Goals.

It's important to set goals for yourself and strive to get to them. Recently I have set a goal and I have been writing them down.

By next year, I want to be making $10,000 profit a month from affiliate advertising. I have about 12 months to hit that goal. Last month I made nearly $5000 gross from all the marketing and such so I still have a little ways to go but I'll get there soon enough.

Goal Date: June 2008

Basically it boils down to I need to make an average of $333.34 profit a day for 30 days to hit my monthly goal. What is it going to take? Innovation, creative thinking, lots of work, and most importantly... persistence. I actually think this goal is a bit conservative based on growth patterns I've experience but hey, we'll see what God does.

This summer I have plans to work with a number of individuals on projects. This will help me widen my horizons, create less work for me, and increase income. I have plans to work with Scott Pae on a rather large niche ecommerce project, My Dad on a huge scale painting related sales package / ecommerce niche site, a review / drop ship site with Maria, and of course... my own affiliate projects.

And then... the most important part. What to spend it on. No, I wont be buying a fancy car, huge statues, or some other ridiculous things. I plan to invest. Invest into both the natural things and spiritual things.

The Bible is clear that we are not to store up things where moth and rust can destroy but to store up treasures in heaven. I personally think this means using our money to advance the kingdom of God. It's my life goal to be using 80% of my income as a means to build churches, pay for missions trips, and numerous other methods.

My lifetime goal is basically to have numerous passive income sources. These sources will pour into a non-profit charity I own, and will be used for extending the kingdom. I already have thought of the name of the charity and everything.

The main reasoning I have behind this is that no matter what I have in life... when I die... it's all gone. If I invest into other people's lives, it goes beyond just my lifetime but it's carried into eternity. And what could more important than being able to fund projects that help people to turn their life to Christ?

Life is good.