Since our goals for 2007 were to spend as little as possible, track every penny we spent, and have tons of fun doing it I figured we should have a much more robust goal system if I am to appear at all cool in any ones eyes. So here are my financial goals for 2008:
- While my spreadsheet system is something beautiful to behold, it could be even better! Master my own hodgepodge of spreadsheet madness that tells me where all my money is down to the penny (and figure out how sometimes I gain $0.00000000000071 when I add up all my expenses for the month!)
- Save $10,000 for the special goals I outlined here. While this only represents 40% of what we really want, I talked it over with Peyton Manning and he helped me be a little more realistic about what we could accomplish. Thanks Peyton!
- Stay within our family budget for the entire year. I’m not so concerned with being within budget each month, just as long as it all works out in the end.
- Earn $100 of additional income with which to spoil my wife rotten.
- Increase our net worth to $40,000.
Only a global warming catastrophe that would bury our home, bank, and city in a warm, rising ocean can keep us from our goals now!
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