New Year’s Resolutions 2009
Dec 31, 2008 Random Thoughts, Short and Sweet
I usually don’t bother with New Year’s Resolutions. Sure, I have goals in life and in my career but for the most part they exist only in my head and I congratulate myself if I manage to reach them. Usually they don’t start on January 1, and end on December 31. That said – it can’t hurt to put some positive vibes out into the world (or so says The Secret) Perhaps if I share them I will accomplish them. And, like a true marketer; perhaps if I make them “measurable” I can reach my goal by then end of 2009.
Here are my Objectives (ahem…Resolutions) for 2009.
Personal Life
- I will drink 6-8 glasses of water a day
Tactics:
Carry a bottle wherever I go…
Just a thought is there such a thing as a Pedometer for Water? Something to stick on your glass, and when you drink a full glass you can move the dial to “One Down 6 To Go”? That would really help, since by the time I get to glass three I have forgotten if it is glass 4 or 6. - I will lose the final 10 lbs to get to my pre-baby 2 weight
Tactics:
Drink lots of water
Go to Gym at least 2 times per week (sadly, even this is difficult with two little ones, especially the one who refuses to drink out of a bottle!)
Eat less ice cream - I will read one book a month (Seems reasonable since I used to read 2-3 books a month pre-baby!)
Tactics:
Like the water, carry the book wherever I go
Read a book before bed instead of blogs (leave the blogs for the daytime!) - Get my son to give up the pull-ups at night (can I have resolutions for him?)
Tactics:
Cold turkey, replace pull-ups with plastic mattress cover
On the web:
- Increase traffic on my blog by 15% in 2009
Tactics:
Learn some more cool tricks and create some more amazingly fun reports on Google Analytics which will of course help me focus on best content, and promotion for my blog
Improve writing and use keywords in posts
Run contests
Look for guest post opportunities - Encourage my readers to get the urge to comment 10% more in 2009
Tactics:
Run a contest
Ask questions and write brilliant content (as usual!) - Keep Google Reader under 1000 unread items!
Tactics:
Once a month purge blogs, assess which blogs are must reads, and use PostRank. - Try 1 new Application or Social Network every month and write about it
Tactics:
Once a month (3rd week!) have a new post about a new application, social network, or mobile phone application
In my Career:
- I will do what I love 99.999% of the time
Popularity: 15% [?]
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