Smashing My Blog Goals and Setting New Ones

I have so much to say thank you to all of you for. Every year I set goals for my blog in how I want to do things and yes, even the dreaded numbers. Despite a computer crash in September and being only able to post using my phone and tablet I kept going. Lots of setbacks in photo quality and number of photos but I am trying to power through until I can purchase a new computer.

Despite all that was working against me I have to say thank you to each and every one who visited my blog, commented, or gave me a like. All the goals I set for myself this year were completed by November – except for my reach goal which will have to wait until I get a new computer.

My goals for 2018 are to continue to work on my photography the best that I can, increase number of views, and to post at least 6 days per week. I used to have a routine every morning and what used to take me 30 minutes to an hour to complete can now take me 2 to 3 hours typing on my phone. I am going to try to fix that in the coming year but for now will continue to do my best. More Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook posts ahead.

Do you set goals for your blogging? What are they? Do you check your goals during the year? Maybe we can work on this together whatever our goals are.

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32 Comments Add yours

  1. Well done on hitting your targets, good luck with posting 6 times a week! X

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you! I hit it about 50% of the time now but really want to improve that.

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  2. ohiocook says:

    CONGRATS and a Happy 2018 to you and your family!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you! Same to you!

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  3. Erika Kind says:

    Good luck on that! But don’t set yourself too much under pressure… which is my goal meanwhile!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Love it! I am setting goals but also mindful family and life come before blog. 😉

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      1. Erika Kind says:

        Sometimes it is such a challenge… lol!

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  4. foodzesty says:

    Good Luck and I would like to wish you and your family a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so much!! Same to you and yours!

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  5. Good luck! Happy New Year 🎆

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you! Happy New Year to you too!

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  6. mistimaan says:

    Best of luck for new year 🙂

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  7. No I would never set goals for blogging, it would make it a chore. As for statistics, they don’t mean a thing to me. I blog for me -Goodness I am shallow. 🙂

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  8. Congratulations on 2017 goals
    My tower fatally crashed on my desk top
    My lap top felt left out so it has stopped working – had it looked at – sadly it is also fatal
    Looked at pros/cons of new desk top or an upscaled lap top
    Went with the lap top
    Can’t wait to work with it
    New blog !
    New lap top !
    Look out 2018 !

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Sounds amazing! We are looking to buy one today or tomorrow to put on this year’s taxes. Taking advantage while we still can!

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  9. Well Done! 🌟✨💫

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so very much! Happy New Year to you!

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  10. Good luck and all the best for 2018!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you!

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  11. Great! Hope you have a wonderful 2018! Happy new year!

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you so much! Same to you and yours!

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  12. Congratulations! I can’t even think of that much to blog about.

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thanks. It is hard some days but since I blog about what we eat (and these kids want to eat every day!) I have good built in blogging ideas.

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  13. Arielle Joy says:

    My biggest blogging goal this year was moving to self-hosting with SiteGround. I finally made the plunge and am working on revamping and updating my blog! I’m following you on bloglovin now since I don’t have a wordpress.com feed on my homepage anymore 🙂

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Thank you! I will look for you there! Are you happy you moved? Been thinking of taking the leap but so afraid I’ll message everything up.

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      1. Arielle Joy says:

        In terms of the look and feel of my blog I’m 100% over the moon happy. In terms of getting used to the admin portal through Site Ground to wordpress.org I’m still getting used to it. Site Ground merged my content over so I didn’t lose any content, media, posts or pages, but I lost updates such as my menu layout. It’s also a little confusing since I can still access my wordpress.com login and that’s the only place I can see the wordpress posts from the blogs I follow. Hopefully once i get used to the admin site I’ll be golden. In the meantime, I couldn’t be happier with how pretty my blog is now!

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        1. koolaidmoms says:

          It does look lovely!

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  14. You’re doing great! I would have been so discouraged if I had to deal with a crash at any time. My goal is just to do a post whenever I can between writing and publishing books. And to try to visit as many of my blogger friend’s sites as often as I can.

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    1. koolaidmoms says:

      Those are great goals! We do what we can. And you publish books!

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      1. I have to get a move on. Starting this whole book thing at 65 means I have to get into high gear. You youngsters have lots of time.

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        1. koolaidmoms says:

          Lol! Thanks, I certainly don’t feel young but I’ll take it!

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