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Personal Goals for 2010

By Darren On December 30, 2009 3 Comments

bigstockphoto_Writing_Goals_For___In_A_No_6166697 Following on from my post about my goals from 2009, I have put a lot of thought and time into deciding what I want to achieve from the next 365 days.  I have listed three goals specifically related to my online endeavours and three that are much more personal. 

1. Increase Twitter Followers to 500
The only goal that was achieved during 2009 was increasing my Twitter followers to 200.  Continuing this trend, my goals for 2010 is to increase this by 250% and achieve 500 followers over the year.

2. Post Regularly to Gifts4Men
The main focus of my attention during 2010 will be my gifts for men blog.  The first goal in relation to Gifts4Men will be to post five new articles a week showcasing different products.  Upon calculating the number of weekdays during 2010, this would require 261 new posts over the year.

3. Develop three blogs/websites with passive income streams
With only a limited number of hours in a day, developing passive income from multiple sources can be the easiest way to generate an income online.  The goal would require the websites to earn revenue with little further involvement from myself.  The development of these websites/blogs will be discussed in much more detail as they are in progress.

4. Save for Own Home
Back in August 2009 I posted about the fact that I was moving out of the family home.  The purchase of this house actually fell through, but moving out is something I still want to do.  My goal is to amass £10,000 in a savings account during 2010 to cover the cost of a deposit and any associated fees with purchasing your first home.  For this to happen, I need to reign in my expenditure greatly; eating food that has been prepared by myself rather than at a restaurant, stop purchasing domain names (as mentioned in my random facts post) and just generally tighten my purse strings.

5. Greatly Improve my Fitness Levels
Over the past few years I have slowly gained weight and although I have attempted to shed a few pounds, my weight always rises again.  Using a great service called Skinnyr, I am able to chart my weight progress and display it on a graph.  You can set goals and over time it is possible to see your monthly averages and how well you are progressing.  I don’t have a specific weight loss goal, it is more of a visual rather than statistical thing for me.  On January 1st I will be taking a photograph to use as a comparison throughout the rest of the year.

6. Broaden my Film Watching
I am a big fan of films.  The main problem I find is that I have missed out on so many that were released prior to the past ten years.  Throughout 2010, I hope to make my way through the IMDB Top 250 along with watching many films recommended to me by others.  My goal is to watch 150+ movies throughout 2010 which would average approximately 3 films per week.

 

If you have set any goals for 2010, I would appreciate you letting me know in the comments.  This blog is going to have some improvements made during January to make it much more personal and be much more focused towards my goals and how I can achieve them.


Random Facts About Me

By Darren On November 24, 2009 12 Comments

As this is my personal blog, I felt it would be appropriate for me to post a list of things about me.  So here goes, twenty three things that you, most likely, did not know about Darren Singleton:

  1. I once swallowed a marble
  2. I have owned three cars, all of which have been Vauxhall Corsa’s.
  3. I own a private registration starting with DAZ
  4. I am awful at parallel parking
  5. My middle name is James
  6. I have a younger sister @jo_singleton
  7. I spend way too much money on domain names
  8. My favourite snack is Seabrook Prawn Cocktail crisps
  9. My ringtone is currently MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
  10. For years, I have had problems sleeping
  11. I have lived in the same house for over twenty years
  12. I hate tomatoes
  13. I cannot stand the taste of eggs or milk
  14. I love the taste of Ginger Beer
  15. I have two fish tanks, but currently no fish!
  16. My GMail inbox currently contains 1787 unread emails.
  17. I have a 100% positive eBay rating with a feedback score of 119
  18. I love watching Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
  19. I read books whilst in the bath
  20. I work for a local web video production company
  21. I would love to learn to cook and eat much more healthy
  22. I have a BSc (Hons) Computing
  23. I really struggled thinking of twenty three facts!

And, just in case you were wondering, I chose twenty three because that is how old I am currently.  If you write a post like this one please let me know in the comments, I would love to find out more about my readers.  Is there anything you would like to know about me, please feel free to ask me!