice for 1 hour on Tues and Thurs | Get other tasks done each day so I have time to focus 1 hour of time for this goal. Set aside a space and time for completing this goal | |
. | Study for computer-based certification | Get certification in computer | A+, MCSE, MOS, Adobe FrameMaker, Adobe LiveCycle, etc | Reading books and taking tutorials - doing test study preps and example tests | ?? | by Nov 2008 be ready to take a test | 3 chapters read and understood | 1 chapter read and understood | 1 hour spent reading book and looking at examples | Get other tasks done each day so I have time to focus 1 hour of time for this goal. Set aside a space and time for completing this goal | |
. | Interview and record my heroes for netcasts | Produce 4 interviews and post at "podbean" for public consumption | publish 4 audio shows on the internet | Use portable iPod recorder, Audacity, Podbean, my computer, headphone/microphone, and royalty safe/free music. I have all of these at my disposal | Are interview subjects available? Can our schedules match? One thing to keep in mind that this is a creative outlet, and creative outlets are hard to pin down to specific schedules. I need to stay on track with this goal, but realize the reality that this moves like the wind. | by July 2008, should publish 4 new audio shows | 2 podcasts finished | 4 hours of podcast audio work - 30 minutes of show produced | 1 hour of audio work - 10 minutes of show produced | Get other tasks done each day so I have time to focus 1 hour of time for this goal. Set aside a space and time for completing this goal | |
. | Pay down debt | Pay off credit card and personal debts | not disclosed | Commit to saving every day - put money in a special account to be designated for debt repayment. When the balance gets to a point, use this money to pay off credit cards, car loans, college debts, etc. | Must sacrifice my immediate financial wants for my long term financial goals. Commit to paying myself first every day/week/month. Put money in savings until I can commit to moving this money into debt payments | by Nov 2008, have $4000 saved to pay down debts | save $1000 per quarter | save $336 per month | save $84 per week | find a way to save $12 a day | |
. | Get involved in church, family, and social network | Be connected with my family, my church, my friends and my community | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
. | Get involved in Professional Peer Networking | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | |
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