Hi everybody,
I'm new to this site and I noticed this interesting topic. I've been stuck at 1650 (Dutch rating) for quite some time now, and I hoped that keeping such a journal might actually help me improve. Just like others on this forum, I will split my goals into long-term and short term.

Training goals:

Long term: (within a year)
- Reach a (Dutch) rating of 1800 (I guess you call that Class A or something?) - at this moment it is 1647
- End in the top 20 of my local club competition - last finish: 25th place

Short term: (within two weeks)
- Do tactical problems at least one hour per day
- Reach a rating of 1600 on the Chess Tactics Server - at this moment it is 1509
- Get a good knowledge of the Giuoco Piano
- Annotate every OTB game that I play

Upcoming games: (next week)
9th of June, 2009 as Black against a 1558 - a draw is necessary for the 2nd place in the tournament.