{"id":2883,"date":"2011-06-21T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T12:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theamateurfinancier.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2011-06-25T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T17:23:04","slug":"stand-resolutions-2nd-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamateurfinancier.com\/blog\/stand-resolutions-2nd-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I Stand on My Resolutions &#8211; 2nd Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, that&#8217;s it, the year is nearly half over.\u00a0 The summer is here (I hope it&#8217;s a cool one, as I don&#8217;t care much for the heat), and with it, it&#8217;s time to look back over my goals for the year and see how I&#8217;m doing on completing them.\u00a0 <a title=\"Where I Stand On My Resolutions \u2013 1st Quarter\" href=\"http:\/\/theamateurfinancier.com\/stand-resolutions-1st-quarter\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I reviewed them back at the end of March<\/span><\/a>, and was falling behind on quite a few of them.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been trying to do my best in the months since then to do better, but as with most things worth doing, it&#8217;s been quite an exercise.<\/p>\n<p>So, to help gauge my progress and motivate myself to keep at these goals, here, again, is how I&#8217;m doing on my goals:<\/p>\n<h2>Roger&#8217;s Resolution Rundown<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Resolution #1<\/strong>: <strong>Write At Least One Post Per Day<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Comments<\/strong>: I&#8217;m about two months behind in my one-post-per-day goals.\u00a0 Still, that comes out to about four to five posts a week, which seems pretty reasonable for most blogging goals.\u00a0 If I can do two posts a day for the rest of the summer, I&#8217;ll be caught up (and if I can keep it up through September, I&#8217;ll be well ahead of the game).<br \/>\n<strong>Grade: C+:<\/strong> It&#8217;s a pretty lofty goal, but I&#8217;m not doing that badly at reaching it, and I&#8217;m going to try 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href=\"http:\/\/theamateurfinancier.com\/yakezie-carnival-wedding-edition\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yakezie Carnival<\/span><\/a> just last week, I&#8217;ve been consistently submitting my blogs to other carnivals, and I&#8217;ve been trying to interact more with my fellow bloggers.\u00a0 I still need to do more work, but if I have more months like this June, I won&#8217;t be doing bad at all.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade: B- : <\/strong>Definitely a good start at this resolution, but more effort is needed to truly ace this goal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolutions #4 &amp; #5<\/strong>: <strong>Read At Least 50 Blog Posts Per Day &amp; Comment On 10 of Them<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Comments<\/strong>: Well, not too much good news to report here.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still quite a bit behind my commenting goals.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll need to work harder to comment on all the great bloggers there are out there.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade: F : <\/strong>There&#8217;s really no way to sugarcoat this: I have fallen way behind on my commenting goals.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll need to do better to boost my &#8216;grade&#8217;. <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolution #6: Pay Down My Credit Card Balances<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Comments<\/strong>: A heaping helping of bad news here.\u00a0 My credit card debt is still quite substantial, in spite of repeated attempts to pay it down as I&#8217;ve taken out more money in student loans.\u00a0 So, not only is my credit debt hovering near the highest it&#8217;s ever been, but I&#8217;m adding a sizable amount of student loan debt on top.\u00a0 Not a good progression.<br \/>\n<strong>Grade: D- : <\/strong>I definitely need to rethink how I use my credit, and make more of an effort to cut down on my credit card debt.\u00a0 (Granted, it doesn&#8217;t help that my pay is about a third lower during the summer, meaning I barely have enough income to pay my rent and other necessities, but still, there&#8217;s definitely still fat to trim in my credit card spending.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolution #7<\/strong><strong>: Create at Least Three More Sources of Income<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Comments<\/strong>: Good news: My blog is as profitable and successful as it&#8217;s ever been, and only likely to keep improving.\u00a0 Bad news: I haven&#8217;t had much time to work on other alternate income sources.\u00a0 Still, as we&#8217;ll see with my next resolution, perhaps focusing on my blog is not a bad idea&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Grade: C- : <\/strong>I&#8217;m doing somewhat alright, but I&#8217;m at least two income sources short of a full alternate income portfolio.\u00a0 Luckily, the summer gives me some time to put some of my new ideas into action&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resolution #8<\/strong>: <strong>Generate At Least $1000 Per Month in Alternate Income<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Comments<\/strong>: I&#8217;m actually doing pretty well here; this quarter, I&#8217;ve gotten at least $100 in 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