# Goals **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 9, 2009, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582 "2009-12-09T12:22:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582/41 "2009-12-16T20:42:31Z")
1. Finish losing weight. I’m down 60 lbs in 09 and I’ve got 60 left to go out of an original 220. 2. Run a half marathon, I figure it’s the minimum I need to be able to play an entire rugby match. 3. Pass my P.E. test. 4. Get my finances in order; pay off all debt, get rid of my condo and motorcycle. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582/42 "2009-12-16T20:56:53Z")
Here’s what comes to mind immediately: [ol] [li]Get another kids’ book published - something not in my existing series (well, realistically, I’d be happy getting it written and sold - it’s unlikely it could hit print in by the end of 2010 at this point).[/li][li]Continue my weight loss: I’m down 15 lbs in two months, and I’d like to drop another 15 my mid-February.[/li][li]Get my first novel finished and polished to the point where I can start submitting it.[/li][li]Get my home office/library cleaned up so it looks more like a home office/library and less like a storage room[/li][/ol] > [@Nava](#): > > Oh, and you can quote several people by using the button with the “+” sign, the one in the middle at the bottom of posts. Use the regular “quote” button for the last post you want to multiquote. You’re welcome. This doesn’t count as junior modding, does it? I’ve never been yelled at about it, so I think it doesn’t. Helping other people use the SDMB better is not junior modding, and it is appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582/43 "2009-12-18T13:45:50Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Not a problem. I need all the help I can get! Thank you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hilary\_Algar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilary_algar/32/4282_2.png) [@Hilary\_Algar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilary_Algar)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582/44 "2009-12-18T14:02:42Z")
Weight loss seems a common (and very healthy) theme in this thread. Maybe we could all encourage each other and/or post our progress every 90 days or so. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582/45 "2009-12-18T14:20:03Z")
1. Make sure my wedding goes off without a hitch. 2. Find a new job. 3. Once I find/start new job, start working on the whole family thing ('ya know, getting pregnant, which’ll be a bit of a challenge with PCOS.) 4. Take the wallpaper off the bathroom walls. God I hate it. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582/46 "2009-12-18T17:20:20Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > 1. Pass my P.E. test. Check out this helpful website for folks studying for P.E. test: [www.engineerboards.com](http://www.engineerboards.com) . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goals/520582.md?page=2)