Saturday, January 9, 2010

First things First

Before even starting on the tasks I assigned myself, I set aside some time to browse through the mini-challenges happening this weekend for Bloggiesta. While many of them seemed like it would add even more work and would make completing my to-do list that much harder, one seemed like it was the best place to start this whole weekend. That's probably the reason why Natasha listed it as the first mini-challenge on her starting gate post for Bloggiesta.

I'm talking about Rebecca of The Book Lady's Blog encouraging participants to set blog goals for 2010. I was planning on just keeping the goals in my notebook so I can visit it periodically throughout the year, but Rebecca's right. There IS "nothing quite like publicly committing to something to motivate you to do it."

Without further ado, the goals of Purple Polka in the year 2010:
  • Complete at least one 10 for 2010 post a month.
  • Create graphic headers for regularly featured posts.
  • Sweep through my starred items in my Google Reader once a month and put together links in my notebook for ease of use.
Only three to start, but I don't want to overwhelm myself and then not do any of them. How about you? What are your blogging goals this year? Check out Rebecca's post for inspiration if you don't have a clue as to where to start. It sure helped me!

3 comments:

NatalieSap said...

Hello from a fellow Bloggiesta participant! We seem to share a love for purple (or is it just purple polka that you adore?) and both live in a library world. Looking forward to reading more of your blog in the future! :)

Kristi(e) said...

Well purple is a fantabulous color and should be adored. Surprisingly it's not my favorite color. My favorite color is green and purple (yes I've decided that the combo is actually one color), followed by green THEN purple.

I'm going to head on over to your blog now!

Anonymous said...

Hello, fellow Kristi(e)! I'm always thrilled to meet people who spell their name the same as mine - I don't run into them that often. (Out of curiosity, do you always write your name with the 'e' in parentheses?) Thanks for your kind words on my blog - my previous blog was one I kept during library school, mostly as a way to keep my family updated on my doings. So I'm sort of starting off into new territory with this one, but I'm looking forward to it!