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Goals for 2010

Posted by DJM | January 1, 2010 .

It is no surprise that I have written very little here so far. 2009 has been hectic, starting a new job and working offshore on oil rigs for weeks at a time leaves very little time for blogging. However, 2009 was a year where I realised a few things…..

  1. My original plans were to make as much money as possible so I could retire as early as possible – this typically means my work/life balance is work/work.
  2. I realised, or more accurately confirmed I don’t like working for a big corporation…. or working for anyone but myself for that matter.
  3. I no longer want to move anywhere in the world at a moments notice for an undefined amount of time and have a company tell me so.
  4. In a big company your only as good as your last job.
So having realised these things I have goals I need to meet in 2010…..
  1. Build up a second income stream alongside my main job. This will probably mean this and my other blog will get a lot of my attention to help drive traffic and advertising to build up income.
  2. Consider buying a small house. I’m not sure about this one at all. It would essentially rob me of all my cash, however, a mortgage is likely to save me £200-£300 a month on my current rent and the cash isn’t lost…. I will see it again when I sell it or rent the house out.
  3. Finish my outstanding PhD.
  4. Keep my financial goals set on being a millionaire by being frugal, saving, living with less and hopefully winning the lottery :)
  5. Get all my possessions together from the two locations they are in and sell sell sell. To make money out of my goods but to also eliminate all the clutter.
  6. Clear out all my massive online storage and disk systems of all the crap I have accumulated over the years.
  7. When I have days off (Weekends etc) I actually need to do something/go and see things instead of sitting in. I think I will invest in some walking books and a rucksack and start to go walking when the snow has disappeared. Or get back into mountain biking.
  8. Consider riding into work some days on a bike to get exercise and to reduce fuel costs.
  9. Take up running to reduce my stress levels.
  10. Try and live more frugally and track my spending more carefully as I started in the last month of December. More on this to follow in my next post.
As you can see there are quite a few things I am looking at doing. Hopefully these will all help me meet my goals of being free at 45 :)
Happy New Year!
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