Goals for 2009

Since 1998 I have been writing down my goals. I must admit that even after what is now 10 years I am still amazed at how if you write them down you do achieve many of them.

Once you write them down you do need to refer to them again and have them in a prominent place. For the first few years I wrote them down and they stayed in a file hidden on my desk out of sight. More recently I have had them in my diary that I carry every day though on a page that I was not looking at regularly. So this year I have decided to put them in many places including in my diary, as part of the wallpaper on my computer desktop and here on my blog so I see them every day. The reason for them going on the blog is so that the world, well really the human internet users that find this page, do know what my goals are. So I am looking forward to seeing how this helps me achieve more of my goals and also hopefully to help others achieve their goals.

So here are some of my goals for 2009:

• Be fit and healthy and really feel fit and healthy
  
• Generate income of at least US$80,000 so that I can support Louise, cover our financial commitments and help promote and solve environmental, conservation and animal welfare issues around the world
  
• Plant trees in at least 5 different countries
  
• Meet Jackie Chan and work with him on environmental initiatives
  
• Give motivational and educational presentations in at least 5 different countries with at least one of them being as a paid keynote speaker
  
• Visit a bear sanctuary in Vietnam or China (oh yes I also can write this as a second one by replacing “bear” with “beer”)
  
• Climb the 10 highest peaks in the Hong Kong SAR plus the highest peak on Lamma and Po Toi Islands
  
• Have at least one brand sponsorship deal
  
• Establish ourselves more formally in Hong Kong
  
• Have a staring role in a movie
  
• Live in a more comfortable house
  
• Work on an international project that calls upon my surveying, geodesy, mapping and quality assurance skills.

You know the other interesting part about writing your goals down, is how clearly and precisely you write them.. What I mean is that the opportunities to achieve those goals as written can appear in ways that you do not expect though they do meet your goals.

So I look forward to experiencing how this year’s goals become reality.

Grow well
Dr Merrin

PS: If you have got this far through this posting then do let me know what your goals are so I may assist you to achieve them!