I’m still in the process of defining new goals, even though I wanted to have them finished by this weekend. But that was before I knew that I would make a growth step this week. That got me thinking some more about what I want to achieve, and even though it may not change the goals I’m going to set, it was definitely a moment that I will remember vividly.
Defining new goals
Last week I wrote that the process I’m going through is a growth process. One of the characteristics of growth processes is that they’re hard to squeeze into a timeframe. I experienced that first hand this week (once again … I’m kind of stubborn with regard to this characteristic!).
Initially I planned on writing a new post about my personal mission statement this week, reviewed in the light of the revisited personal core values. I did some of the work for that exercise, but then Wednesday happened. I was at a concert and I made a growth step. Several of my personal core values were working in harmony to make something clear to me. It worked.
But that has taken a lot of my thinking time, and that time was not spent on the mission statement revaluation. I’m still in that process and will finish that early next week.
The outlines of the three goals I’m going to set are slowly forming already, but I don’t want to get ahead of the process. But the division between the goals – one based on effort, one based on results, and one just for fun – is something that has gained even more appeal this week.
Blog performance
First of all, the blog metrics:
- Average daily visitors: 336
- Average subscribers: 325 (old feed) + 987 (new feed) = 1312
As you can see, subscribers are still divided over the old and the new feed. Thankfully, most of you have made the switch already, but please check your feed address.
The new adress is: http://feeds.beanoriginal.net/beanoriginal
Everybody that’s still subscribed to the old Feedburner feed is fetching the old feed. You won’t necessarily miss out on the content, but the new feed has a much better reader experience than the old feed. And besides that, the old feed will stop somewhere in the (near) future. Make sure you have the new feed address in your reader.
A-List Blogging Bootcamp
This week I mostly worked on a new page for the blog, about blogging. Even though that’s not the main topic of be an original, I do get quite a lot of questions about blogging. Most of them I’ve answered on that page, which can be found in the About section, both in the menu and in the sidebar (or through the link in this paragraph).
While writing about the blogging, I also touched on the topic of A-List Blogging Bootcamp. Last August I participated in a program, initiated by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits and Mary Jaksch of Goodlife Zen. The program was a 10 day course, packed with valuable lessons about blogging, ranging from beginner tips to advanced topics. To this day I’m still a member of the club, with monthly sessions that are very valuable.
A-List Blogging Bootcamp is opening its doors again tomorrow. The new bootcamp starts Februari 13 and lasts about a week. If you’re new to blogging and want to explore your possibilities, this is a great opportunity. The bootcamp will consist of live video sessions, addressing several topics. In those live sessions, I will also be present in the chat for most of the days. Even if you’re not interested in joining, I encourage you to hop on over there and download Leo’s ebook, about how he grew Zen Habits to a blog with 150.000 subscribers. A process that also enabled him to give up his dayjob, and that landed him a publishing contract.
That’s it for now. More next week (promise!).
