Having a goal each month really helps drive me toward making progress, even if I don’t quite reach them all.  I don’t want to make goals that are too easy to accomplish just to be able to complete them every time.  I’d rather fall just short and get a lot more done!

Here’s the goals for this month:

1. Reduce overall debt by $1000.  Last month was $2000, but half of that was medical expenses that got paid from my flex spending account.  This month I only have about $200 of medical expenses outstanding.  I think 1K is reasonable, but not too easy.
2. Continue evolving our envelope system.  It’s going to take awhile to get our system where we want it.  Another successful month under our belt will simply strengthen our habits.
3. Finish my debt scales page.  Ok, I’ve put this one off long enough. Time to just get these out there.
4. Revive my daily journal entries again.  Starting with my next budget update to the site this weekend, I’m going to be doing journal entries again.  I did much better tracking incoming and outgoing money when I was doing this, and it’s taken a back seat to other developments for too long.
5. Release the forums!  Yet another development project I’ve been tinkering with too much.  They’ve been "coming soon" for almost half a year now.  Lame.

There’s lot of other things I want to do, but I’m going to focus on these main things this month along with keeping up with a regular posting schedule.  We’ll see at the end of the month where we are with it!