Experts in time management and personal development will tell you that setting goals, and putting them down in writing, is the key to achievement. I regularly jot down little task lists, and computers and smartphones have made those things easier to keep up with; longer term goals are even more important to write down. Of course, those small tasks add up to the big goals! It is great to be able to check on your goal lists every couple of months and see how well you are doing.
Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.– Brian Tracy
I have a few goals for fall. I want to continue networking and guest posting, because I am meeting a lot of great bloggers, and I learn something new from each one. I have also decided I want to spend more time working on my blog, and bringing more good information to each of my readers. Procrastinator that I am, it helps to get involved with some other bloggers to keep me accountable, and to that end I have signed up with a group from The DailyPost. This is a great group of bloggers that help and support each other.
My goal is to post twice a week on this blog for the remainder of this year, and then re-evaluate at the end of December. (I’m hoping that I decide stepping it up even further makes sense at that point.)
I know it won’t be easy, but it might be fun and inspiring to think of something new, fresh, and creative to bring you every week! I promise to work with the community of bloggers, asking for help when needed, and supporting and encouraging others when I can. If you are a blogger, why not join us? If you haven’t yet gotten started, you can create a free WordPress blog today. A blog is an awesome place for a writer to start building an online presence.
If you already read my blog, I hope you will continue, and encourage me with comments and likes when I write something that is helpful or just plain fun to read. If there is something you’d like me to write about, or information you’d like ferreted out that has to do with my blog… feel free to let me know and I will do my best.
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Hi Denise, setting goals for your blogging is a great idea….some weeks my preassigned goals are the only things that keep me going! Just don’t be afraid to adjust them as you go. And if you ever feel like guest posting on my site just let me know.
Hey Geoff– Thanks for taking the time to visit and comment on my blog. Working on organization and goal-setting in advance of the New Year, lol…. I would love to guest post on your site, and will send you an email now.
Nice post Denise,
I’m glad you intend to stick with a blogging schedule for the remainder of this year. I might add something else to that though. Be sure and visit other blogs and leave comments as well. That’s how you’ll get other bloggers to visit your site and in turn, share your information. It can only snowball from there.
Great post and I wish you the best of luck.
~Adrienne
Thanks, Adrienne. You are so right… not only do you get an idea of what others are doing, but you make new blogger friends to share and support each other.
I am constantly settting goals. I attribute my success to goal setting.
I know that it is important, and to be honest, I have been known to make a list and then promptly misplace it in my messy desk….
My smartphone, believe it or not, is helping me to get organized and work towards my goals….I love seeing all those little tasks checked off– and I always know where my phone is. Silly, I know, but whatever works…and for me right now, this does! I finally am working on cleaning out my closets, my desk, and my pantry… baby steps…