*Official 2009 Goals Thread*

[Eclipse86]

So, 2009 is slowing creeping up on us. Let's hear what your goals are (poker related, and non-poker related both welcome).

[breathoflife89]

- Increase BR to $2000 by Summer and hopefully playing NL50 [Started on $100 at start of December playing NL5. On $300 and currently playing NL10].
- Get a 1st class pass for my University exams.
- Get selected for a job placement opportunity in 2009-2010 in France.
- Learn French, heh. x]

[davidab157]

- Begin to pwn PLO and maybe get up to PLO100 as soon as I can
- Play enough to make a reasonable amount of cash through rakeback which I can put towards a holiday or something else cool
- Play enough to have free CR every month
- Get that pink CR hoodie so I can look like ngaskin but cooler
- Stop drinking so much!
- Finish the lab work for my phd by end of September so I can be paid another year to write up a thesis that should only take me 3 months!

[jharding666]

- 200K hands
- $40K profit
- Move to 400nl and maybe throw in the odd shot at 600nl towards the end of the year
- Pass more accountancy exams
- Getting married so hope that all runs smoothly
- Pwn Vegas on my honeymoon

[MJPerry]

- 150k hands
- During which you shall actually get good at this game
- Start new-secret-job-in-the-works and be rich(er).
- Pass 2nd year of Uni (fat chance)
- Lose some weight, you fat cunt

[chewbacca13]

play more simple as.
play and crush nl100.
maybe take a shot at nl200?
possibley depending on goals 2 and 3 cash out a bit of moniez.

Good luck for 2009 everyone

[Kayos]

Play 1K hands per day
Start taking shots at 200NL when My BR gets a little healthier. 8K ish
Only play when I am in the right mindset
Play more at peak hours for better game selection
Move into my own place

[obga]

-figure out what game suits me best
-nl25 full ring
-10$ 45 man sngs reg
-better mtt scores



life
- save money
-live happy

[KidPoker23]

3-4k in mtt profits. maybe more
live life to the fullest
care more about grades
lose 20-30 pounds.
eat healthy
eat healthy.
did I mention eat healthy?

Get more sleep, 2 hours of sleep for school everyday is not good you know?
Become friends with Wota? maybe? eh?

[KiD[ReD]]

I actually just wrote a post about this for my 2009 work-related goals on my blog yesterday so I'll just copy and paste some of it here. I rarely play poker anymore (a couple days a month tops) so I don't have any poker-related goals unfortunately.

1. Reach 4,000+ RSS Readers on my Blog

Last year I had just over 1,100 RSS readers when I made my target goal for the next year to be 3,000. While it was certainly an obtainable goal, I didn’t make it.
Now that I am at 2,000 RSS readers, my goal for 2009 is to double that and hit 4,000. When you consider that last month my RSS reader-to-dollar amount came to over $3 per reader ($6,600+ with 2,000 RSS readers), a goal of 4,000 RSS is definitely something good to aim for.

If we assume that the $3 per reader value stayed in effect, 4,000 readers would simply result in double my blog’s income. While a year is certainly a long time, the “make money online” and “internet entrepreneur” niche is only so big. When you consider that the top blogs in this niche (Problogger, Shoemoney, etc.) are at 30,000-50,000 RSS, you realize that there is a certain ceiling in this arena.

I don’t like to limit myself to those numbers and know that those numbers could certainly be exceeded, but I also know that the average reader in this niche is worth far more than in almost any other niche online.
I think the best and easiest way for me to increase my RSS count and traffic is simply to make more money online, which is naturally the other goals listed here.

2. Hit $100+/day Profit from PPC Affiliate Marketing

This is a good number to aim for, I believe. $100 profit per day with PPC affiliate marketing is challenging in that it effectively states “success”, as it proves that you can effectively work the arbitrage system of PPC marketing.

At the same time, $100 per day profit is more than obtainable. In fact, many super affiliates went from making peanuts to becoming millionaires within just the span of a year. $100 per day works out to $3,000 per month profit, and again I’m aiming for this goal not so much for the monetary value but the symbolic value of understanding the system.

I consider this to be my hardest goal for 2009 and will be absolutely ecstatic if I can meet it.

3. Hit $10,000+/month Profit from my New Project

This is a little unfair to you guys since I haven’t revealed what my new project is I’ve been working on, but you’ll find out soon enough.

My goal is for it to generate $10,000+ profit per month. That may seem an ambitious goal for a brand new start-up (especially within it’s first year), but I actually consider this to be one of the easier goals in this list.
That is how much confidence and zeal I have for this project and why I am putting in around $8,000 into it’s initial development. However, this is one of those types of projects that will usually either completely fail or else do very well. It’s a risk I’m more than willing to take.

4. Earn $150,000+ in 2009

Finally, my last goal is to make $150,000+ in 2009. Normally, my goal is to simply make more than the previous year, but I ended up making less in 2008 than in 2007 so that wouldn’t make sense. I was therefore considering of making my goal to be to beat the $100K I ended up making in 2007, but that wouldn’t be aiming high.

Some of you will not like my $150,000 goal and think that is aiming low, but I also like to be realistic and set goals for things I think I can realistically obtain. $150,000 would be 50% more than I’ve ever made in the span of a year before so I’ll be happy if I can make this goal.
$150,000+ works out to $12,500 a month or $410 per day, so it’s certainly achievable. Wish me luck!