It’s time to check back in on the goals I set for January 2012, let’s see how I started out the new year.
#1 Get my Alexa ranking under 140,000- FAIL (As of February 1st, it was 168,532.)
#2 Contribute at least $50.00 to our Roth IRA– PASS (Exactly 50 bucks)
#3 Save at least $25.00 towards Christmas 2012- PASS (Exactly 25 bucks)
#4 Do a giveaway on my blog- PASS
#5 Have 60 followers on Twitter- PASS (As of February 1st, I have 156 followers. Most of that is because of the giveaway, but I’m not complaining. 
Thanks again to everybody, you guys rock!)
#6 Get the Evil Credit Card balance under $300.00- PASS (It’s down to $259.81 and it’s feelin’ pretty good.)
#7 Submit at least 1 post to a blog carnival- PASS (I didn’t actually submit it myself, but I’ve hired Corey to do it for me. He submitted a lot more than just one, so this shouldn’t be a problem any longer.)
#8 Only do my Sublime Saturday Assemblage every other Saturday- PASS (I did it just as planned, one on the 14th and the other on the 28th. It’s kinda nice to have an extra day off every other week.)
#9 Tweet at least 6 great posts I find on other blogs- PASS (I exceeded the 6.)
#10 Retweet at least 6 tweets I like- PASS (Way more than just the 6, it’s kind of addicting.)
#11 Finish brainstorming my new page idea and start making it happen- PASS (I did finish the brainstorming part, but I’m having issues with the best way to format it. I’m going to need to spend a lot more time trying things out before this will be ready.)
#12 Decide on the exact allocation of funds I’m refocusing- PASS (I got it all figured out, but then I had to borrow money to cover the FinCon12 expenses. I will post about it soon.)
#13 Lose 6 pounds this month- FAIL (I only lost 4 pounds this last month. 
It seems like I do good one month and not so great the next; at least I’m being consistent. I guess.)
#14 Read 3 or more books this month to stay on track for one of my 2012 goals- PASS (I read all 3 books, and each one was actually on my reading list for this year. In January, I read:
• ProBlogger
• The Happiness Project
• Blue Bloods (Book 1)
#15 Get in at least 15 hours of cardio- FAIL (I only did 10 hours and 20 minutes worth of cardio.)
#16 Make Roxy’s shot appointment- PASS (Made the appointment, got her shots done and was even inspired to write a post about Deceiving Discounts.)
How did you do on your goals?
Good job on all the passes!
Thanks Michelle.
Sounds like you are doing pretty good! Twitter can be addicting, can’t it?
Thanks, Pam.
It’s amazing how addicting it can be. I’d heard people say it before I signed up, but I just thought they were silly…now I know.
Good job on your passes. I wonder what’s up with Alexa. No matter what I do over Jan and Feb my ranking keeps going up instead of down. I notice you didn’t meet your Alexa goal which is why I mentioned….
Yeah, I’m just convinced that Alexa is out to get me right now. I think it’s going off an average of the last 3 months, and I did have to take 2 weeks off in December—which definitely hurt me stat-wise. I just wish that everybody who came to my blog had the Alexa toolbar, that would make things much better.
4 pounds is great!! And 10 hours of cardio is also really good! I think your doing awesome achieving your goals! Keep at it. I’m working on my e-fund right now as my goal!
Thanks Rachel.
I just want to do better, I expect a lot out of myself and get disappointed when I don’t at least meet my expectations. How’s the emergency fund going? Have you been able to put anything in there yet?
Looks like a lot of “pass”es. Great job! Keep at it. 10hrs of cardio is not exactly a full fail
I didn’t do well with any of my goals. But I also came to peace with it as I know I won’t be able to do most of it until after March. Till then it is too busy at work and travel for work.
Thanks Suba.
Sometimes the timing just doesn’t work out, I’m sure you’ll do fabulously once things calm down.