Harvey Mackay is quoted as saying, “A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

Fellow g-c Cabal Member Will Brooke got me started to thinking about my goals the other day. I remember a year or so ago finding a goals sheet I’d typed up not long after graduating from MSMS; one included becoming a member of the U.S. Senate. Scary, huh?

Well, I guess that, like Kat, I should put my goals down. [Kat really didn't prompt me to do this on IJSM per se, but we're all about keeping up with our fellow geeks at g-c, and hey, I needed to do this anyway.] So, here goes with my goals:
1. Finish this dad-blasted B.S.E in aerospace engineering. [Deadline: May 2002]
2. Complete the first part of the candidacy process for ministry in the United Methodist Church. [Deadline: December 2001]
3. Transfer all my knowledge and dreams for UAH’s SGA to paper so someone can look them over and possibly carry them forward. [Deadline: May 2002]
4. Finish building Rufus and get it up and operational. [Deadline: July 2001]
5. Turn Darlene into a NAT/firewall box for Club Todder. [Deadline: August 2001; sooner if I just give it to Jeff to do.]
6. Lose 15 pounds. [Deadline: December 2001]
7. Learn to play half-passable lacrosse goalie. [Deadline: February 2002]
8. Build a new Web site for Aldersgate UMC, especially the youth ministry. [Deadline: June 2002]
9. Commit myself to a reasonable sleep schedule and maintain it year-round. [Deadline: December 2001]
10. Start and finish my M.Div. [Deadline: May 2007]

As you can see, I tend to work with short- and medium-term goals. It’s all a part of my planning philosophy, best codified in the IJSM motto you see above. And if you find that to be a joke, I’m not kidding: I’m always still working on Plan A.

Disclaimers: Goals subject to change. Reliance upon goals and deadlines set therein may result in jaundice, premature birth, depression, schizophrenia, insomnia, herpes, and dysentery. See dealer for details.