What are your goals?

Flamingo86

Stolen from the adoption board.

Besides TTC/babies, what goals do you have for yourself?

sparklingdiamond

My main goal is for us to get out of debt.  I have a lot in student loans.  We are working to pay off the credit card debt and then move on the the loans.

We also wanted to buy a house (which we have now accomplished!)

BruinsBabe33

Seriously, I would like to do a season on a crab boat.
Also, to swim with a Humpback Whale.
And go to Alaska.

Flamingo86

1) Complete another triathlon sometime in 2014.

2) Continue to save $$$ and put a hefty down payment on a house sometime in the next few years.

3) Be the best wife/daughter/sister/aunt I can be.

4) Learn more about knitting and possibly teach knitting classes sometime in the future.

5) Read more books.

seahorse01

Move to London.

BruinsBabe33

seahorse01 said:

Move to London.

You keep spelling Boston wrong. It's so weird. And NO not Boston, England.

ecinereb

1) Run a 5K and then possibly at 10K

2) Learn to knit socks

3) Pay off our cc debt

seahorse01

BruinsBabe33 said:

seahorse01 said:

Move to London.

You keep spelling Boston wrong. It's so weird. And NO not Boston, England.

the nest loves me so much it posted twice.

seahorse01

BruinsBabe33 said:

seahorse01 said:

Move to London.

You keep spelling Boston wrong. It's so weird. And NO not Boston, England.

I know, I mess that up all the time don't I?

brij2006

There are too many!

1. Be successful at my job and in my business.
2. Pay off our student loans.
3. Finish remodeling our home.
4. Do a triathalon.
5. Travel to Italy and eat lots of pasta and drink lots of wine.
6. Take DH to England and show him everything I saw.
7. Own a boat and home on the lake.
8. Go to Australia and New Zealand.
9. Do a 14 day Mediterranean cruise.
10. Have enough money to do all of the above.

Uptowngirl2009

Get out of debt/get in better shape financially, lose weight/get healthy, become the best teacher I can possibly be. I'm really trying to give my all this school year so at the end of the year I can look back and have no regrets.

ILoveRedVino

I know you said not babies, but that is our goal right now.  We had goals that we wanted to accomplish before kids - buy a house, save money, etc.  We did those.  We have short term goals that involve careers, health, etc - but it all points in the same direction.  Our ultimate, and most important goal, is to have a family so that the house, money, careers, etc have meaning.  We've been fairly aggressive with IF treatments, and will do the same with adoption if it comes to it.  Everything else, while still important, is on the back-burner.  At the end of the day, none of those things really matter if we don't have a family to celebrate and share with....

I am very well aware that TTC is taking over my life right now, but we've chosen to make that our goal.

ETA - TTC will not come at the expense of my marriage, so I guess being a good wife is my main goal.  If we were ever not on the same page for TTC, my marriage would come first.

MRads

1. Move to London with Seahorsey.
2. Host an elaborate multicourse holiday meal.
3. Keep my relationships with my bff's, even though they live in TX, Canada and MD.
4. Start or work for a relocation company.

rccola1981

I have to take some courses starting in January for my teaching certificate to remain active. I have decided that I am going to start a masters program in the spring. There are two I'm interested and they have a program to do them concurrently. I just need to see if the district will reimburse for the library sciences program. They can be kind of selective as far as what is considered relevant to our teaching position. Our other big goal is to pay off credit card debt and eventually have no payments except utilities and the mortgage. We would also like to buy the other half of our house when the neighbors decide to move or they pass away.

abt8113

1. Get rid of our student loan debt (we just paid off mine, and DH's is finally less than 30k)
2. Move closer to family.
3. Save lots of money and buy a house.
4. Travel to Europe.
5. Become a better therapist and be able to help more people.
6. Be the best wife I can be.

nfp147

1) Lose more weight and be much more active (running, biking, etc).

2) Keep being awesome at my job.

3) Become fluent in French.  

4) Pay off cc and student loans.

5) Travel, travel, travel.

BeeLu

1. Get in shape. I lost a lot of weight for the wedding, but this year has been filled with stress-eating, so it's come back.

2. Help DH get in shape (which goes hand in hand with 1, I guess).

3. Get my PhD.

4. Travel! Asia and South America in particular.

cinderin

I have some goals, not sure if they will change or not.

1. get promoted at work (this is at least a few years out - maybe 5?)

2. loose more weight (I am going to try to loose more weight when I am done BF)

3. take MBA classes (this would be in 10 years or so :-))

4. feel more financially secure. we need to up our incomes. i want to pay off more debt, save more, be able to afford to do more, and maybe even some home improvements. 

5. do more gardening. hopefully I will be able to do more next year. 

frizby

Find a teaching job, pay off my student loans, and learn to save money better.

amandaf6383

A lot of my answer is similar to @ILoveRedVino. Our biggest goal is a family, whatever form that comes in. Although other goals would be to continue and eventually achieve my goal health, travel everywhere on our list, and to see my company create a groundbreaking life-saving drug.

poppies717

Yeah, my answer is similar to @ILoveRedVino, too. TTC is really our only goal right now, and it has clouded over any other goals we have. Sure, we want to travel a lot more (we have a list), but there are so many trips we've put off in hopes that we'd be taking kids to these places. Yes, paying off our mortgage is a goal, but our hearts ache when we look at the empty rooms that should be filled with a child's laughter.

A short-term goal I have right now is to gain a continuing contract this year (I'm up for it).

LuckyAngel07

1) Help DH pay off his cc and student loans (we got my cc paid off back in May).
2) Pay off my car (only around $3000 to go!).
3) Get some home improvements done, namely giving the kitchen a big facelift, redecorating/painting the bedroom, and replacing the tub.
4) Continue to be amazing at work.
5) Help/support DH find a job he can be happy in (he's miserable in his current job).

thecuddleeffect

Do an iron girl.
Get another teaching job.
Be a better house keeper.
Finish my masters (should be done in april...hopefully before babies arrive)

wiggyslilsis

1. Get my MS in Psychology.
2. Become a licensed marriage and family therapist.
3. Move to the east coast.
4. Sell our rental.
5. Pay off debt
6. Become more financially secure with savings, retirement, life insurance
7. Figure out my health so one day maybe I can feel somewhat normal on an every day basis.