At the beginning of the year I set about achieving a range of things. I tied them into a nice little package of things relating to the number 10. The idea being that the number 10 would act as a constant reminder of what I wanted to achieve.

I have to admit it hasn’t really worked. Having the goals has been good, but the whole number 10 thing as a prompt hasn’t worked for me. It was one of those nice ideas that looked good on paper but in application wasn’t quite effective.

Having said that I have made progress on most of the goals. This will be my last post in this series and the goals will be translated into whatever system I come up with next. It most probably won’t be recorded here though. I’ll be focusing a little more on the three areas that interest me most at the moment, publishing, digital and things related to the divine.

So how did I do?

1. Spend 10 minutes meditating on my mission statement - I managed to get going on this and then slipped a little. I’ll be addressing this in future posts here relating to the divine. But overall this was a goal that was achieved.
2. Record 10 pieces of music for distribution – This was perhaps the goal that I really wanted to achieve. But it is also the goal that I have fallen well short of. I have lots of ideas and unfinished bits and pieces. So to find out why I haven’t progressed on this will be interesting to work out.
3. Lose 10lbs in Lose Weight Exercise – From not getting anywhere on this I am actually really, really close to achieving it. This last month I have cut out a whole range of foods from my diet and I have also cut down on the amount I have eaten. And I am 90% of the way there.
4. Write 10 posts – I will be relaunching !maginality very soon. I also have a posting plan for this site and a couple of others I am maintaining. So although not yet achieved all the preparation is in place.
5. Create 10 images – I have been creating the odd image here and there. So I could give this an amber colour. However, it has been an ad-hoc approach. So I’ll keep it as red.
6. Identify 10 people for an influential network - I have begun this, so amber, but a light amber.
7. Have 10 minutes Lose Weight Exercise per day – Well it will soon be time for new year resolutions, so perhaps I’ll leave this till then.
8. Increase web traffic by 10% – This was a poor goal, not very SMART. It will be assimilated as the Borg do into something far more substantial.
9. Scan RSS reader for 10 minutes per day - here – Managed this and now need to be a bit more selective in what I read.
10. Practice twitter in 10 minutes – Managed this too, although I am wondering whether I ended up restricting myself too much. The nature of twitter is that it is an always on connection. I feel a post about this coming on.

So there is the review of 10 in 2010. It didn’t really work, but I am further along than I was in January so not a complete failure.