Update

There's a few things that have been going on in my life the past few months that I am really proud of. First off I have made some huge progress on my debt - awhile back I looked at my finances and realized I was spending way too much $ on eating out and not watching how I allocated my income. I had a friendly reminder that I ought to look at my finances as often as I exercise on a weekly basis - this was great advice, because how can you know what you need to change if you are not aware of your current situation. I started doing so a few months ago and then came up with my plan of attack which a couple of friends helped me out with.

The first thing i was committed to doing is paying off my new triathlon bike - I have been doing tri's since 2006, and it was time to upgrade, I had been training for IM St. George before I hurt my achilles - here she is:

Let's just say this wonderful bike was not cheap by any means, but I was able to get 0% interest rate for 6 months - I paid it off in less than 3 which was amazing.  There were 2 things I did to make this happen - worked a little bit more, opened up my training availability from 15-20 hours per week to 20-25 hours per week and spent less.  I have also been consistently coaching one of the CFE courses on a monthly basis where I travel either here in the US or internationally.

With this kind of an approach I was able to stick to my plan.  Next on my priority is paying off my motorcycle - just in the past month I made a huge dent on doing so and if all goes according to plan I will have it paid off by the middle of next month.  All in all this is setting me up to get to my CCs and have those paid off by the end of 2011 so that I can focus on a few other outstanding debts.

In hindsight my 20's were not the smartest years - I got myself into quite a bit of financial trouble and I have been working hard to clean the messes up that I created.  If all goes according to plan I will be completely debt free by the end of 2012!!!!

Update on my educational program for 2011 -
- Sentence completion once a week - been doing this on a regular basis, an exercise I picked up from the book "Happier" which has brought a lot of awareness to my life
- Take a course on breathing or energy work: haven't found anything yet, but committed to doing so this year
- Read for of Neale Donald Walsch's books - have read 2 already and about 1/2 way done on the 3rd one now
- Blog once/week - been consistently doing this

Professional Development
- Best Coach Ever: created google docs and been keeping up with it - about 90% compliance
- 'Chi Running' very small progress has been made - was on page 58, now on page 62
- 'Influencer' have read some of it - about 2/3 of the way done - was on page 89 and now on page 139/271
- Life Coaching Course:  nothing planned yet
- Read 4 other books:  committed to finishing the one's I have started for now

GOALS - Dreaming BIG!!!

I did a lot of reading/writing on my trip down under, here's some things that I came up with...

The premises for these goals is what if I couldn't fail - that was one of the things that got me dreaming big.   The other one is if I had $100 million in the bank what would I do with myself.  Took these concepts from "The Four Hour Work Week"

6 months:
1. Make 10k from coaches development program (CFE) - this is an idea I'd like to explore
2. Debt free - possibilities here: write a bestseller, lottery, TV show? - 10k extra income per month next 6 months. 
3.  Start a charity/non-profit for kids
4. Investments in place for future

12 months:
1. Kids - start a family
2. Bestseller book?
3. Open up an endurance based Invictus Endurance based facility
4. Trip to Europe - 4 weeks-3months

More adventure in my life!!!!!

I've since been working on these goals - it seems that it's easy for me to set goals, but then achieving them can be another story.  These aren't easy by any means and will require quite a bit of dedication and discipline.    One of the main things that has been running through my head is continuing to be productive rather than just being active and the difference between effective and efficient - a little food for thought - explore those for a good time :)

How form a habit

With new years right around the corner i know folks are getting ready to come up with some resolutions of what they want to accomplish in 2011, i look forward to supporting folks in their journey to healthy lives and being fit!!!

Here's a fun tool I was recently turned on to - it takes 21 days to form a habit

http://habitforge.com/

What's your challenge going to be? 
I have yet to decide, but definitely going to do something - who'd care to join me?

Goals for this week

I love to travel, whether its for work or for fun because it typically gives me a time to reflect about what's going on in my life, read lots, and write out some goals.  Here's what I came up with from this weekends trip to Florida.

Personal Goals -

• Read a book in the next week: form a book club....I already have a few people in mind that I am going to email this week, but if you are interested please let me know.  
• Costco shopping trip?

Career Goals - Empower, Encourage, Elevate

1. Close out business account - done tuesday :)
2. Email Eli about CFE - done tuesday :)
3. Program clients training for the week - done monday night :)
4. Ask about investing - in the process of gathering information about this, asked my bank about opening a brokerage account - any suggestions?  Etrade?  Scottrade?

Heal Goals -

• Medidate for 10 minutes every morning - missed tuesday, got it done today :)
• 4 Crossfit workouts + 1 Bike, 1 Run and 1 Swim
• Share my goals on my blog :)

I am seriously considering doing Ironman St. George - I will most likely sign up for it before the end of this month.  I'm excited about the challenge, doing something new and completely different.  I know this will test me beyond anything that I have done before and just waiting for a few things to fall in place before committing.