Newbies Initiative Task 2: My Goals For The Month Of February

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It has been over a week since I was granted the opportunity to become a beneficiary of the newbies initiative hosted by Hive account@starstrings01. In just one week, this initiative has helped me in ways that only I can admit and even if anyone may see it as little, I still am grateful for it all.

Last week we were given a task to share our experiences and challenges on hive and I had a good time relating mine to everyone here. Today, I'll be writing on the goals I plan to achieve in this month of February as instructed by Hive account@starstrings01.

But firstly, what are goals?
According to Wikipedia, a goal is an idea of the future or desired result that a person or a group of people envision, plan and commit to achieving.

Maybe they forgot to add this, but sometimes goals have deadlines that enable you work faster and better to beat it. And like every other person, I have my own goals too. Both the ones that will run for a short term and the ones that will survive long terms. However, this task will cut across the goals that I plan to achieve on hive in the month of February alone. You can continue reading below -

Goals I Plan To Achieve In February

1. Obtaining a greater Hive power -

At the moment, my current hive power is 178.421 and I have been able to achieve it in the time that I have been on this platform. I remember when I got into hive and constantly ran out of resource credits. It was a terrible time for me but seeing that my hive power refills my resources credits to enable smooth transactions, I would love to earn more. I plan to grow my account to 250HP this February. I am optimistic that this is achievable and with greater benefits such as voting power and curation rewards, I'm sure it's something I would strive towards attaining.

2. Increasing my total number of comments:
I think engagements is one of the major things that makes a platform that accepts blogging interesting. Many people love to see others read their work and tell them what they think about it. I accept constructive criticisms of my work, however, it has been a little low on the receiving end. Thanks to Hive account@brittandjosie who helps and encourages us in the terminal discord to leave healthy comments on posts. Although Hive account@theinkwell has members who support and give great comments on my blog post, it is not enough. But this is me deciding that I would give honest and healthy comments even if I get less.

From the photo above, you can see that I have made about 528 comments in total but I hope to make 600 comments by the end of February. Of course, it should have been more but my school activities leaves me with no time to engage more than that.

3. Ability to present great blog posts:
If there is one thing I admire about some reputable authors on hive, is the way they present their blogs. I know I have mentioned this name a number of time but Hive account@starstrings01 almost never does it wrong. His blog is nicely written with good translations to enable non-english speakers to understand better. His posts are also nicely edited with little or no grammatical errors. To top it all, he has a nice style of formatting his post and all these are part of what I would love to achieve in the remaining days of February. I know it is not easy but if it's the only thing that can attract more genuine followers to my blog then I would key into it.

Wondering How I Intend To Achieve All Of These?
Well, I think it's easy. That is if I really want to work towards it. Of course I want to so I would definitely achieve all of these by dedicating the little time I have. I would give in my efforts to make two posts per day and at least 6 comments until I achieve it all. I would also learn all formatting techniques and improve the quality of my blog.

Lastly, I would say that I have a good understanding of attaining goals and keeping consistency. To me, consistency comes with being fully dedicated to an activity for a long period of time. It's not just about the month of February, but all other months. I have said to myself that if I can combine blogging with preparations for my forthcoming exams, then I would survive in every other month.

Consistency in every aspect, helps one to develop a routine that he/she would get accustomed to and it lies as a habit which you can not stop at an instant. I have heard people say that consistency is the key to success and I totally agree.

I see both terms(goals and consistency) needing each other to come to live because focusing and attaining a desired goal needs consistency and the utilization of resources. I know what I want and I will work towards it until I get an expected end.

Thanks for reading my blog post and have a lovely night.

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