Preparing for the New Year {Day 5}

I hope all of you had a happy holiday with your families!  I know I enjoyed going home for a few days.  I left my computer behind, for a much welcomed break.  Now I am back and eager to start planning my goals for 2016.  Have you been thinking up any New Year’s Resolutions yet?

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I have been thinking hard about how to narrow down my goal’s for the next year.  Most of them revolve around the dream of becoming financially independent.  I love to travel, explore new places and try new things, something that is hard to do when tied to one place because of a job. My dream is to create a source of income that allows me the flexibility and time to try new things and travel new places.  A dream that would allow me to keep learning knew things, like how to milk a cow, and allow me time to nanny in England.

Every trek deserves a bit of planning, which brings me to my goals for 2016:

• Create multiple sources of income.  Someday I would love to work from home.  I know this is my “I wish to be a mommy” brain talking, but it makes sense.  Why not create an online source of income before I have anyone else to take care of?  That way I will have more time to focus on my family, when the time comes.
• Payoff $10,000 of my student loans.  This will not be easy goal to achieve, especially since my current income is less that $1,000 a month.  Paying off $10,000 in one year means at least $834 a month will go towards loans.  However, paying of my loans quickly will free up more money for me to save and invest in the future.

Where am I going to start?  By making the most of my mornings: focusing any extra time on my Teacher’s Pay Teacher’s shop, and learning more about the world of blogging.

My motivation this year is for my future family.  I may not even be close to being married, and there are no glimpses of children on the horizon, but I everything I do now is to prepare for life with them. What is your dream for the future? What steps can you take today, or this year to make them come true?

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