93. Review Goals each week (/143)

GOAL 93: - - > Review Goals each week (/143)

This goal is important to me in several ways:

• It helps me to be accountable for the way i prioritse & use my time
• It helps me to develop my talents & grow as a person
  
• It helps me to develop, challenge & nurture my children into their future
• & besides, i love spending this time with my kids

SO,

Week 1 (22/03):

• Micro-lesson was on Intuition - how to nurture & pay attention to
• Review Breakthrough goals for the month
• Review previous Week
  
• Plan for new week

--naaku noa --

21. Credit Card Debt - - > ZERO!

GOAL 21: Get my Credit Card to ZERO within 6 months!

Why is this tough?
Couple of reasons:

• Still waiting on a contract to bring in an income - been waiting since beginning of the year (dealing with a crown agency - a little slow!)
  
• Breakdown in 'communication' regarding my financial circumstances since the beginning of the year
  

That said: No point in moaning about it so I am looking at alternatives to bring in an income

• Forex Market (getting a street-smart education - at light-speed!!)
  
• Part-time job 2 nights per week, 8 hours per night!
• working out how CLICKBANK might turn into another stream of income
• Scanning through Social Networking sites for ideas & programs

BUT: anyday above ground is a good day!!

Friday 27th Update
Just emerging from a BLACK HOLE!! a DARK CLOUD!!

All good - lost my way for a bit there! - - > My Credit Card Debt shot up to just above $2300 the other day - sent me into a spin!!

But today is a different story!

The LATEST: - - > -$2000

YUP down to - $2000!!!

Things are look a lot brighter!!


Update: 19 November 2009
Funny thing happened before i left to over to Wisconsin for the Indigenous Mapping Network Conference, the BNZ gave me a VISA card with $500 and upgraded my OVERDRAFT limit to $2000!

Back to the CREDIT CARD - i am at zero for both my MASTER-CARD and VISA CARD!!






-- naaku noa --

45. - 50. Complete my PhD

Update: July 6 2010
Got my DRAFT back from my supervisors - i have work to do!!




Update: June 28 2010

I handed in my first draft on June 1 and my second draft on June 10!!
NOW - am waiting for comments to come back to me from my supervisors - hopefully by the end of this month which is in 4 days - THEN i will make final changes and hand it in for examination!!

ALMOST!!




Now here's a tough one!!

GOAL: - - - > To Complete my PhD

So where to now?

March
21st
At the moment i am writing a "Positional Chapter" - this will end up being the introduction to my thesis. Here is where i create a window for those who read my PhD to view my research from my perspective - make any sense?

This is where i make a stand & create a 'position' as a researcher - as a Maori researcher - this is about how i undertook the research totally within the context of my world-view; an Indigenous person 'viewing' of the information i gathered together & blended with modern information technology & techniques (GIS)

Where am i with this chapter?
It was tough kicking this one off - i thought i had it in the bag 2 weeks ago - but when i started reading the literature i was LOST - then i bumped into a friend of mine who has a PhD & is pursuing a PostDoc - & she was writing a similar piece for her research! That short meet-up inspired me & i began writing that very day - & kept on writing!!

So, where am i with this chapter? I have an idea where i need to go with it & i need to set aside a huge block of time in the coming week & write around 5 or 6000 words!

Do-able?
hmmm maybe, just head down and bum up!


-naaku noa -

83. Finish readng the Old Testament

GOAL Number 83: - - - > Finish Reading the Old Testament

Update:
I started reading the Old Testament (King James Version) late last year & tried to complete the first 900 pages before the end of the year but just could not manage it - so, i decided to give it more attention this year!

But have i struggled! Isaiah was tough as was Ezekiel & Jeremiah! Enjoyed Kings & Samuel though!

March
19th: started Daniel yesterday! So went through the King Nebuchadnezzar's Dream about the image with a head of gold, chest of silver, stomach & thighs of bronze, Legs of Iron and the feet & toes out of clay & iron. Finished reading about Daniel's dream featuring the 4 beasts!!

Not too far to the end of the OT!! Then on to the New Testament

24th
Finished Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos & Obadiah

Left to read:

• Jonah - DONE!!
  
• Micah - DONE!!
• Nahum - DONE!!
• Habbakuk - DONE!!
• Zephaniah - DONE!!
• Haggai - DONE!!
• Zechariah - DONE!!
  
• Malachi - DONE!!
  

My first 101 goal ALL DONE!!

- naaku noa -

74. Talk to 500 new people

GOAL Number 74 on my list: - - > Talk to 500 new people face-to-face!

Update: (14/500)

March
20th: (2)
Met a guy at the gym this morning from Nebraska - had a yarn to him about his workout! Found out he came here for a holiday & liked the place so much he decided to come back as a student at Otago University, Dunedin New Zealand - he is doing a Bachelors in Political Science

Same day, few hours later i met Steve who is doing a Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) at Otago University. It turns out that he is quite the Entrepreneur! He has his own company & runs a Trust (Non-profit organisation) which is looking at collecting & archiving music - at the moment he is looking at a project for archiving Indigenous (Maori) music!

23rd: (1)
Went to the local art gallery to see a new exhibition entitled Te Huringa - my grandmother was one of the subjects as was her grandfather!

Anyway, i had a talk to the receptionist about the exhibition!

24th (2)
On my way to the Bill Library i came across a couple of artists drawing with charcoal so i stopped for a talk & to see what they were drawing. One lady was drawing a bicycle in negative space the other was drawing the hedge!! Short talk but good!


25th (2)
I met 2 fascinating people today -well actually i met 5 people, but two i had extended conversations with!

FIRST: i was invited to view the beta version of a 'new site' - Entrepreneurial (social) networking site for Maori Entrepreneurs - & of course i got to play around on it - absolutely fascinating idea! VERY KOOL!!

So, i met the programmer & had a good yarn to him - Terry is his name - & he is one very smart cookie!!

SECOND: about an hour + half i met with a mature 3rd year PhD student (archeology) - we had a hot chocolate at Eureka, a local eatery within the University - fascinating woman - Moira. - another smart cookie - GIS, Mapping, Indigenous peoples - we had a talk mainly about our unique experiences with iwi Maori & mapping tribunal claims!

Had a good look around her lab - & as it turns out she is about to do some mapping for an iwi in the North Island of NZ

28th (1)
I met a fascinating lady today!!
I had just rolled out of my morning workout at the gym when i received a text to come & have a 'Bowen' session! So, away i went to the kohanga - now there were two people: Will & Tonia. They were both trained in the 'Bowen technique' and Will received further training from Sonny Chin!

After my session i had a yarn to Tonia Waugh about health & how good food is necessary to develop a fullness of health!

Great start to the day!


April
Its April already!

3rd: (6)
I have been doing some manual labour at Columba School in preparation for their School Fair tomorrow & i have met several people!

I met Ian who is the school caretaker
I met Brett who is his assistant
I met Sam who is a university student
I met Will who is a marketing consultant & part of a very new company involved in tracing the origin of food - apparently food has its own unique 'finger-print'
I met Michael & his son Cameron: Michael is a farmer from Hamden


6th: (3)
Today i met two people associated with the funding raising committee at Columba College - Jennifer, who is the brains & organisational genius behind the committee & Mandy one of the committee members!

Meet Chanel who is one of the managers of a cocktail bar in Dunedin - the Bar is called Carousel. We had a talk about possible employment as a Doorman

Also met Winiata, Dan & Tom who are all bartenders at Carousel - all three are at Otago University. Winiata spent 10 years in the UK before returning here to Dunedin. Tom is a Law Student &Dan is a management student.

13th: (2)
Met Krishna & Adam while i was working on the door at Carousel!


27th (1)
Meet Kunal a young man from Auckland - here studying at the Polytechnic - seems to have a lot of talent!

Met Krishnal - new doorman at Bath Street club. Tall & keen at his job!

Met Rob & Zane - doorstaff at Metro
- Rob is studying Civil Engineering at Polytech & has a keen interest in Geology & Hydrology. I believe he hails from Napier. Once he finishes at Poly he is heading over to Australia to pursue a Geology degree!

- Zane is always wondering over to my door to offer me drinks - friendly guy! easy to get on with!

May
6th: Today is met Jacob who originally hails from Zambia! Met him in the gym - i have seen him there a couple times & we had nodded to each other, but today we stopped, talked & met each other. He is at University studying for a Social Science degree at Otago University


9th/10th: (5)
Over the course of 2 nights whilst at work I met 5 people! Crazy night!
- Dan who is in his final year of a law/commerce degree - smooth young man!
- Renee' who has a Masters degree from Otago University
- Sarah who is currently pursuing a Post graduate diploma in teaching - history & english
- Julian who was in the middle of his 21st who comes often to the bar. Takes off and leaves his brother behind!
- shane who has just returned from a stint overseas with the army! Paid me a compliment!

Update:
15/16th:
Here we go -
- i was relaxing after my shift at the Carousel Bar with my glass of OJ - when a young lady sauntered over to me for a yarn. Her name was Laura, a 3rd year Law student at Otago university. As it turns out, she also knew Dan, Renee & Sarah whom i met last week!

- i also met a young man from Hokianga who is currently studying for a Social Science degree - his name is Ruka

- I met Melissa a Law grad who was out for dinner & drinks with her family (not a happy ending to her night!)

22nd:
Last night i met a few more people at work!
- JD - a young guy full of testosterone who is off to Brazil in November this year for his "tour of duty" - he is a fan of jiu jitsu!

Update:
More people i met in May
- Eric: from Fiji - i met him at the Universtiy Gym - big guy!!
- Ngaone: i met her at Carousel where i work - she is around 22, born and bred in Dunedin!
- James: Well, what can i say - i met him at the bar where i work - it was his stag party - along with 25 others!!
- Lauren: the travel agent who prepared my quotes for the Wisconsin Trip!!
- Shanon: who is another travel agent i have been dealing with!!

Ano ra
24retoa (Hauiti)





- naaku noa -

79. New goal of 5000 twitter follwers!

GOAL:---------> to get 5000 twitter followers!!

[2,413/5,000]

March
19th: 369 followers!!
20th: 389 followers!!
24th: 418 followers!!
27th: 464 followers!!

April
3rd: 581 (over the 500 mark!!)
4th: 597 Followers!!
5th: 624 Followers!!

NOTE: just started reading dsmpublishing E-Book about Twitter! Looking forward to what Samantha has to offer - after all she has something like 32,000 followers!!!


FAST FORWARD - - - > 3 May 2009

- - - >I now have 2,413 follwers < - - - I dont know what happened but twitter just exploded on me!! So, my new goal is 5000 follwers!



Fast forward to 19 November 2009
I now have 4374 followers - almost there!


- naaku noa -

75. Collect 1001 new positive thoughts

GOAL:- - - > to collect 1001 positive/motivational thoughts!!

[6 /1001]

March
19th: "Today, you have 100% of your life left" - Tom Landry

20th: "How am i going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?" - Anthony Robbins

21st: "You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty" - Gandhi

22nd: "Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product" - Eleanor Roosevelt

23rd: "Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius" - Elbert Hubbard

24th: "Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" - Joshua Marine

25th: "Alone we can do little, together we can do so much" - Helen Keller

26th:"Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit" - Bern Williams

27th: "Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed" - Abraham Lincoln






- naaku noa -

1. 100 Pushups

Goal Number 1: - - > do 100 PUSH UPS!~


Found a useful program to help me with this goal!

-- ONE HUNDRED PUSH-UPS --

Had my initial test: 25 this puts me at level 3.

This means that i start at week 3, column 2 !! - Kick off on Monday!!

Journey of 101/1001 days - BEGINS!

Last night i came across a fascinating idea!

Completing 101 tasks/goals in 1001 days!!

Check out the details at DAY-ZERO

One of my favorite places to visit in Dunedin, NZ

[In case you cant read the text on my poster]


The Mission
Complete 101 goals in 1001 days.

The Criteria:
- Goals must be specific, measurable or clearly defined.
- Goals must also be realistic & must stretch you!

Why 1001 Days?
1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete your goals


Tips:
1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.

2. Stay Focussed. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.

3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.

4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.

5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.


- Done & Dusted -
ps: next task - complete my list & post to this blog
Challenge my mates