New Year's Resolutions

I made a post about New Year's Resolutions last night. This morning, I remembered to listen to a Dave Ramsey clip on making resolutions per the advice of Ben's siblings, and after I did I deleted my post on New Year's resolutions. My resolutions were good resolutions, but they did not follow the criteria set forth by Dave Ramsey in that they were not specific and measurable enough, so I decided to re-evaluate.

Dave Ramsey says you should make the following goals:

1. Career

2. Financial

3. Spiritual

4. Physical

5. Intellectual

6. Family

7. Social

He also says that your goals should be:

1. Specific

2. Measurable

3. Yours

4. Within a time limit

5. In writing

Dave Ramsey said that you are not the exception to the rule. This is the way that successful people evaluate their lives and make changes and so should you! Do this and you will see results!

And by "you" I mean "I" as well! Therefore, I changed my resolutions to be specific and measurable, I set dates for when I wanted these things to be accomplished, and I wrote them down. These resolutions now seem a lot more personal than they did before...but I don't mind sharing a few of them with you anyway:

Career goal- to take and pass at least 2 out of 4 sections of the CPA exam by year-end

Spiritual goal- to read the Bible at least 10 minutes every day

Physical goal- to finish the mini-marathon in Louisville in April

Intellectual goal- to pass at least 15 credit hours toward my MBA by year-end

I hope that helps and encourages some of you to set very specific resolutions this year. To hear Dave Ramsey talk about it, click on this link: http://a1611.g.akamai.net/f/1611/23575/9h/dramsey.download.akamai.com/23575/audio/mp3/mydrs_blog/01072009_goal_train.mp3