Netties post about accomplishments got me thinking about goals that I haven't met yet.
I feel like I've accomplished alot of small victories in the last five years since starting my sign business, but I've got a long way to go yet.
My goals in business are: 1. to continue to improve my design skills 2. to increase my productivity/workflow to help generate more income 3. to be a better business person 4. to develop a more professional business image and set up a website 5. to work on my hand-lettering skills
Goals for my personal life include: 1. continuing to raise happy, healthy kids 2. continuing a great relationship with my husband 3. renovating our new house and creating a "home" (while continuing a great relationship with my husband...this one may be tough!!! ha ha) 4. getting a little heathier, eating better, more exercise...
We've got a busy year coming up, and I'm looking forward to it!
Suelynn
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
Lotsa similar thoughts here Suelynn.
Business: 1. Get my shop built & set up exactly how I want it 2. Improve design skills 3. Increase workflow (and control my boredom or what I call "my ADD" so I can stay focused on 1 thing instead of jumping project to project) 4. Work on hand lettering, gilding and carving
Personal: Consciously make sure people know how much they mean to me.
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
I have long term goals and short term ones.
Short term goals... (next three months)
Finish my new studio and be moved in by Christmas. Be done our big job here in Edmonton by the middle of November. Finish all the projects I have underway for patient clients. Go on a holiday in Florida with Janis (we leave December 31 for 3 weeks! )
Long term goals...
Continue developing my skills and constantly raise the bar in terms of quality. Finish the outside of the shop. Finish landscaping the yard complete with riding railroad around the yard Build a new house with Janis (cool theme inside and out)
Personal goals... To continue a loving relationship with Janis and the rest my my family. TO BE A GRAMPA! (not much control in this department)
Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Wow... those are some lofty goals.
My first goal every day is to take a breath. If it works and I can still see, then I figure I got the rest of the day licked. Not stepping into a dog pile when I get out of bed is a bonus.
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[ October 26, 2003, 09:54 PM: Message edited by: Bruce Bowers ]
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
my goals..are..... to find a nice bridge, perferably in a warm climate, to live/sleep,under when iam broke, and to have some MAD DOG 20/20 everyday!!!!! now with my goals set here.....every day that is better is a SUCCESS!!!!!!
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
Good one Joe, I'll second that motion! Similarly for Bruce, too.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Hey Susie Q My goals are all of the above, except for the husband and new shop stuff, and I prefer Boone's Farm, OP! Love- JILL And I vow to make it to New Brunswick next summer!
Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :
Bruce, you've already got the business and the design skills under control, so you don't need as long a list!
Suelynn
Posted by KARYN BUSH (Member # 1948) on :
my goal would be to NOT be in a straight jacket kissing lamp posts by the end of the year....
Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :
Yup, I've got goals too.
Be more productive. Improve design & work skills. Get a shed and clean out the shop! Carve something. Continue with yard renovations Take time to play creatively, for fun, not profit. (paint, sew, refinish, cook, garden ...) Continue with home improvements Be more helpful to my mom Stay healthy, get better fit, drop afew pounds
Posted by Bob Stephens (Member # 858) on :
I've accomplished nearly every goal I set in life with the exception of two.
Its nice knowing I'll die with no major regrets.
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
A few years ago I made a new year's resolution to stop setting challenging goals and quit making new year's resolutions, cause I always set them a bit too high.
I am proud to say, that's the only new year's resolution I've ever been able to abide by.
I still do set goals for myself, but I put no time constraints on them thus eliminating the challenge factor. My goals get achieved whenever I feel like it.
Edit: Oops.. forgot to list these goals I plan to achieve eventually..
Short term (like within the next year, can't put too much on my plate at once, ya know.. hehe):
Complete the first phase of my new automotive accessory product line and submit it to the major aftermarket mailorder companies
Further develop my new jewelry product line
Finish the bodywork on my minitruck and get that bastard painted finally!
Long term:
Nah... can't think that far ahead...
[ October 27, 2003, 05:38 PM: Message edited by: Mike Pipes ]
Posted by Ian Stewart-Koster (Member # 3500) on :
All right Bob, what are/were those two? (& have you changed your mind about them, or are they still on the list!?)
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
experience hand lettering
attend a live meet
make a new building sign for myself with some carved HDU & some gold leaf
put graphics on my new (18 month old)truck
try out my new pinstriping brush that I bought along with my first pack of gold leaf 10 months ago as part of my new years resolution
learn to call my new pinstriping brush a "liner" or "dagger" or "striper" or whatever its supposed to be called, once I've used it
learn (even more then this site has already helped me to) let those high numbers roll off the tounge with confidence as I continue to bring my prices up
finish up some shop improvement projects (from back when I lived here & could accomplish seemingly un-ending amounts of improvements because I had virtually no home improvements or maintenance chores due to having no home.)
learn to accept help, delegate responsibility, trust my help, & force myself to go home at a decent hour more often then not
Posted by Lotti Prokott (Member # 2684) on :
Get a few major jobs per month, to cover the minimum income that I need, work my butt off for a couple weeks to get them out, and just hang around the shop for the rest of the month, playing with my brushes, and reading the BB. Posted by Ray Rheaume (Member # 3794) on :
To smile and have people smile with me.
To see my daughter graduate Boston College as an artist.
To watch my other two children become what they will be.
To retire to a nice warm beach and sit on a porch overlooking the ocean, spending my days whittling chess pieces for my friends....still smiling.
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