Some progress, but not as much as I like. Other priorities claim my time and attention, but they deserve it. So nothing to feel bad about, just something to report about.
Progress report on goals
Goal 1: Write 100 blog posts
Goal 2: No candy or chips
Goal 3: Photography everyday
The intentions for this week were better than the results. I did not write as much as I intended, although the start was good. Other priorities (other projects …) are at the core of this, and I’m very much okay with that! I do realize that this goal has a fairly large claim on my time, and any backlog will be noticed …
The “no candy or chips” goals performed a lot better! I noticed this week how much of a habit it became to go to a vending machine to get a late afternoon snack. I really needed to consciously suppress that urge! I managed to do that. Only on one night did I fail this goal, and I was being very honest there. This goal really was to suppress the urge to snack late at night and late in the afternoon. The day I failed the goal, was of a different kind. This night was just a cosy night with my wife, with something nice to drink and some chips as a snack. But nevertheless …
And taking photos everyday … well, I didn’t do that enough. I see pictures all around me, and often I just don’t stop to make them. Sometimes because I’m in a hurry to catch a train, and sometimes because I know my iPhone is simply not capable of taking the picture. I really should carry a better camera … or take the time to find something creative to shoot with something simple as an iPhone camera.
Blog performance
The blog metrics:
- Average daily visitors: 266 (-41)
- Average subscribers: 289 (old feed) + 953 (new feed) = 1242 (+1)
I’m still too busy with a lot of other stuff to really give serious attention to the blog and to promotion, so I guess this kind of development is to be expected. I know what to do, and my active involvement in the A-list blogging club is a constant reminder of that.
The club is open for all new members until Thursday April 15 by the way, and that’s special because it used to be open for ex-bootcamp members only. For $20 a month you get access to material and monthly live video sessions by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits and Mary Jaksch of GoodLife Zen. You’ll also get access to the forums, where a variety of members exchange information and knowledge. It’s a valuable resource, as far as I’m concerned and I recommend it to everyone. I would highly recommend it, even if there wasn’t an affiliate program (I suck at affiliate marketing by the way … )
Anyway, other priorities are taking my time and attention. And they rightly deserve it at this point in time, so the blog is on maintenance mode, instead of on full-blown growth mode 
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You can’t be THAT bad an affiliate, because I put my name on the waitlist. I’d have signed up, if I’d seen this post earlier! :-}
i like the fact that one can become original without doing something extraordinary , thanks a lot for the post:)