50 Goals: Create a Grand Tally for My Project

by | Oct 23, 2025 | Goals | 0 comments

One of my 50 Goals this year was to create and maintain a Grand Tally for my project. And it’s done!

Why a Grand Tally? Isn’t this a bit disheartening, since I am not allowed to work for two years minimum? Well, no. I am chomping at the bit, I won’t lie, but I also accept that I have to work within this set of rules where I won’t earn any money with my project in that timeframe.

So I’m making this a game. And I’m using it for transparency.

How many people, like me, wonder how they’re going to make money with their art? Well, I have two years to build up my assets. Two years working toward my goal to one day be able to live on my earnings.

It will be fun to make it a zero-to-income, maybe, hopefully, a rags-to-riches challenge. In two years, I will have to face the cost of building my project, and assess if my bet that I will earn this money back is realistic or not.

I am not going to be hyper frugal, but I am not going to spend all willy-nilly either. I will use available funds to set myself up for success, mostly learning-wise.

Do you keep a Grand Tally for your project? If not, how do you know when it becomes profitable? Let me know in the comments.

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50 Goals

50 Goals

Artelier
  • get all the furniture installed in the Artelier
  • finish organizing the Artelier
  • setup gaming desk
  • setup big aquarium
  • decorate and make the Artelier cozy
Creativity
  • learn new artistic skills
  • write fiction and non-fiction
  • draw and paint
  • craft
  • refine my drawing style
Family
  • plan more family outings
  • organize everyone’s chores
  • make home improvements happen
  • organize admin stuff and get rid of the unnecessary
  • work on my “I’m dead, now what?” plan
Geddonverse
Health & Mental Health
  • face my fear and go to the dentist
  • manage my diet to control my diabetes
  • track physical symptoms
  • try to reduce stress
  • prioritize what makes me happy
Learning
Life
  • make travel plans
  • read books
  • watch movies
Money
Personal Development
  • journal about my anxiety and look for ways to reduce it
  • make sure I favorite “want tos” and refuse “shoulds”
Projects
  • work on my fiction and non-fiction books
  • create illustrations for future POD use
  • blog and interact with social media communities
  • start a gamedev project
  • create all the assets for the gamedev project

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I could accept if someone told me I can’t travel anymore. I could accept having to stay home.

I can’t accept being unable to enjoy my own home.