Update

Goals
1) Read at least 6 books for fun (i.e. no business books)
Progress: Haven't started, but own both The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, so I'll start them, now that just finished a business book.
Plan: Start reading the above novels.

2) Read one business related book a month
Progress: Finsihed Business By the Book (review is posted). I've read 2 books and it is only Feb. 10th. Identify March's book by next week
Plan: Identify March's book by next week's update.

3) Read at least 6 spiritual/personal growth books
Progress: Started How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously by Jerrold Mundis. I've read 3 books already (How to Win Friends and Influence People, Boundaries, and Captivating)
Plan: Expand this goal to 12 books this year.

4) Complete one video game
Progress: None
Plan: Remove this from the list

5) Plan 6 dates with my wife (one every other month - she has the other six)
Progress: Ticket guy called, he's going to use those, so I'll have to go to the box office now, oh well.
Plan: Call box office, and buy tickets next payday. Arrange for a sitter.

6) Becoming healthier
Progress: Stopped drinking soft drinks two days ago, mainly becuase we are out, but it is a start right?
Plan: Going to see if I can just make small changes, rather a whole big process (i.e. no sodas, less fast food, etc.)

7) Start drafting a book (yes, I want to write a book)
Progress: None. I have some ideas on characters and plot, but they are all in my head.
Plan: Put pen to paper and write an outline of characters, plot, and start to put a overall "story board" together by the end of February.

8) Payoff all debt with the exception of my student loans (which are still too large at this point to tackle in a year), and our largest two credit cards.
Progress: Cutting some things a little tight to payday (gas for the car)
Plan: Learn lesson. Budget last half of month better than first half. Keep the focus and don't let our budget killers (going out to eat, impulse buys) derail our goal.

9) Start a christmas club account for christmas 2010 so that it isn't a financial burden this year.
Progress: Didn't start because we were able to budget to fully take care of some of our outstanding debts
Plan: Suspend for Feb., Mar., Apr. If we can continue in Mar. & Apr. with our budget like we are in Feb., then we can breathe a little easier when we do this.

10) Apply for (and hopefully take) the Professional Engineers exam in October.
Progress: So I talk to a few of the people here who have their MBA and got some awesome feedback.
Plan: So here is the plan I'm thinking. This year, take the PE exam in October, and make sure I'm focused on it to pass the first time. This way, next year, I can take the GMAT in the spring and hopefully get a scholarship to enroll in a MBA program in the fall of 2010.

11) Become more organized.
Progress: Budget needs some tweaks, but can't give up on it. My wife has done a awesome job about chores and what day they are done, as well as the day to day, so I need to support that fully.
Plan: Ok, so instead of saying I'm gonig to work on this or that. I'm just going to make a new "To Do List" post and update it on one off type of projects. My goal is to update this so that my wife and I can discuss which ones to tackle and fitting them into our schedules.
Mini-Goal - Set up any automatic payments possible to make sure stuff is paid on time.

12) Post progress on each of these on the blog
Progress: I think I'm meeting this and won't update again unless I've stumbled.