Making Myself Accountable & Beating My Demons

Well, hello sportsfans! This blog is my opportunity to finally realize my personal and financial goals. What better way to achieve such formidable tasks than detailing my efforts for all the public to see? It's much better than the ever-disappointing-New Year's-resolutions. How do you enforce accountability there?

Care to follow my foibles? I think I can promise a laugh (in a schadenfreude sort of way); some encouragement (also, in a schadenfreude sort of way) and hopefully, some hacks, tips, info etc. to ease your own sojourn. Soooooo, with the added pressure of having all eyes upon me, here are my goals for 2009: (no sniggering at the unrealistic grandiosity please!)

--Finish rewriting my story picturebook and get it published.

--Get this blog up.

--Sell my products on my blog (not sure how this works yet).

--Get one of my many product ideas licensed.

That's all I can list right now, because I'm already feeling a need to have a good lie down. Yes, yes, yes, I have more than 4 goals for my life, you sadists! And you, Tim Ferriss, I hear you out there saying, "Well, there's your problem, you haven't prioritized!" Well, to you I say, yes, I have Tim and there's a cat on my lap at this moment to prove it. No, wait, that wasn't it. What was it now.....***

Nevermind. I have read Tim's book. In fact, there isn't one time management, small business, organizational, self-help, self-improvement tome out there that I haven't read. Rule the World Over Lunch, Melt Ice with Your Bare Hands, Show Them Who's Boss; oh yes, I've read them all. However, you eventually have to stop reading and start sweating, so here I am.

What I'm planning is to use this blog to chart my daily progress. Hopefully, having to be accountable to public scrutiny will be a big enough stick to produce some results. By the end of this year, I'd like to see a viable, self-sustaining business in place that will provide a passive income for me and my family. Es ist klar, ja?

Welcome to my world!