Who determines the status of success for a blog? I would suggest that the owner of the blog does based on the purpose for the blog. What do others say? Some say a blog is successful based on the amount of income a blog generates, but what if that isn’t the purpose of the blog? To make money with blogging, it seems like you have to promote products and/or allow advertisements (and have thousands of followers). Then people have to “click” the link and purchase something in order to receive income. The blogger should also disclose on the blog the possibility of making a commission…
Year: 2020
What To Do On An Artist Date
In “My Goals for the Year 2020”, I listed working through The Artist’s Way as both a personal and professional goal. One of the requirements outlined in the book is to have an “artist date” every week. What is an artist date? According to the book, “an artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. In its most primary form, the artist date is an excursion, a play date that you preplan and defend against all interlopers. You do not take anyone on this artist date but you and…
Young Adult Fiction – January
I decided to read a young adult fiction book for my first read of 2020. When I post about books, I am not really giving a review of the books (that is much more involved). I am just sharing my reading experience with you and my overall thoughts on the book. Book title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Date Read: January 2-6, 2020 Type of Book: Young Adult Fiction Publication Date: May 2014 Publisher: Dell Publishing Awards (as noted on Goodreads): Georgia Peach Book Award (2015), Pennsylvania Young Readers’ Choice Award Nominee for Young Adults (2016), Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2016), Milwaukee…
My Goals for the Year 2020
Each year I set goals for myself. Some would call them resolutions, but the statistical stigma associated with failed resolutions makes me want to avoid that term. For many years, I have set both personal and professional. Once I have the goal established, I will outline steps I should take to reach that goal. A lot of times I do it informally. Last year in my planner, I had a page every month where I divided it into 4 sections. Within each section I had a goal for the year. Then I drew web diagrams of what I needed to do in relation to reaching…