Web Design Business and Marketing

1. ) Increase the site visits to this website. If I had to give a number I would say 5,000 to 10,000 visits a month. You can help me with this if you have some suggestions or want me to talk on a certain subject or just plain digg and invite peeps.

2.) My goal for my business is to expand and have at least 1 other employee helping with the workload. I want the business to make six figures this year.

3.) My goal for family is to spend more time with my kiddos and my beautiful wife. We will be searching for a house to buy by fall of this year.

4.) To become closer to my extended family brother, sister, brother-in-law and nieces.

5.) To pay off as much debt as I possibly can (college loans included).

6.) To lose about 20-30 pounds (going on a little diet for the month of January).

7.) I have been reading a lot lately, from a kid who would pick the books with more pictures than words, to reading 2 books a month is a pretty big change. I would like to increase this and absorb as much knowledge as I can about web, marketing, idea inspiration and business.

8.) Make good grades in school, SCAD.

9.) I guess as some point find a church to go to. Enough Said.

What are your goals for the new year? Post them here or post a link to your blog for your goals. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR PLANS  FOR ANOTHER PROSPEROUS YEAR!

I will admit that I thought for more than a bit of what the title of this post should be. Yesterday for the first time in a while (long while) my wife and I actually unplugged ourselves from technology. We sat and chatted about life, goals, our kids, our relationship, the future, her dreams, my dreams and my business Web Design San Antonio (shameless plug or unplug to go with the theme here). It was the sweetest and most needed conversation we had in a while.

We both have computers here, she has two (lucky, one for her work), and our week usually consists of Elaine and I switching off with the boys. She needs to make calls and do data entry on her laptop for her job and weekly home visits. I tend to work a lot on the projects that are sitting on my desk or making new contacts. In our off time we are playing, cleaning or watching our boys rule our lives. We have a 4 year old and a 2 year old boy. When the bubs are in bed Elaine and I have our own relaxing outlet. She spends some time on Myspace posting pictures of us or posting a new blog on her website. I tend to create my own list. Updating my twitter, updating mypsace, posting a new blog (which I love guys, so please keep coming back), create some other idea that has been sitting in the back of my mind for a while.

Yesterday I told Elaine let’s not jump on the computers at all, let’s not turn on the tv and let’s just talk. Elaine is the sweetest woman and the best friend that I will ever have.

The point
There are a lot of great things to do online and a lot of great things not to do. Through all the emails, text messages, phone calls, business transactions, social networks please do not forget the things that are important to you in life. Remember to love, remember to create memories, talk with your significant other, play with your kids, laugh A LOT and live life without any regrets. My challenge to you is to unplug yourself so you can connect!

I am sitting here at about 1:45am. I just finished working on a logo for a client, I glanced down at my to do list and was astonished to find out that I crossed out everything. Wow this is the first time that this has happened. I realized I only had four things on my list today and usually I have like 20. The point is keep your to do list short (realistic) so you will accomplish what you need to. If you do have a long list then prioritize it so you can accomplish what really needs to be done.

Additional reading: Six Slam-Dunk Time Management Tips