This is my fourth time making the 1000-post milestone. I make these posts to track my progress after every 1000 posts I make! Remember, by 'post' I mean engagement. It's just called 'posts' in the profile area. So don't get confused that it's 4000+ blog posts :D
So, I can definitely say that I am learning new things every single day. Whether that's from someone telling me something I didn't already know, to being reminded of something interesting, to learning from personal experiences.. It's a constant learning process. I love it!
I think the main lesson I have been seriously reminded of in these last 1000 posts would definitely be the power of consistency! To just make a decision to do something, and carry that decision out all the way!
So for me, I set daily and weekly goals specifically targeted at engaging. Originally in my first week here on Steemit, I set a daily engagement goal of 70+ posts per day. I was able to maintain that, however a big thing I originally learnt was the benefit of time efficiency. I was spending hours initially in front of the PC, convincing myself I was working, yet half the time I was simply being static (Wasn't doing anything productive).
In my third week here, I decided to raise that daily goal to 100 engagements per day. I was also able to maintain that after teaching myself to really focus in the times when I had to work.
In the last 2 weeks, I have had a day or two when I did even 200 posts in a day! This is a result of just focusing on the task at-hand, and just doing. So, how does this relate to the original lesson, being consistent?
Well, I have been able to do 200 posts in a day, yet other days I have done as little as 10 posts.. Especially in the last week. I feel I have really been losing momentum. This is due to being inconsistent. Reason it's such an important aspect, is because if you calculate my daily average of my last 1000 posts, it was over a 12-day span. That only averages to about 80 posts per day.
This teaches me two lessons.
If I had just been more focused on the days when I did almost nothing, I would've seriously boosted progress.
Maybe sometimes setting your goals too high can be less beneficial than you think. If you set your goals too high to consistently reach, on the days when you don't reach them, it might demotivate you. That's exactly what happened to me.
Just my point of view!
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My previous motivational post:
āŗMy biggest insecurity: My blind eye.. Part 2
My previous Shout-Out Saturday post:
š² Shout-Out Saturday: @longfield98! Beast in the making!
My previous Send-Back Sunday:
ā“ļøSend-Back Sunday: Creating the best odds for yourself to win!
My previous image-gallery post:
š½Anime gallery: Berserk (Part 2)
My previous milestone:
š My first 30 days on Steemit! Over 3000+ posts!
My main Instagram account is currently at 36.4K+ Followers.
