No Debt Plan » Goals http://www.nodebtplan.net A personal finance blog teaching you how to live debt free and use credit wisely. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:30:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 3 Steps to Prepare for Financial Success with Goalshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/01/03/3-steps-to-prepare-for-financial-success-with-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-steps-to-prepare-for-financial-success-with-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/01/03/3-steps-to-prepare-for-financial-success-with-goals/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:00:10 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4893 Welcome to 2011. For some 2010 was a banner year worth celebrating and remembering. For others it is best forgotten to the annals of time. Either way we are in a new year and there’s no bad time to prepare for a great financial year. Here are three essential steps to making this year a [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2011/01/03/3-steps-to-prepare-for-financial-success-with-goals/feed/ 2 How to Avoid Putting Reward Before Workhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/09/02/how-to-avoid-putting-reward-before-work/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-avoid-putting-reward-before-work http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/09/02/how-to-avoid-putting-reward-before-work/#comments Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:00:51 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4663 If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time you know I’m a huge fan of creating and sticking to goals. Financial goals, workout goals, writing goals… it’s all goals all the time in my book. I definitely think goals should have some sort of reward aspect to them. The carrot on the [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/09/02/how-to-avoid-putting-reward-before-work/feed/ 0 Our 2010 Financial Goalshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/01/01/our-2010-financial-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-2010-financial-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/01/01/our-2010-financial-goals/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:47:41 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4289 Our financial goal planning is pretty dull. We initiated a plan a few years ago and are still in the midst of that plan. Parts of the plan we are still implementing: maxing our two Roth IRAs each year saving on a schedule to buy two new vehicles with cash in 2012 and 2014 saving [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/01/01/our-2010-financial-goals/feed/ 3 Reviewing 2009 Goals and Looking Forward to 2010http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/01/01/reviewing-2009-goals-and-looking-forward-to-2010/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviewing-2009-goals-and-looking-forward-to-2010 http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/01/01/reviewing-2009-goals-and-looking-forward-to-2010/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:08:43 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=4283 It’s a new year. For most of you out there 2009 was at best an okay year and the general consensus I’ve read is “Whew, glad that year is over!” It’s time to set our eyes on 2010 — and get used to writing and typing 2010 rather than 2009. (It takes me about 3 [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2010/01/01/reviewing-2009-goals-and-looking-forward-to-2010/feed/ 0 How to Save for Small Goalshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/09/21/how-to-save-for-small-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-save-for-small-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/09/21/how-to-save-for-small-goals/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:17 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=3750 A reader wrote in with this question. After reading your article on flexible budgeting, I wanted to ask a question to build on your notes about flexible budgets. One question I have is in regards to financial goals. While I save in categories of ‘retirement’ and ‘house down-payment’, I don’t know how to save for [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/09/21/how-to-save-for-small-goals/feed/ 1 Reviewing Your Goalshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/07/29/reviewing-your-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviewing-your-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/07/29/reviewing-your-goals/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:25:47 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=2994 We’re over half way through 2009. January 1, 2010 will be here before you know it. (And sadly football season will be over with as well.) If you haven’t done so recently now is a great time to assess your progress toward your SMART goals. I’ve tried to continually write about goals. If you don’t [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/07/29/reviewing-your-goals/feed/ 6 One Last Blogging Goalhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/11/one-last-blogging-goal/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-last-blogging-goal http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/11/one-last-blogging-goal/#comments Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:22:53 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1622 When I sketched out my 2009 blogging goals I neglected to mention a long standing goal I have. My ultimate blogging goal is to have 10,000 RSS subscribers. I figure if I have that many subscribers I’m in the top 10 of all the personal finance blogs out there. And with 10,000 subscribers, my traffic [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/11/one-last-blogging-goal/feed/ 2 Our 2009 Financial Goalshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/our-2009-financial-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=our-2009-financial-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/our-2009-financial-goals/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:00:57 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1572 We dominated our 2008 goals despite some of them being quite challenging. We were blessed financially last year and that allowed us to knock out those goals. Here’s to hoping 2009 is that much better! With each goal listed below I will list our goal as well as a stretch goal. Our 2009 Financial Goals [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/our-2009-financial-goals/feed/ 4 My 2009 Blogging Goalshttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/my-2009-blogging-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-2009-blogging-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/my-2009-blogging-goals/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:00:43 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1574 This post may be completely uninteresting to many of you out there. Feel free to pass on by. I’m hoping some of you will read this and find ways to help me reach my own goals. Last year was a complete flop in terms of blogging goals. Why? I was dumb. I didn’t set true [...]

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]]> http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/my-2009-blogging-goals/feed/ 4 Don’t Let Your Goals Be Dumbhttp://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/dont-let-your-goals-be-dumb-have-smart-goals/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-let-your-goals-be-dumb-have-smart-goals http://www.nodebtplan.net/2009/01/07/dont-let-your-goals-be-dumb-have-smart-goals/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:37 +0000 Kevin http://www.nodebtplan.net/?p=1610 It’s the new year and everyone around the web is declaring goals for 2009. But before we start to define every goal, we need a basic framework. There are two types of goals. D.U.M.B. goals and S.M.A.R.T. goals. SMART is an actual term taught in various classes; I was first introduced to it in a [...]

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