So, consider jaguarpc.net, asmallorange.com and hostgator.com as alternatives. If your host doesn’t offer SSH, Cpanel and Fantastico as standard, you may run into problems/increased work later. I wouldn’t bother with a host without these, now.

You can install _and update_ Wordpress with a few button presses using Fanstatico.

For my goals, I am using a structure for an organisation’s vision suggested by Jim Collins in Built to Last. I still need to write my “envisioned future” which includes a description of achieving the goal. You can read more about it in my post My personal purpose and vision (first draft).

For some of the goals (or values if you read my previous post) I have some ideas of what I want to achieve, but for others I still need to do some thinking, such as a develop a rewarding and challenging career. In terms of the value you mention “feel good about myself, by being healthy, fit and looking good” it is partly my mental impression (am I thinking positive or negative thoughts about myself), however there are likely to be more measurable aspects as well, such as getting to my pre-pregnancy weight and being able to walk up two specific hills in Dorset without losing my breath.

Of course my husband is likely to have a big say in whether I look good!

While I generally fail to take action in my own life, I do find you and your posts inspiring, and I know that people stronger than me can use them (and you) to make the progress they want.

Keep up the good work.

How will you know when you’ve achieved your goals? Some of them are worded (perhaps intentionally) to be difficult to measure, or highly subjective:
“fit” - we can always get fitter, so how will you know when you’ve tipped over from ‘unfit’ to fit?
“looking good” - clearly subjective - your definition of good may not match up to mine, or your husbands, or your closest female friends. “Be happy with my appearance” would still suffer from the fact of not clearly defining the tip point between unhappy and happy, but at least it’s specifying it’s only your viewpoint that counts.

Alternatively, do you have some specific targets that match up to these goals? e.g. The looking good goal has targets of being at a certain weight at a certain point in time, or the challenging yourself goal specifying that you’ll learn 1 new thing every month etc?

Not trying to be picky - just giving you more to think about

Cris