Bob Younce over at The Writing Journey has taken on a lot of memes lately. One standout: the Dream Meme. The rules, which I lifted nearly verbatim from Bob’s post, are as follows:
Write a short paragraph describing your dream. What is it that you want to accomplish? It doesn’t have to be career-related, though it can be if you wish.
Identify three tangible goals you can accomplish in the next year that will bring you closer to fulfilling that goal.
Describe one action that you will take today to work toward your goals. No doubling up – just one action.
Link back to this post if you’re moved to do so.
Feel free to post a link in the comments back to your post.
Tag people (note: if you want to keep friends, don’t tag. Just post.)
So, here’s mine. I want to become financially comfortable by the time I reach retirement. I want to do it on my own. I don’t want to rely on anything I may get from my spouse, either. Spouses come and go, as I’ve found out in the past.
My three goals: to grow business 25 percent this year (and successive years) through more aggressive marketing; to stretch into more lucrative areas of writing and editing, taking on topics others avoid; and to save 10 percent from every check toward my retirement fund.
My action toward that is to purchase a house on my own. I’ve located some options, and I’m considering it now before interest rates climb.
I’ve linked back to Bob above, and I won’t be tagging anyone. So, what’s your dream? How are you going to get there?
I might play along, but even if I don’t blog about it, it’s definitely something worth thinking about. As freelancers, I think we sometimes get so caught up in all the minutiae that comes along with our job titles that we lose sight of why we do it all in the first place.
Lori,
Good luck reaching your dream! Your goals sound ambitious yet doable. Go for it!
My dream is to run a successful writing business and spend time with my family and friends. (So far, so good on the first part … I’m working on the second.)