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Set yourself a Goal

I'm not sure where I read it, but I did. It was in one of the emails that I subscribe to, I think it is a how to motivate yourself email or something like that. Makes sense really doesn't.

But I do receive emails from a few writing web sites.

Yes like many I dream of one day becoming a writer.
I have visions of getting up at 4am scrawling a few chapters, then relaxing for the rest of the day.

Oh until my editor and/or publisher, oh and don't forget my Super On the Edge kick arse Manager calls me up telling me to get my butt back at my desk to finish the pages that I'd signed my multi million dollar book deal with!

I digress (Roe ...:)

So in my quest to do this, I receive all sorts of emails.

One such email the other day suggested that people can get themselves out of slumps by setting themselves goals. If you are in a "rut" and you can actually achieve something positive, it will lift your spirits, and lighten your load.

I interpreted it in that the goals needed to be -

a) Realistic
b) Attainable
c) With a sense of achievement at the end of the goal period.

These goals should be short term. Of course it did go on and suggest that we have many long term goals. But for the purposes of getting ourselves out of the "winter" slump. (Must have been an Australian email, it's winter here). You had to set yourself a goal that could be completed in a short time frame. Like a Month.

So I sat wondering what sort of goals would challenge me, and be attainable, be fun, and be able to be completed within a month.

This is what I came up with; Create 100 blogs in the month of JULY.

WTF?? I hear you exclaim.

Well it makes sense, I like to talk .... um ... er write, I have so much to say, why not.
So I have set myself the challenge to make 100 posts on Thoughts.com in the Month of July.

Now I wasn't going to reveal my goal, but the article said that you should let those around you know about it.
Because

a) they may want to join you

b) they will suppport you

c) You can celebrate with them at the achievement of your goal.

Now before you tell me no way, you are bailing already, I did infact see a fellow blog make a post saying SHE was going to try to do 100 posts in July as well.
She knows who she is ..... I will track down the post if needs be ...

Anybody up for the challenge?

EASY... out

ps..... WHAT ABOUT COMMENTS????
Do you THINK you could do 1000 comments in the month??

Posted by EasyToSay on 2008-07-07 17:02:52 | Rating:

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		Wow! I think I want in! I was just discussing this weekend with my family that I should blog more, they don't know I am on this site but sometimes I repost some blogs on my Myspace for the fam to read. This is an excellent idea! I will make it my goal also to try to post 100 blogs in July! Yay! Go E2S! Go KarKar...Go anyone else?!
Posted by KarKar on 2008-07-07 17:25:30


		KarKar - Excellent, I was thinking I was the only crazy person out here.... oh I mean.... Ambitious! lol .... :)
Posted by EasyToSay on 2008-07-07 17:26:37


		chances are by the time July is out I will have written close to that too...after all, what the hell else am I gonna do! Invalid here (seeks sympathy)...I either blog, or I go mental and learn to knit or something...I'm in! :-) xxx
Posted by geordiedreamer on 2008-07-07 17:40:47


		Excellent Dave! May ye recover bloggingly! :)
Posted by EasyToSay on 2008-07-07 17:44:47


		Oh and NO, I am not an undercover employee of Thoughts.com ... sent along to manipulate you all into using it more! lol..... although if a jobs going! ;)
Posted by EasyToSay on 2008-07-07 17:46:34


		wow thats quite a goal you have set for yourself! best of luck!!! wish i could say i will join in, but i think i'm going through writers block. icky stuff really :p lol but if you want or need support, you have it from me. :)
Posted by pixierose on 2008-07-07 18:00:48


		Wow, E2S. I don't know about 1000 comments. I never have anything good to say, sometimes I type things and I don't post it because I think my comments are stupid. I am a fly on the wall to many blogs!
Posted by KarKar on 2008-07-07 18:30:24


		KarKar - are you kidding?? I love your comments.... infact I first noticed your avatar when your comments left on QOD started!! You could set yourself a smaller goal?? :) Pixie - Writers block?? Knock it down with ramblings, works for me. :) Thank you for the support though. :)
Posted by EasyToSay on 2008-07-07 18:48:53


		Ha thats a pretty good goal :D I look forward to hearing(reading) a LOT from you :) Hehehe...i dont really have that much to say otherwise I might even have joined in the fun...but u have my full support, and i will be a very significant part of the celebration when u reach ur goal ;) Go E2S!!!
Posted by angelwings on 2008-07-08 04:57:44


		I will try and do the 100 posts a month but 1000 comments? YIKES...not sure even SUPER K could do that! But she can surely try....its on!
Posted by lastblastkl on 2008-07-08 11:54:49