Yes, I missed last week’s review. And no, I don’t regret it. I was spending some quality time with my wife in a Japanese Spa (not in Japan though…) on Valentine’s day. Although that last part was more of a coincidence; we usually don’t do much for Valentine’s day. But only a week later, there’s another Sunday. Another chance to do a weekly review, so here it is.
New goals!
If you read my previous article, you know that I set new goals. There are only three of them, and the deadline is only 42 days away. And only two of them are really measurable.
Goal 1: Get rid of 100 things
Goal 2: Strength training everyday
Goal 3: Make music
Number 1 is focused on getting the result. Number 2 is about the effort and shaping a habit, and number 3 is about having fun.
Progress
As far as progress is concerned … there’s not much to report yet. I set the start date for the goals on Saturday February 20. So there’s only one day behind us now. In that day, there was only something to report for goal 2. For those of you interested, I’m keeping a daily score on my Tumblr blog, beans. I’m also in the process of using beans on Tumblr, for assorted links, thoughts, doodles and other related stuff for be an original.
Blog performance
First of all, the blog metrics:
- Average daily visitors: 340
- Average subscribers: 318 (old feed) + 999 (new feed) = 1317
Even though the number of subscribers on the old address has declined a little, there are still a LOT of subscribers on that feed. Please switch to the new feed! The new adress is: http://feeds.beanoriginal.net/beanoriginal
Both visitor numbers and subscriber numbers have increased a little. The fact that I was actively involved in the bootcamp of A-List Blogging Bootcamps last week, may have had an effect on that.
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These are some wonderful goals. And putting them out for all of us to see is a great strategy for making them happen. I can’t wait to hear about the 100 things that you toss. I’m sure it will be liberating!
Thank you for all of your help during the Bootcamp. My new blog will be up in a couple of weeks. I am so thrilled with everything I learned. This has been quite a learning experience for me.
I’ve identified 37 things so far. At the end of the goal I’ll make an overview of all 100 things. If you’re curious in the meantime, check out beans at Tumblr. It is liberating, difficult and easy at the same time
And as far as the bootcamp help … you’re most welcome!
New blogger. Inspired by the idea of a Japanese spa. Wondering about the infamous bootcamps. Got to you through Steve’s list…and agree its a great blog! Any wisdom for http://www.goodoodles.com, welcome. I’m blogging to spread the positive, get good thinking going….who decided for us that NEWS was all the bad stuff?! Every ripple counts…just hoping mine does too! Cheers and happy Wednesday!
April
The Japanese spa was wonderful. I’ve been to a real “Onsen” in Japan once, and it did have some of the feel of Japan, although there were many things not quite so Japanese too
And yes, we can use more positive news. Many ripples make waves too
Great decision to be in the A List Blogging Bootcamp! That changed the course of my blog forever.
As far as guitar, let me know if you need any help/tips.
Hi Karol, thanks for paying me a visit here. I know that you made a lot of progress with your blog! It’s awesome to see that the bootcamps have a lot of effect on the participants.
Help with the guitar? I’m an absolute beginner with the guitar
I need help, lessons and a lot of practice 