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To celebrate the beginning of a new year, dozens of our forum frequenters are setting lensmaking goals for 2009. While some just want to “make more lenses,” most are setting goals in the form of numbers. “Ten new lenses.” “Twenty-five new lenses.” “Fifty new lenses!”

Setting a number to strive for is a great way to help yourself plan your work and work your plan. Since you know how many days are in a week, how many weeks are in a month, and how many months are in a year, all you need is simple math to create a game plan.

How many lenses do you want to create in 2009? Here are a few examples:

If you make 1 lens a month, that’s over 10 this year.
If you make 2 per month, that’s almost 25.
If you make one lens per week, that’s over 50.
If you make two lenses per week, that’s over 100.
If you make three lenses per week, that’s over 150.
If you make a lens every day, that’s 365!

Once you’ve determined how much time you can commit to making lenses, you can schedule time in your day planner and get to work on all those ideas that are piling up. It’s easy to see how a few minutes of work a few times a week can add up to some major accomplishments over a full year!

BONUS: you can put this same plan into action for your charity lenses. Just two lenses per month for charity will earn you a whopping 24 lenses that are sending their earnings to a good cause! What if your family made a lens together every Sunday afternoon? That’s 52 lenses to help those in need. How easy is that?

Double bonus: 50 awesome lenses could get you to Giant Squiddom. 100 could get you into the 100 club.