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Getting Fit

Darren — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:51:32 +0000

One of my goals for 2010 was to “Get Fit”, up until this weekend my attempts at achieving this goal have been slow and progression has been negative.

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have noticed that I published a couple of posts on my new blog – Darren is Getting Fit! This new destination for me is my method of keeping track of my own fitness goals and progress along with a place to meet other people who are looking to achieve similar things.

If you have an interest in fitness and/or healthy living then I would love to hear from you over on Darren Is Getting Fit.

This post has originally been published on Darren Singleton .com. Darren Singleton is a Blogger, Webmaster and Internet Entrepreneur posting about his experiences of making money online on a daily basis.

Getting Fit

Personal Goals for 2010

Darren — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:35:00 +0000

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

Darren — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:35:09 +0000

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:

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