Comments on: Goals for 2010 http://www.jasonboom.com/goals-for-2010/ Exploding Content across the Internet Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:01:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Jason Boom http://www.jasonboom.com/goals-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Jason Boom Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:59:46 +0000 http://www.jasonboom.com/?p=332#comment-1528 I agree with most of what you've said. The smaller objectives I could set out would put me on pace to realizing the larger ones. I'm still considering my goals and have some projects I would like to revive and get into action. I think I'll start there. I want to be a successful blogger, so I feel I need to update all the time, but that's not realistic. I just need to be somewhat consistent. That's what my goal should reflect -- the desire to put out good content regularly. Thanks for the comment, Ben. I agree with most of what you’ve said. The smaller objectives I could set out would put me on pace to realizing the larger ones. I’m still considering my goals and have some projects I would like to revive and get into action. I think I’ll start there.

I want to be a successful blogger, so I feel I need to update all the time, but that’s not realistic. I just need to be somewhat consistent. That’s what my goal should reflect — the desire to put out good content regularly.

Thanks for the comment, Ben.

]]> By: Ben http://www.jasonboom.com/goals-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1526 Ben Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:30:46 +0000 http://www.jasonboom.com/?p=332#comment-1526 I posted a summary of my achievements in 2009 on my blog, along with a few goals for 2010 and some thoughts on why I don't really go for New Year resolutions. I work on projects all year round, reviewing my progress along the way (NOT just once per year), and I set new goals when I complete the existing ones. I think it is a really bad idea to set such huge objectives if you stand little to no chance of achieving them. Sure, be ambitious, but be realistic. If you genuinely believe you can achieve your goals in the timeframe you've set for yourself, by all means go for it. But why not set a smaller objective for a shorter timeframe that would put you on the road towards the larger objective? You also have to look at why previous objectives failed in order to move forward. Writing a blog post on a weekly basis can seem doable for the first few months, but as the weeks go more quickly and life gets busy, it's all too easy to abandon this goal. I've blogged daily, weekly, 3 times a week, had a break for 6 weeks before writing some of my best posts, and so on. I would suggest making this goal a bit more specific - I think it's far better to write 2 great posts a month than force yourself to write 1 post every single week even if you have nothing much to say. Trust me - I've been there! If you're interested, I have a few posts at Top Ten Blog Tips relating to New Year resolutions (or more specifically, setting achievable objectives all year round). .-= Ben´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Benbardencom/~3/KPBORv_5Bk0/are-you-overshadowing-yourself" rel="nofollow">Are you overshadowing yourself?</a> =-. I posted a summary of my achievements in 2009 on my blog, along with a few goals for 2010 and some thoughts on why I don’t really go for New Year resolutions. I work on projects all year round, reviewing my progress along the way (NOT just once per year), and I set new goals when I complete the existing ones.

I think it is a really bad idea to set such huge objectives if you stand little to no chance of achieving them. Sure, be ambitious, but be realistic. If you genuinely believe you can achieve your goals in the timeframe you’ve set for yourself, by all means go for it. But why not set a smaller objective for a shorter timeframe that would put you on the road towards the larger objective?

You also have to look at why previous objectives failed in order to move forward. Writing a blog post on a weekly basis can seem doable for the first few months, but as the weeks go more quickly and life gets busy, it’s all too easy to abandon this goal. I’ve blogged daily, weekly, 3 times a week, had a break for 6 weeks before writing some of my best posts, and so on. I would suggest making this goal a bit more specific – I think it’s far better to write 2 great posts a month than force yourself to write 1 post every single week even if you have nothing much to say. Trust me – I’ve been there!

If you’re interested, I have a few posts at Top Ten Blog Tips relating to New Year resolutions (or more specifically, setting achievable objectives all year round).
Ben´s last blog ..Are you overshadowing yourself?

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