Back on January 2, 2007, I was tagged and posted my goals for the year. We only have about a month left in 2007, so I thought it would be fun to look back at what I posted, and see if there is still enough time left to achieve the ones I haven’t already done.

1. Make more money - simple as that

I’ve definitely achieved this goal. Just quickly looking back at my Adsense earnings around early January, they were $13/day. I’m not going to say how much more I’m making now, but I’m definitely doing better. Now, I’m running VCM, Adbrite, Azoogle, and CJ to compliment Adsense…all of that contributes to my increase in earnings this year.

2. Start a business - It’s so easy to start an LLC, I don’t know why I haven’t done it yet

Still haven’t done this one yet. I’d really like to get it done by January 1st though so I can be legit going into 2008. Costs about $125 so I don’t know why I’m still procrastinating.

3. Grow Florida Gators to 600-1000 members and 25,000 posts

Right now Gator Envy is at 551 members and 18,600 posts. This will be very close. If I push it hard I should be able to get to 600 members. However, I might not make the 25,000 posts by the end of the year. We’ll see.

4. Make $50/day by December 31st from contextual ads alone

I’d say I was doing that consistently before I lost all my rankings on my two biggest sites. Not sure If I can get it back up by the end of the year unless I get a miracle from Google.

5. Read one business book a month

Definitely didn’t do this one. I read a couple business magazines per month though.

6. Start a sports podcast

Didn’t do this one either, and don’t really have plans to do it now. Would be fun, I just don’t have the time.

7. Start 2-3 more sports forums

I wish I would have achieved this goal, but I didn’t. It’s hard dedicating enough time to run one sports forum, let alone 2-3 more. Expanding my sports network is a priority for me going into 2008, so I can see this being accomplished sometime next year.

8. Make more money

I already talked about this one.

9. Build my stock portfolio and grow it

Well I did build my stock portfolio, but I ended up selling it all and cashing out. I made a couple hundred bucks after a few months of investing. Depending on how my internet earnings grow in 2008, I really want to contribute a lot more money to stocks and get back into it.

10. Make more money

Check!

As you can see, most of my goals were to make more money. By achieving those goals, I’d say I have had a pretty successful year in 2007, despite coming up short on a few other goals. If I can increase my earnings in 2008 by the same degree I did in 2007, then I will be sitting very pretty going into 2009. I’ll need more websites to do it, but I think it can be done.