28 in 2008

I’m not that great at setting goals, but I decided to give it a try. So at the beginning of the year, I decided to make a list of 28 things that I would like to get accomplished in 2008. Some of them seem simple, others unrealistic (for me), but I decided to just scatter it around and see what I can do.


1. Generate 2000 blog hits [yep...past it AWHILE ago...don't know when...]

2. Dunk a basketball (on a regulation rim)

3. Provide custom-designed albums

4. Sell street photography (at least as stock images)

5. Gain at least 10 lbs

6. Travel to 5 states outside of Illinois [Missouri, North Carolina]

7. Read (and purchase) 1 book a month, and build my library [completed 4, purchased 6]

8. Design the creative compilation that is natemathai.com [it became my new blog/site]

9. Spend more time with my nieces [I think I did it!  You'd have verify with the parents though]

10. Organize my baseball card collection (already organized…I want to price them now)

11. Learn to play the guitar

12. Accept at least one speaking engagement (if available) [spoke at my home church]

13. Create a marketable product [I am a marketable product :)]

14. Get engaged [proposal: 08/02/08 | ceremony 08/16/08]

15. Book at least 10 gigs

16. Read through Bible

17. Complete at least 2 project100’s

18. Expand the Sports Ministry for girls [in the planning stages for summer 09]

19. Support 5 charities/missions organizations [CFC, Binil Samuel Memorial, ICF]

20. Buy something obscenely unnecessary simply because I can [engagement ri...err...i mean, i Phone :)]

21. Create an online newsletter [my blog is my newsletter...this was a sad goal]

22. Write a book

23. Journal everyday for 1 month straight

24. Go to a Cubs game, Bears game, and Bulls game [Cubs: 8/3]

25. Second shoot for…someone [Kenny Nakai]

26. Sleep until 11am at least once [Woo hoo!  mid-July...FINALLY!]

27. Spend a weekend without my cell phone, internet access, or iPod

28. Get one other person hooked on a product/idea that I’m hooked on