Steven's SWAG February and March 2019 Report
Hello all peeps! Everything alright? Is the spring warmth catching you or did you catch a flu? I sure did.. *coughs*
As you can see from the post title, I "forgot" to report back to you (again) for both February and March. Soon the end of April is near, so I should get this short report out as soon as possible I figured.
Goals For February
In the beginning of February I expected to still be working on getting things started, but have made some new goals that should be achievable.
- Gain another 100 USD (can be of anything, except a normal job, so Twitch & WA)
- Building Further On OOB website and concept
- Create 1 Email Line (5 emails) for OOB site (don't want to buy aweber before its written)
- Create & Publish 8 new keyword rich captivating posts for OOB
- Create & Publish 2 new keyword rich captivating posts for cat site
- Create 1 video
- Schedule streaming more regularly to build an audience
February Results
I posted 2 new posts in February for the website. One of them being about Long Tail Keywords, the other about Twitch.
I worked on the email list content, but didn't finish it. The cat site did not get any attention by the way, other than that we started running a podcast every other Sunday.
I scheduled Twitch streaming and went with a farming theme with games like Minecraft modded, Stardew Valley and Farming Simulator. I made money, but probably not 100 USD.
March Results
I posted again only 2 posts on OOB in March. 2 posts about Twitch streaming. The posts that I am currently writing on OOB are centered around helping people and giving lots of value. The long term goal is to make email list chains that are personalised to the category Twitch on my website.
As I am so late with writing the goal results for February and March, the April goal is going to be roughly the same.
Goals for April
Unfortunately I can already tell you now that I won't make the 8 keyword rich goals for OOB. So I could easily now lower the new goals to 2 posts for April, just for the heck of actually reaching it perhaps. Why am I saying this? Because I haven't made a single post in April yet. So there is actually some terrain to gain with setting the goal at 2 keyword rich posts when there is roughly only 5 days left to the end of April!
I am not entirely sure what happened the past months. I think for a big part it has been real-life catching up. For another big part it is the other job and me not really being sure anymore what direction I want to go with this.
Another part of me is just simply lazy. I don't think it is the lazy that is coming from just not wanting to do anything, but more the type of lazy that comes from doing too much other stuff that simply renders you unable to use more energy where it should be at.
I won't rant more about this, I will come back to this part by the April results, for there is more to say about the plans forwards.
Anyway, I better get to work!
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I like what Ian and Jessica have to say on this. I also attempt goals and do not always accomplish them. I do know I need to be better about that.
I wish you the best in your goals!
Bob
Don't judge yourself or bodge yourself down on it. Just keep working at it and you will get there!
Steven
We often find we fall short of our goals. The thing is not to beat yourself up about it. A goal is something to shoot for. The MAIN thing is to keep going and keep building. Falling a little short only means it's goign to take a little longer but you'll still get there.
I have sort-of goals but don't write them down :-)
There's an admission!
Ian
You are very right. Perhaps it is better to keep the goals a bit higher and than just admit to fall short. Than again, with only 4 days remaining of April at the time that I created this post, 2 posts was reasonable.
The result is now also published: Steven's SWAG April 2019 Report
Good stuff! I often wonder if I'd do better if I wrote goals down but I know myself fairly well and I don't think it would :-)
Ian
Well, why don't you try this out? Nothing to lose here, you can do it publicly here on WA or keep it personal and private.
Here's a blog I wrote about this: Creating Measurable Goals
I hope some spring energy kicks in or you get some more free time in order to make progress on your site. A goal of 2 posts for April sounds reasonable to me!
Jessica
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Never enough time to do all the things on the list, Steven, and its a devil of a job to catch up once you fall behind, Alan
Thanks for your comment Alan!
Yeah there is always something on my overall todo list. That is true. If you got too many items on your list, it is perhaps time to see what has priority and what may be crossed away before even doing it, if you get what I mean.
On the other hand it is also okay not to make a deadline or a goal and adjust your goals again for the next time.
Steven