2012: Let the Games begin!

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Happy New Year to you , fellow Financial Freedom Fighters!

Welcome to the excitement of a brand new year and whatever gifts they may hold for you. I have a feeling that 2012 will be a year of breakthroughs and big steps for us. Who knows: that exciting unexpected breakthrough might be right upon us!

After much deliberation I have set myself the following path:

…drumroll please…

2012: The Year of “Building for the Future!”

* Complete the academic programs I started
(Reward: Huuuuge Party )

* Make four figures per month in Internet income by December
(Reward: New laptop )

* Continue to “Learn my trade” as a financial analyst and financial planner
(Reward: Cold, hard cash!)

* 6-figure Net worth
(Reward: What can I say? Chestful of Pride! )

* Find a Ms. Mzansi
(Reward: um… )

* Get to Intermediate level in Mandarin Chinese
(Reward: Ticket to China, baby!)

* Join a hockey club and play
(Reward: No more belly <hopefully>)

Yep, 2012 will be more of a “maintenance” year than an exciting one, for me. Look at those Rewards, though. Hit my goals and it might end up being the “Best Year Ever”!

I will not bore you with the nitty gritty of how I plan to achieve these. Trust me, there is a detailed spreadsheet with actions/habits to cultivate and specific milestones to reach back here. My process is very similar to Chris Guillebeau’s. I am going to keep my specific, numeric amounts to myself until the end of the year, when I reveal how I’ve done.

In a change from last year, I have also created a “Vision Board” – a medium-sized bulletin board that I have covered with pictures of my goals, as if they have been reached. One example would be, for instance, that I have photoshopped one of my brokerage account statements to show a 6-figure balance and put it on my Vision Board.

Here’s to 2012: Building for the Future!