New Year’s Resolutions drive me crazy. Every year around this time I notice a few dozen new faces at the gym, it becomes crowded and difficult to get into your regular routine. Don’t get me wrong I give credit to all of the “resolutioners” who attempt to bring fitness into their lives for the new year, unfortunately by the time early March rolls around there are only a few of them left standing. The point is resolutions don’t seem to last long, follow through is lacking.
So what can you do to set yourself up for the new year with a sure bet at success, continuing to follow through long after the resolutions have faded to the back. Set yourself a few achievable blogging goals.
Create a list of short and long term goals complete with milestones meant to keep you on the right track. These are not resolutions, these are real and entirely possible business goals for you blog. Chances are if you are realistic in your goal creation you will achieve the majority if not all of them by the end of the year.
Start by creating a 3 month goal that is entirely within reach and relies solely upon your efforts. For example: “ I will commit to writing 2 posts a week by mid march.”
Next set yourself up with a slight more difficult to achieve goal that will be completed or on it’s way to completion by the 6 month mark. “I will have X number of subscribers by June 15th.”
Moving on to 9 months out. “With a number of new subscribers and a substantial traffic increase due to my previous goals, I will commit to publishing a newsletter in order to share additional tips and ideas with my dedicated and knowledge hungry readers.”
Finally set your end of the year goal. This one is your reward goal. If you have been diligent in achieving your goals up to this point you need to set the bar a bit higher for you final goal of the year. “I will find ways to monetize my blog and start producing a nice supplementary income from my efforts, I deserve it.”
Put each and every one of your goals down on paper with a big bold milestone marker next to them. Below each goal outline 2 to 3 steps necessary to keep you on track throughout the year, these are goals mind you not resolutions, no slacking! Feel free to adjust these goals to taste as well as set yourself a few intermediate goals to be sprinkled throughout, but make sure you keep your eye on the milestones and do everything you can to achieve them as planned. Sure it’s going to take a bit of work to get there but putting them down on paper as steadfast goals, leaves no room for letting them slip. Just think by the end of the year you will be producing a nice supplementary income!
