Continuing my "business breakthrough" homework, while adding some timeline and action steps to my bucket list, I have created a five year plan. Once again, I was initially going to do this on paper, but I am going to do it here instead because it needs to get done and I need to 'breakthrough' on other parts of my business, like branding, marketing processes, and CEO identity. And as the saying goes, "if you fail to plan, you plan to fail." I do not plan to fail.
June 2013 - May 2014
- Eliminate 20% of my debt, which comes to $1500
- Own an iPhone
- Own a painting
- Build my poker bankroll up to $200
- Earn $3000 a month
- Have 2000 subscribers to my upcoming coffee blog
- Own a car - I want a cute, little Smartcar, which costs about $15,000. This one worries me because I don't think I'll be able to pay in full, but taking out a loan would add more debt. Part of this plant is to get rid of my debt, not add to it.
June 2014 - May 2015
- Play in a live poker tournament, such as the WSOP circuit, the Heartland Poker Tour, or even an World Poker Tour event.
- Build my poker bankroll up to $10,000
- Eliminate another 20% of my original debt, which comes to $1000
- Join Toastmasters International - I probably could do this in year one, as probably by now I'll be too busy to attend meetings and actually join.
- Read the Bible in full
- Own 20 Matrushka dolls
- Own 20 decks of cards
- Get married - I think the second year in my five year plan is reasonable for this.
- Have 5000 subscribers to my upcoming coffee blog
- Earn $4000 a month
- Shoot a gun
- Learn to sew - I think I needed a few more easy things for year two.
June 2014 - May 2016
- Eliminate another 25% of my original debt, which comes to $1000
- Build my poker bankroll up to $100,000
- Have 10000 subscribers to my upcoming coffee blog
- Put 100 slideshows on Slideshare - They will be about all sorts of things
- Earn $8000 a month
- See the Grand Canyon
- Attend a World Cup
- Visit Stonehenge
- See Macchu Picchu
- Ride a gondola in Italy
- Spend New Year's Eve in Sydney - Consider all this world travel as part of my honeymoon, and tasting more coffees in real life like Anthony Bourdain, but just the coffee
June 2016- May 2017
- Eliminate another 50% of my original debt, which comes to $1500
- Build my poker bankroll up to $500,000
- Own 40 Matrushka dolls
- Own 40 decks of cards
- Have 20000 subscribers to my upcoming coffee blog
- Write that coffee book that will a New York Times bestseller
- Build three niche sites as part of my online business/media empire
- Earn $12000 a month
- Get a masters degree - Think I can squeeze this in here?
- Give a TED talk - maybe on coffee, or building a business online, or on being an awesome woman in poker
- Visit the Pyramids of Giza
- Visit the Taj Mahal
- Visit the Colosseum
June 2017 - June 2018
- Win a WSOP bracelet
- Have a business generating $100,000 in annual revenue
- Eliminate all of my debt, including the car loan if I get it!
- Have a side blog/venture that actually generates revenue for me
- Own a house
- Be recognized as an authority in my chosen field (could be a variety of things, such as content marketing, coffee, poker, credit repair etc.)
- Play poker in Macao - If I haven't done that by now, then I need to make it a point to do so.
- Start my own non-profit organization - Will probably be something having to do with women's rights
- Be halfway on my way to my $500,000 net worth
- Own 100 Matrushka dolls
- Own 100 decks of cards
- Visit Niagara Falls
- See Old Faithful
- Tour Petra