If you’re new here, every month I share how I’m doing with my goals for the year. This includes personal, blogging/business, and of course financial goals. This post holds me accountable to the goals I set every year, but more importantly, it helps my readers to see that having financial goals in place are the key to succeeding with money. If you need help setting financial goals, make sure you read this post here on the steps to setting financial goals.
2017 Blogging Goals
BIG Goal this year: Help 1,000 people/families achieve financial success in 2017 through my course, Real Life Money Plan. ✔️ DONE!!!!! 🙂
5,000 Twitter Followers by 12/31/17
- Follower on 01/01/17: 2,626
- Current Followers: 2,784 Slowwwwwww progress…
40,000 Email Subscribers by 12/31/17
- Email Subscribers on 01/01/17: 18,875
- Current Subscribers: 20,003
1,000 YouTube Subscribers by 12/31/17
- YouTube Subscribers on 01/01/17: 246
- Current Subscribers: 619
Become a Financial Coach by 12/31/17. I’m almost done with training – should be complete by the end of July!
Make one TV appearance
Rebrand to Jessi Fearon and switch to jessifearon.com by 3/1/17 (Done. I’d love to hear what you think! 🙂 )
Three conferences I plan to attend this year:
Business Boutique One-Day Event in AtlantaI did not attend this due to me being burned out and needed a day of rest.Focused Blogging Conference(I’m actually a mentor this year!)- FinCon 17
Let me know if I’ll see you at any of these conferences!! I would LOVE to meet you there!
3 Webinar Training sessions
3 Speaking Gigs: ✔️
Rockstar Financial SummitDone. If you’d like to see the replays of the summit, they are available here.Focused Blogging ConferenceDone.The Flourish Conference– Done. check it out here.
***If you’re wondering how I came up with these goals, I did this with the help of my fantastic business coach, Kelly. She actually put together a free worksheet to help you start the process of coming up with amazing goals for 2017. Click here to download the worksheet.
2017 Personal Goals
Work out 2x a week using these free videos. I’ve changed this goal to the below.
Complete all weekly exercises in the Body Boss program – I’ve lost weight and finally I am feeling fit and fell wayyyy better about my body!
Average 10,000 steps a day – 5 days a week Still have not found my FitBit so….yeah, I’ll probably have to remove this goal. 😂
Complete Crystal’s 15 Days to a Healthier You Challenge Done.
New goal*** 💥 I’m spending the rest of this year honing my French speaking skills. I took French for over 5 years in school and loved speaking the language. Unfortunately, I haven’t used it in a decade so I’m sharping my skills. Would you be interested in what I’m doing to re-learn the language? I could totally share it in a post (so far it hasn’t cost me anything!).
We went on our annual family vacation to Tybee Island! Click here for how we make going on vacation as a family of five affordable.
2017 Marriage Goals
Write one love note to Pat every month. Done.
Spend one hour every day with just Pat. Totally failed at this one….
Take one secluded vacation with Pat this year I’m trying to make this happen soon…can’t share details since my hubby might read this. 😉 Love you babe!
These two…Charlotte kept trying to run off and scare the seagulls, so big brother Collin grabbed her hand and said, “c’mon Char-bena! Let’s go to the lighthouse!”
2017 Mothering Goals
Take my children on a fun outing once-a-month (Done. We went to the Quarry – that infamous one from The Walking Dead and Stranger Things. The boys were in HEAVEN!!!)
📚 I finally got to read a book I’ve been dying to read…well I technically didn’t “read” it – I listened to it. I didn’t have the room in my budget to buy the book, so I tried out Audible for 30 days and got to “read” the book for free! 🙂 Here’s the book.
We went to an uninhabited island (Wassaw Island – you can only get to it by boat). It was so much fun but I have to real quick, give a shoutout to this blue tent thingy. It was $30 on Amazon (price has gone up to $35 now) and so worth it!
One kiddo took a nap in it and we all ate lunch in. It was a great spot to escape the sun, especially because we were there all day long and it folds up into a little bag so it’s super easy to transport. Truly we didn’t want to leave and I’m sure if we had been allowed to, my husband would have just built a house there and that would be our new home; we loved it so much! 🙂
Set aside dedicated time for help with schoolwork and arts/crafts Done this month. (P.S. If you’re wondering how I come up with things to do with my kids, be sure to check out Susan’s Summer Survival Calendar. It’s what I use to plan out our activities!)
When we first arrived on Wassaw Island:
2017 Spiritual Goals
I did really great last year with my spiritual goals so I’m not setting any crazy goals for this year. 🙂
Pray 3x a Day (Slowly getting better at this one…)
Complete 3 Bible Studies outside of the Women’s Bible Study Group at church. I’ve got 2 completed so far!
2017 Financial Goals
Pay off mortgage by 12/31/17.
- Balance in December 2016: $27,938.08
- Current balance: $23,097.69 (most current payment hasn’t calculated yet…) Yes, we have totally stalled here. Our tax burden is insane this year and we’re working with our CPA to try to figure out how to get it lowered. The sad thing is that combined, my husband and I earn less than $80,000 a year but our tax burden is nearly $15,000 and it’s started to hurt us financially. So hopefully we’ll get this solved soon. The burden is mostly with my business because I’m a single-member LLC and so I’m heavily taxed with the self-employment tax. 🙁 )
Save to replace roof by May 2017. We decided that we’re scratching this goal until after we get our house paid off.
Savings goal: $4,000Current balance: $1,000
What are your goals for 2017?
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Sarah says
Hello! I love the financial tips and information you share. Thank you for that! We are working on becoming debt free, so I’m always searching for ideas on how to make it an easier and faster process. I’m curious about your goal to become a financial coach. Can you tell me more about how you’re doing that? This debt free process has really opened my eyes to how little many people know about finances and I might want to one day help others. Thanks!
Jessi Fearon says
Hi Sarah! I’m going through this training: https://www.daveramsey.com/store/cDFCMT.html And congratulations on the journey towards debt-freedom!!
Emily says
It looks like you had a great vacation. I love the picture of the two holding hands. So sweet!
Did you like Bringing up Bebe? I read it a few years ago and really enjoyed it!
Jessi Fearon says
I LOVED Bringing up Bebe! There were some, ummmm interesting parts of the story but overall I really enjoyed it and we already have implemented the one snack a day rule – soooo amazing! 🙂
Sandi says
I wish I had known about your learning French goal (I could have helped you practice at Focused Blogging 🙂 I highly recommend listening to francophone music and movies. Youtube is great for music and if you have Amazon Prime, sometimes you can find a decent ‘free’ (included in Prime) streamable movie. Tiens-moi au courant de ton progrès!
Jessi Fearon says
Merci beaucoup Sandi!!! And I had no idea you spoke French! 🙂
Amy says
Congratson your progress! I’m chugging along with my goals, but have gotten somewhat off-track as summer has started.