Goals for the Year

practice writing and get really good at it.

spend as much time as possible in India, Nepal, and Tibet, living in monasteries, teaching English, studying Tibetan, and translating

study Tibetan as much as possible

translate the ‘Condensed Chronicles of Orgyan Padma’

finish the translations I’m almost finished with (The Heart Sutra, The 7-Point Mind Training, The Longsel Nyingpo Ngondro, The Katog Lineage Prayer, The Eight Verses of Mind Training, etc.)

keep sojong twice a month, every month

record an album with Nina Trimbath

record an album of mantras with music, and an album of me reciting sutras with music

finish my 100,000 7-Line Prayer accumulation

publish a book of my poetry

work on my blog as much as possible

turn my blog into a money-making machine!

prmote Glow!incorporate Glow into my blog

do 7-Line Prayers and ngondro every day

generate $1000/month from my blog by January 1st, 2009

write at least a one-page journal every day, and two while in India

finish my Mani Mantra accumulations for the deceased