Aight so I got this idea while I was driving last night. Recently I’ve found myself on some sort of insane grind where I’m just doing a million things at once. Similar to a running back in football when he just puts his head down and runs with forward progress in mind…regardless of who’s in front of him.
I’ve noticed a lot of the readers of this blog and the people who comment are also on intense grinds (missions) right now. It might be with school, work, relationships, a career, sports, whatever.
The purpose of this post is for everyone who reads it that is on some sort of hustle or grind or mission to Check-in. All you have to do is comment and you’re checked-in. If you want, you can even discuss what it is you are working towards. Like I know Sean is going for that Dodge Challenger.
(I read in the Kanye West book that stating your goals publicly makes you work that much harder towards it because people are going to hold you to it. So I’ll go ahead and state mine in the comment section)
No goal is too big or too little. It could be that you working towards a billion dollars or you just want your first kiss, doesn’t matter.
One year from now, August 26th 2009 we can all look back to this post and see if we achieved the goals, came close, still in progress or maybe even switched them up completely.
Checking in:
My goals aren’t time sensitive as long I continue to make forward progress. I want to first of all keep developing as an artist, I need to make my mark musically and that’s going to come through hard/smart work.
Secondly, I want to play a part in The Famous Firm becoming the strongest company in 2009. We have tremendous upside and I think we can really reshape a lot of industries with the kind of team we’re putting together.
The more personal goals I’ll leave personal.
First, continuing my perseverance as an educated black woman striving to get what I am currently working towards as a recipent of a Master of Arts degree in the field of Organizational Communication, then to progress forward to earn my Ph.D.
Second, to develop as one of the best Public Relations practioners coming from the East coast and develop what eventually will be my own empire, but to start small making my mark on the DMV with WHATEVER opportunity I get ( ultimately because everything is what you make it).
Lastly, to give back to those that help me go forward.
As my main man Phella put it…personal goals are exactly what they are…PERSONAL. : )
checkin in but too scared to say the goals :/
Kandice….in the words of Shawty Lo “lets get get it”
Anonymous….coward…lol
Crystal’s ‘Checking In’
And I have some goals that are time sensitive(purchasing my first home, buying my toyota yaris, finishing school,, settling down, having more children, etc etc) and some that I want to accomplish over a lifetime (reach billionaire status, have businesses that successfully are running long after I’m gone, volunteer work, and the list goes on)
Karim "Kay" Diane checkin in!
By next year, if not DEFINITELY before I become an old head at the age of 20, I want to be a well known R&B/pop singer and OR songwriter.
Yah that's pretty much all there is to it!
Checkin in:
My immediate goal is to get everything lined up so I can stop paying rent and own the place I rest my head. Second I want to finalize my company’s first real estate purchase. I’m going to keep the last to myself it’s not a need but a want and I hate talking about things I want and then not getting them.
This is dope.
Sean Rothstein checkin in.
1) Run tomorrow morning
2) Cop Ye’s book.
3) Challenger.
State ya name gangsta: Nasir Aleem
By the grace of Allah, I will continue in the upward path I’m currently travelling. All of this is new to me, because a few years ago, the life I now live was never an option, let alone a reality.
I want to see ALL of my business ventures flourish and achieve greatness.
Short-term:
1. Best Selling Author
2. Finish my Degree in Behavioral
Science
3. Every color of ATO sneakers from
Japan (on order now)
4. Lamborghini with matching rims
-Become a successful attorney in the PA/NJ area (just moved from the DMV)
-Purchase a home with my fiancee (she’ll be my wife by that time)
-Set up an 529 Education plan for my unborn child (He/She will be here in Feb.)
-Give back to my old block in NE DC ( Morse ST, Trinidad stand up!)
You know I gotta check in
1) 155 lbs straight muscle by ’09
2) Becoming more effective
3) TIME MANAGEMENT
These are some dope goals and aspirations. It'll be interesting to check back a year from now and see who achieved what or is at least a few steps closer. Keep grinding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Karim Diane yours doesnt count because you're already a well known R&B/Pop Singer..lol
Checking in fam:
My first goal is to make “Hamsterdam” the biggest selling album ever distributed by Koch, period. My second goal is to make The Get Em’ Mamis pop culture icons and Darkroom Enterprises an indie powerhouse by 2010. My third goal is to spearhead a movement of erasing all of the stale marketing and musical ideas that these major labels have made industry standard, also by 2010. Change gonna come.
A lil late but this is AO checkin in from the mobile:
1. To keep progressing as a producer. I got the "beat-maker" aspect down, but I'm still growing as a producer.
2. To learn as much about the industry through my internship/A&R Coordinator position at Prototype/iStandard.
3. Graduate with a B.A. (starting my senior year tomorrow).
4. Continue to grow the website (PardonMyFresh.com) .
5. Of course, personal stays personal.
J. Punch on the check in…
1.) City of Chiefs..
The World is Yours, The City is Mine Documentary Coming Soon…
2.) Constantly and consistently building the “Punch” brand…
3.) Making the world a better place (i know it seems broad, but it is indeed tangible)
4.) Waking up everyday and working towards progression
xoxox
Punchanella
Darkroom cco, I co-sign everything 100% especially the stuff about the stale marketing in the industry
That’s what’s up Phella. I’m feeling ya’ll movement over there at The Firm. I’ll see ya’ll at the top fam.
1. Make bigger moves/refine my style. (Writing)
2. Attract more attention. [ already bringing in 200 uniques a day...trying to triple that before the year is up] (the Gamer Studio (www.thegamerstudio.com)
3. Bring in more clients (JRL iMedia)
4. Graduate by 2010.
5. Sit in meetings with some big wigs. Impress them.
6. Get niggas to”Stop hating and get money” word to thugnificent. Never may happen.
Sakwe Checking In:
1. Keep developing as a music producer.
2. Make 10-15 Beats Per Week
3. Play a part in The Famous Firms rise to power