Today, I am caught up!! The last two weeks have been some of the busiest I\u00a0 can remember but finally we are caught up!\u00a0 I realized however that I had not posted my goals for this year.<\/p>\n
I am going to address these a little differently than I have in the past. My financial goals will change month by month, my intent is that I have an overall goal for the year and then I can adjust each month to meet the goals.<\/p>\n
Financial Goals<\/strong>–\u00a0\u00a0 1.\u00a0 Pay off lawn mower by March 2014 to avoid interest being charged.\u00a0 <\/strong>Current status\u00a0 $801.51 remaining.\u00a0 Plan to pay $100 in both January and February with remaining $600 to come from expected tax refund. Blogging:\u00a0 Goal: 15 per month<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Currently I am at 50% for 2013.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n Weight: Goal to exercise 3x a week and to be down to 150 by December<\/em><\/strong>\u00a02014.\u00a0 <\/strong>Currently I am nowhere near this goal. To met I need to lose 6# a month. I am going to focus of drinking water and getting the exercise in.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n So there are my objectives in writing.\u00a0 Do you have any goals or by this 11th day of January have they already changed?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, I am caught up!! The last two weeks have been some of the busiest I\u00a0 can remember but finally we are caught up!\u00a0 I realized however that I had not posted my goals for this year. I am going … Continue reading
\n<\/em>2. Emergency Fund to $2000.\u00a0 <\/strong>Current status $0.\u00a0 Plan to add $100 a month for first\u00a05 months of the year, then $200 remaining 7 months.
\n<\/em> 3.<\/strong> Groceries: Spend $600 <\/strong>a month
\n4. Gas: Spend $400 a month with any remaining to be move to Auto fund for repairs.
\n<\/strong><\/strong>These are some high goals but I really need to get our finances under control this year and stop living pay check to pay check.\u00a0 My monthly goals for January I have already post as part of the low spend\/No Spend challenge. I don’t anticipate meeting all the goals due to our trip but I do hope to achieve at least 50% of them!
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