I’ve got a number of things that I’d like to accomplish.  This is my first attempt at actually trying to set some goals and see where I measure up over time.

As much as I’d love to just make my only criteria numbers and dollars, there’s a few other things that I want to measure in order to make sure I’m successful this month.  I’ll include some of the dollar amounts too, just because they are important, but they’re all based on what I have in my budget.

1. Reduce overall debt by $2000.  (I’m already $3000 BELOW WHERE I STARTED on my debt scale.  That’s HORRIBLE and we’re gonna try to fix it ASAP.)   Half of this is medical bills that I’ll be reimbursed for from my flex account, but I’ll take it. 
2. Follow the envelope budgeting system we’ve created and use automatic payments for all bills using our web bill pay.  This includes modifying the amounts and categories as needed to gradually reflect our actual needs.
3. Complete the separation of my daily journal from the main blog and their respective feeds.
4. Finish my debt scales page that shows the breakdown of individual debt progress, not just the overall on the header.
5. Follow a new schedule that I’ve created for myself on running this blog.

I think if I can just focus on those key things, the rest of the goals that I also want to accomplish will fall into place.  I need to learn to just pace myself, and so far I’m not doing so hot.  Soooo, we’ll actually create some measurable goals and see how things go from there.