2009 Goals

It took a while, but we finally worked out our 2009 Goals.

Financial

Contribute a total of $7200 into our Roth IRAs
Contribute a total of $2000 into 529 Plans (after opening them, of course!)
Save an additional $4800 for our travel fund so we always have enough for 2 trips per year, if we need it
Save $4800 for our car/roof fund as we know we will likely need to update one or both of these in the next 2 to 3 years.
We also are working on increasing our giving

Physical

Organizing/Personal

Update life insurance – change from a 20 year term to 30 year term policy, look into increasing amount for me.
Update wills – we have only ever done very quick and dirty wills right before leaving to go overseas. We have over six months until our next trip, so we plan to create extensive Living Wills for both my husband and myself, including giving the ‘guardianship’ question more thought. It’s a really hard one for us.
Borrow my sister’s label maker and re-organize my files.
Put all my favorite recipes into one my My Favorite Recipes book.
Do a spring cleaning of basement and get rid of some stuff.

Fun/Recreation/Relationships

Find a good babysitter so hubby and I can go on more ‘dates’ or out with friends.
Take the kids out with us to restaurants, etc more often on the weekends. Do more!
Put the FUN back into my relationship with my husband. We don’t take enough time for us anymore and don’t do enough fun stuff like we used to. We are taking life a little too seriously lately.
Read more – I used to read a book a week. I can’t remember the last book I read that wasn’t about how to get baby to take naps or off my son’s book shelf.
Take a few weekend trips to the beach and camping.

I think that is enough to work on for one year! I will revisit these every month to see if I am on track.

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