As I mentioned in one of my grateful posts, I have sought out the services of a business/life coach, Alan Melton. I spent several weeks working on a questionnaire that helped me pinpoint several things I knew I could do as a career. It also helped me identify several things I now know for sure that I don’t want to do with my life/career. It also helped me formulate a vision as well as write out my values more succinctly. I am going to be working on a mission statement for my life and my career as well, but I have not started that one yet.
Another thing listed in the questionnaire was for me to make a list of 101 goals for my life. I am up to 70 or so and have 1 accomplished so far. I also have these things listed with an approximate date of completion. The great thing is that this is a living plan. The ideas are concrete, but my dates can be flexible. If I am not able to accomplish my goals by the time I have estimated, I don’t have to bypass them, I will just have to move my dates forward.
The only real problem I am having so far is that I am suppose to have 5 accountability partners. The 4 I have approached so far have said yes, but only 1 has been able to find time to meet with me. So, I have decided to use my blog as a sort of accountability too. I wanted to share this with you as a post anyway, and now I would also like for any of you interested in helping me stay focused to volunteer as a partner. If you are interested in this, just let me know in the comments. Maybe you have something you are working on that you would like some encouragement and accountability with. Let me know.
This is the beginning of my 101 goals thanks to the questionnaire that the coach had me use. I will share my values and vision along with my basic goals in a separate post.
1. Review my plan with accountability partners quarterly Quarterly
2. Read and share my values and vision with someone weekly or more Ongoing
3. Visit Hatcher Garden for stress reduction Ongoing
4. Eat my veggies (5 alive- 5 servings of raw fruits and/or veggies a day) Ongoing
5. Keep meeting new people through Chamber, PNC, etc Monthly/ongoing
6. Reduce “white death”- white sugar, white flour, bleached foods
7. Join a church for support group Ongoing
8. Keep meeting new people Ongoing
9. Read Philippians 4:8 frequently: “…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.”
10. Try recipes I have been collecting in a notebook Monthly
11. Get passport together December 2011
12. Get Callenetics recorded to DVD July 2011
13. Begin regular self development for career and income.
Audio, books, seminars ongoing
14. Transfer my “vacation mentality” into weekly/daily breaks ongoing
15. Find ways to be a servant leader ongoing
16. Clean and straighten all my bookshelves December 2011
17. Read lots of positive thinking books and listen to tapes ongoing
18. Consider using positive affirmations July 2011
19. Redesign my sewing area 
(Yay! My first list accomplishment) July 2011
20. Take regular vacations to the beach May 2012
21. Begin exercise program- walking in morning (while praying)? Nov 2011
22. Develop daily/regular blog posts Oct 2011
23. Clean/reorganize dresser area Dec 2011
24. Develop Juice Plus business: set income goal for business Nov 2011
25. Develop a business plan for Juice Plus Jan 2011
26. Share my plan with five other people: Boyfriend, 4 others Sept 2011
27. Learn how to tweet Nov 2011
28. Sell my stuff on Etsy Dec 2011
29. Make curtains and tablecloth for Boyfriend Feb 2012
30. Recover chairs for Boyfriend Feb 2012
31. Daily blog entries/Facebook/Twitter/Linkedin Dec 2011
32. Check out TweetDeck to enter a post once to multiple social media Dec 2011
33. Set up Linkedin acct for blog Dec 2011
34. Make Raggedy Ann dolls for my grands Dec 2011
35. Make decision(s) about career(s) Dec 2011
36. Develop other sources of income: blogging, business ventures above Dec 2011
37. Create my mission statement Jan 2012
38. Design a garden for my yard. Jan 2012
39. Write a blog that makes money. Jan 2012
40. Finish this list. Feb 2012
41. Make my own clothes again. Feb 2012
42. Finish organizing my closet – tear it apart and redo it. Mar 2012
43. See the Statue of Liberty May 2012
44. Get in shape and retain it June 2012
45. Lose 30 pounds June 2012
46. Develop 30 hour workweek July 2012
47. Fly in a hot air balloon Aug 2012
48. Skydive Aug 2012
49. Refresh French Aug 2012
50. Go hang gliding Sept 2012
51. Learn Spanish Jan 2013
52. Learn to swing dance Jan 2013
53. Learn Free motion sewing techniques Mar 2013
54. Publish a book Sept 2013
55. Visit Alaska 2013
56. See Northern Lights. 2013
57. Meet the girl and her family I am supporting through Compassion in Guatemala 2013
58. Develop $75,000 in total income from businesses and salary Dec 2013
59. Save $100,000 Dec 2013
60. Pay off my Discover debt. Dec 2014
61. Begin paying extra (Discover payment) on home mortgage Jan 2015
62. Buy a Harley Davidson Soft Tail Deuce Dec 2015
63. Buy 1 brand new Mustang. Dec 2015
64. Visit the Australian Outback 2016
65. Visit Hawaii 2016
66. To start ministry that helps people own their homes Dec 2016
67. See the Grand Canyon. May 2017
68. Travel to outer space, experience weightlessness 2019 or as soon as it’s publicly available
69. Pay off my mortgage Dec 2021
70. Retire at Folly Beach. Dec 2021
That’s my list of goals to date. As I said, I am still working on it. I will update as I create new items too.
The following are a list of the things I have accomplished in my life in the last 5 years. I will be adding to it as things on the goal list are completed.
Accomplishments
Divorce (if you knew my situation you would understand why this is an accomplishment. )
Started new career
Bought a house
Grown closer to family
New circle of friends
Many missions trips
Paid off VISA Card and I no longer use this card
Hired a business coach to develop life plan
Took vacation in 2011
Sewing area organized July 2011 #19
Creating regular blog posts as of Aug 2011 #22
Shared my plan with more than 5 people, and continue to share it Sept 2011 #26
Learned how to Tweet, Nov 2011 #27
Daily entries on Facebook and Twitter, regular blog posts, Nov 2011 #31
Well, that’s the end of what I am sharing today. This is being shared for 2 reasons. First, to help me be accountable to the things I would like to accomplish. Secondly, to hopefully encourage some of you to try this for yourself. It is very similar to what some people call a bucket list. If you start your own, please let me know and I will be glad to share a link of your ideas and plans as well. In the meantime, excuse me please. I’ve got work to do. Thanks, Angela
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Annie H
August 2, 2011 at 11:19 am
WOW!! That’s awesome dear!! I will be checking into this for sure! Thank you for sharing!!! Keep up the great work!!!
Angela
August 2, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Thanks so much, it is still a work in progress. I hope to add to it soon. One of my goals is to finish the list!
Skooks
August 3, 2011 at 10:19 am
You know – - I have often pondered writing a list of similar sorts, but just never have gotten around to it. I’m thinking this might be a good exercise for married people as well . . . writing and then reading each other’s lists would probably bring up some good conversations and help them encourage and motivate one another more. I think it’s stellar that you have 4 people that are willing to go on this journey with you and help you to accomplish your goals. Though I don’t have a list, a few that you have on yours I would totally put on mine (and a few of them I’ve already done as well or they’d be on my list too!) P.S. #40 is totally LOL awesome.
Anyway, sidetracked by your post here, but it’s really quite good.
I came over here to say thanks for coming by and reading my blog. Your comment completely made my morning over here.
Angela
August 3, 2011 at 11:30 am
You have brought a large smile to my face as well
. I am seriously gonna try and finish this list….at some future point. Narf! (Sorry, that is my Pinky and the Brain side coming out) If you want to share lists/goals with me we could try to encourage each other through it all….I’m game. I appreciate your visit and comment too….ttyl! Angela