I decided to focus on 1 main goal this year (2008) after reading this recommendation from Zen Habits. The goal I decided on is to Get Out of Debt. Given the amount of debt I have, I decided that a one year timescale was enough of a challenge to make it exciting, though it will be very tough.

This is my blog of my progress to date

I also decided, after reading another post, to make my blog entries very short – 1 sentence or paragraph only. This way I’m much more likely to complete one entry every day.

My first step is to make the decisions to get out of debt. My second step was to start this blog to track my progress and help keep me motivated.

My next steps will be to create a plan, and create a to do list here on this blog and track my progress through those items.

The first things to go on that list will be to start logging my spending (to help me “stop digging”), then to log all my debts and prioritize talking them. Next step will be to do what I can to raise some cash quickly, which will involve sell off some unused items (2 laptops (including the one I’m using to type this), a personalized number plate that doesn’t fit in with my current car, and some software I no longer need)

I’ll keep you posted.

Todo – Create todo page