NEWBIES INITIATIVE TASK 1: MY HIVE GOALS AND PLANS IN ACHIEVING THEM

It does not matter how long it takes to reach the goal. With persistent focus, commitment and enthusiasm, you will make it a reality- Lailah Gifty Akita-

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Thankful to @starstrings01 for being so kind and for introducing me to the second edition of the newbies initiative program. Also appreciate the best team leader @nkemakonam89 for being really patient and understanding, ensuring that I’m always on my toes, taking out time to explain in details and just being really nice. It’s my duty to make you and myself proud at the end of this initiative😁.

It’s our first task which is about hive goals. I want to be as explanatory and clear as possible about my goals on hive and how I plan on achieving them.

I wont say I’m goal oriented as I’ve struggled with staying focus for the most part of my life but it’s something I’d want to do better in as regards to hive.

• WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF SETTINGS GOALS
It’s dangerous to just live each day as it comes without a vision or plan.

Having goals help direct and shape one’s life. Setting goals helps you stay motivated, accountable and focused.

It helps prioritize and identify the important things in an individual’s life and filter the unnecessary distractions.

Setting goals also prevents setbacks and in the end, result to success and satisfaction.
Goals are dreams with deadlines- Diana Scharf


• MY HIVE GOALS
To be honest, when I joined hive I didn’t really have goals for the first few weeks because I just wanted to have fun. Later on, I saw it was way more than that and I had to sit up if I wanted to make an impact and also be noticed. This has been a constant struggle because like I said earlier, I’m not a goal oriented person.
Now, I know I have to do better

Hive Power: Honestly, I don’t really know much about this but I currently have an Hp of 243.970. To my understanding, I believe the higher your hp the higher your status on hive and the amount your blog has contributed to the blockchain . I plan to have 350hp at the end of this initiative.

Followers: Currently, I have 33 followers and my goal is have at least 100 followers at the end of 7 weeks. Having a lot of followers is a proof of quality interaction and a known status and I plan to be more interactive and engaging moving on.

Hive comments and Reputation:
I currently have 195 total comments which is very very poor. It shows I’ve not been as engaging as I ought to and at the end of 7 weeks, I want to have at least a total 800 comments.

For my reputation, I’m currently at 61 and I want to get to a reputation of 68 at the end of this initiative.

My goal is also to not limit myself to few communities. To be versatile and contribute to as many communities as possible in my own little way.


•STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE MY GOALS
I plan to work on my engagement. Relate with individuals, make friends of different communities and make quality comments on their post’s daily . I’ll make a conscious effort to be more engaging daily as I shy away from this every-time. I’ll also make a conscious effort to vote on posts and increase my hp.

I plan to be consistent and not be on and off. I plan to also increase my activity. For my reputation, i want to get more upvotes to boost and because of this, I’d be focused on getting more visibility from people in other communities. By doing this, I’d actively post quality contents so I can get noticed for upvotes.

For followers, i plan to follow anyone that engages on my posts and by so doing, they follow me back. I’d also be engaging by leaving good comments on posts so when I follow, they can follow me back as well. Hopefully I’d get my desired amount of followers. I’d also try to be as friendly as possible.

For versatility, I’d spend more time going round communities, checking what they’re about and taking note of how I can contribute in that community and then make quality posts there too.

HINDRANCES TO ACHIEVING MY GOALS
Procrastination/ Inconsistency: it’s a personal struggle and I hope things change this time. I get easily distracted and it leads to me being inconsistent in whatever I do unless I’m under any form of pressure. Most times, I forget that there’s work to be done and I tend to procrastinate hence my late entry. It’s also as a result of me being in my comfort zone for too long. I don’t want to make excuses but when you’re used to not doing anything for long, you tend to get too comfortable and it has its consequences in the long run. I didn’t think I’d come this far on hive because of this struggle but I can say I’m not doing bad but I can and will definitely do even better.

• The comfort zone is the greatest enemy of courage and confidence- Brian Tracy

Hectic School Activities: This isn’t the major hindrance but I’d say it’s part. I’m currently studying History and it’s a bulky course that requires more than the usual time and hours of studying. Also, having being out of school for over 8 months and now returning, academic activities/calendars will be rushed by the school and we’ll have little or no time for ourselves or personal activities. I should be able to balance reading and hive hopefully.

CONCLUSION
I’m thankful for the initiative and I’m sure that this would make me focus. This would also help in solving my major hindrance which is procrastination.
I know and I’m certain that at the end of this initiative, I’d achieve my goals and have a better blog on the blockchain.

Kudos and Thank you to the organizers!