As a frequenter of Elliot Jay Stocks' blog, I thought I'd post my own list of goals for the new year. His post can be read here.

The new year is fast approaching, so here are my goals for 2009:

1. Create a site built on Drupal 6. I've been meaning to jump into Drupal 6 ever since it was released, but module support was pretty low for a while. Now that all the big modules, like Views and CCK, Calendar, etc are all updated, I think it's time! Currently in the middle of a Drupal site, now, actually, I hope to release it early 2009!
2. Write a children's book. This has been a dream of mine for a while, and getting married, new job, having a kid, buying house, fixing up said house has really put personal projects on hold. I hope to do this for 2009!! I have 2 story ideas...
3. Learn jQuery I really want to expand my understanding of jQuery to more than just downloading and configuring plugins. Poked my toes in it a little bit last week! My goal for 2009 is to be able to write my own jQuery script (that can actually be of some use!).
4. Build a new website. I mean, build a website that can be useful; me as my own client, but not just a portfolio or blog site. Grow some sort of community, or come up with an interesting idea - this is a vague goal and the purpose of it is to just stretch myself. Design something big from scratch; setting my own limits; developing my own project goals and timelines. This should be fun and a great learning experience to try out technologies and techniques I've not used before.
5. Get a website design listed on gallery site. I don't care which one - for now, this is a small goal of one design this year to be listed on an awards site. Actually, I'd like to not limit myself to just website design - a logo, illustration, any design or artwork I come up with!

What are your design goals for 2009?