Yay, it’s that time of year again!
That time of year when the year’s almost run out, the time of year to look back on the past 12 months and beat ourselves up for not following through with the starry-eyed resolutions we made to lose weight, earn more money, and be less of a slacker, this time last year!
Orrrrrr…. not!
I personally have had it up to here (throat-slicing motion) with unnecessary and unhelpful New Year’s resolutions.
But at the same time, I can’t help but be seduced by the mystical quality of the year’s end. The year really does seem new somehow, after all the smoke from the fireworks (and the hangover) clears. Things seem… fresh.
And with that freshness comes a brand new income tax folder, baby!
Our New Years’ alignment
Building and launching Freckle has been big part of our ramp-up plan for this new year, 2009. Our goal is to be self-supporting with products and online services by 2010.
At the same time, we know that we won’t be happy just being in business for sake of paying the mortgage (such as it were). We want to help people; we want to add a little joy back to working (ours and yours); we want to make things that people love.
We all enjoy consulting, but we’ve all longed to do our own thang, too. And now we’re doing it. Boy, does that feel great.
How about you?
2008—a crazy year for so many countries on this little globe.
Has it inspired you to make changes? Take stock? Dream big? Readjust? Right-size? Face down a challenge? Do better? Do more good?
Tell me about it.
Enjoying your posts very much! Especially the bits on CC transactions. Very timely for me as I am working on my own SaaS site and am using the Railskit. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but it is a rather long tunnel. So one of my goals for 2009 is to launch. Must launch! =)
In general I’m not much for life changing resolutions. I hope to make small changes stick. A little bit better at this and that. If I find I’m not doing it, it’s ok. Maybe a change in direction is in order, maybe I just need to get back on the horse. Either way, my goal is to keep trying.
Oh! Giving freckle a spin. Do you have plans to add invoicing?
thanks this helped me a lot