Predictions in Arrears, aka..."To Done" List

Sally Cheeseman issued a delicious challenge: Write a post on my most positive ten predictions for 2010. How can I just do ten? When I started writing my "to do" list for 2009 around this time last year, I ended up with 28 things and could have gone for more. Now I'm looking back and seeing that there are a few things that I did this past year that were not on my list. Is it possible to make your predictions in arrears, sort of like the way property taxes are paid?

It is so satisfying - having a “to done” list!

So to my list of "to do" from last year, add these that are "to done":

• Start HomeRome Realty
• See my publisher bring out her 8^th book, this one her very own

• Return to my previous weight
• Become an ActiveRain Ambassador
• Go to a REBarCamp
• Meet C Tann once in New York City and twice in Maryland

• Continue to have a waiting list for special clients
• Make raving fans out of my buyers and sellers. Special Connections in Baltimore,Md…From Internet to Inter-Personal ...And More!

• Share my book with many positive people
• Really appreciate ActiveRain
• My statement last year “2009 is mine” proved true
• Have a contest to benefit my sellers… Active Rain Works...My Challenge - Can We Prove It?
• And almost everything on last year’s list could have been written recently.. How Many is Too Many Resolutions?

Looking ahead.. to see this year's resolutions, just take a look at last year's...it is the same! Who knows what I might have on the TO DONE list this time next year?

How Many is Too Many Resolutions?

My publisher asked if I had any real estate New Year's Resolutions…she should know better by now than to ask a Type E such a question! Ask for a solution and the Type E brain answers with a jumble of possibilities as if to say, "Here! Try these!"

Here's what came out of mine. Yes, I know they are not all strictly real estate-related, but they all have an effect on how I do business:

• Contact my listings for review and price adjustments.
• Get taxes ready for my CPA.
• Be available to Lee and Erica.
• Call past clients to wish them a Happy New Year.
• Get some new signs made.
• Get up to speed on Twitter and other social/business networking sites.
• Get my car washed BEFORE it needs it and I am embarrassed.
• Continue with my gym program.
• Make healthy eating choices.
• Go to bed early at least one night a week.
• Clean my desk.
• Fill my bird feeders – even the one that the squirrels have taken over.
• Offer sellers and agents the option of Auction.
• Get on the top 10 book list. Oh yes, I already did that with Trulia.
• Attend more Active Rain gatherings.
• Call all the sellers who I recommended they wait to list thier homes.
• Stay in touch with the CyberStars through the listserve.
• Stay in touch with the CyberProfessionals.
• Being an ACRE ambassador, help share this group's philosophy.
• When I choose to have chocolate....really enjoy it!
• Mentor newer agents like Steve Warrene.
• Find out what I can do to promote Silloway Press.
• Speak more about Realtor-friendly auctions.
• Get more publicity for Real Estate the Rome Way.
• Take no more unsaleable listings.
• Accept no more kindness-impaired clients.
• Stay in touch special people
• Call and encourage new Active Rainers.

I think the more the merrier when it comes to positive thoughts for the new year. What about you? Do you have one or two or a score of resolutions?