Comments on: 2008 Year In Review / 2009 Goals http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/ Erica Douglass, "temporarily retired" after selling a successful business at age 26, writes thought-provoking blog entries challenging you to change your life and daring you to become more successful. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:30:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Life to fullest http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-2342 Life to fullest Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:54:03 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-2342 Intimately, the post is really the freshest on this noteworthy topic. I fit in with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your next updates. Just saying thanks will not just be sufficient, for the fantasti c clarity in your writing. I will right away grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Gratifying work and much success in your business enterprise! Intimately, the post is really the freshest on this noteworthy topic. I fit in with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your next updates. Just saying thanks will not just be sufficient, for the fantasti c clarity in your writing. I will right away grab your rss feed to stay informed of any updates. Gratifying work and much success in your business enterprise!

]]> By: Bart http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1549 Bart Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:38:00 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1549 $10,000 a month writing? Are you Truman Capote? That's so great, thanks for the best laugh I've had in months. Unless you're a name brand writer, with a big assignment from Vanity Fair, that figure is a joke. You need to brush up those pitching skills if you're going to clear ever $2000. $10,000 a month writing? Are you Truman Capote? That’s so great, thanks for the best laugh I’ve had in months. Unless you’re a name brand writer, with a big assignment from Vanity Fair, that figure is a joke. You need to brush up those pitching skills if you’re going to clear ever $2000.

]]> By: Miserere http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1545 Miserere Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:45:20 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1545 I started a blog (soon to be a website) for photographers interested in photography (not equipment) in December and I recently posted my 10 New Year's Resolutions. It's an important motivational tool to have them written in the public domain, but maybe it's even more important to have actually sat down and written them thanks to the forced (OK, maybe "induced") thinking that needs to be done in order to identify your goals. The brain tends to only think if it *really* has to. But I've found that even more important than those goals are the paths that lead to them. The goals must be clear, but the steps you need to take in order to be successful must be even clearer. My goals for 2009 are to become a better photographer and grow my blog/website; to this end I wrote 10 resolutions: http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/10-new-years-resolutionsfor-photography/ Keep up the great work, Erica. I only recently found your blog but I know I will enjoy reading it through 2009. Cheers, --M. I started a blog (soon to be a website) for photographers interested in photography (not equipment) in December and I recently posted my 10 New Year’s Resolutions. It’s an important motivational tool to have them written in the public domain, but maybe it’s even more important to have actually sat down and written them thanks to the forced (OK, maybe “induced”) thinking that needs to be done in order to identify your goals. The brain tends to only think if it *really* has to.

But I’ve found that even more important than those goals are the paths that lead to them. The goals must be clear, but the steps you need to take in order to be successful must be even clearer. My goals for 2009 are to become a better photographer and grow my blog/website; to this end I wrote 10 resolutions:

http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/10-new-years-resolutionsfor-photography/

Keep up the great work, Erica. I only recently found your blog but I know I will enjoy reading it through 2009.

Cheers,

–M.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Mitch Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:14:25 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1546 It's often hard to hit ones goals because, well, life and reality just gets in the way. Trust me, I know, as I only hit one of my goals from last year, and even that goal wasn't the way I had expected it to go. This year I have 15 diverse goals; I hope to hit at least 5 of them. It’s often hard to hit ones goals because, well, life and reality just gets in the way. Trust me, I know, as I only hit one of my goals from last year, and even that goal wasn’t the way I had expected it to go.

This year I have 15 diverse goals; I hope to hit at least 5 of them.

]]> By: Bobs Your Uncle http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1547 Bobs Your Uncle Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:40:11 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1547 Hey, I just wanna say great job for setting the $10k goal, most people don't even set such a goal and never get anywhere, but you set it and now you're making an extra $2k/month than you would've been making otherwise. Great job, and I'm sure that this year, or the next, you will make this goal. It may take longer than one expects to achieve a goal, but as long as you remain persistent on it, it will happen! Well done Hey, I just wanna say great job for setting the $10k goal, most people don’t even set such a goal and never get anywhere, but you set it and now you’re making an extra $2k/month than you would’ve been making otherwise. Great job, and I’m sure that this year, or the next, you will make this goal. It may take longer than one expects to achieve a goal, but as long as you remain persistent on it, it will happen!

Well done

]]> By: Jane http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1548 Jane Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:05:20 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1548 Really like the idea of office space renting. How trying it in the OC? :-) Welcome to Southern California! Really like the idea of office space renting. How trying it in the OC? :-) Welcome to Southern California!

]]> By: Hertanto Lie http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Hertanto Lie Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:43 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1556 San Diego!!! Nice!!! Excited to see someone whose blog I read decides to move to my city. :) Go Chargers! San Diego!!! Nice!!! Excited to see someone whose blog I read decides to move to my city. :) Go Chargers!

]]> By: Debbie R http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Debbie R Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:53:21 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1554 Erica - Thanks so much for being so real & honest in your assessment of your 2008 goals. I received so many e-mails & blogs that tell me what great year it was & how they won a Nobel Prize as one of their minor achievements. You're a REAL person - just like me - and therefore inspiring! Erica – Thanks so much for being so real & honest in your assessment of your 2008 goals. I received so many e-mails & blogs that tell me what great year it was & how they won a Nobel Prize as one of their minor achievements.
You’re a REAL person – just like me – and therefore inspiring!

]]> By: Dan Massicotte http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1555 Dan Massicotte Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:43:16 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1555 Hey Erica! Somehow reading your goals were more interesting than the hundreds of other blogs that posted theirs. As for writing every day on your blog, you'll want to read some of the articles that CopyBlogger has on writer's block. Blog commenting is also a great way to help with that too. Eventually you'll get to the point of being able to hammer out short articles in about 10 minutes, and then go back and edit/clean-up, etc. afterwards. Good luck! Hey Erica! Somehow reading your goals were more interesting than the hundreds of other blogs that posted theirs.

As for writing every day on your blog, you’ll want to read some of the articles that CopyBlogger has on writer’s block. Blog commenting is also a great way to help with that too.

Eventually you’ll get to the point of being able to hammer out short articles in about 10 minutes, and then go back and edit/clean-up, etc. afterwards.

Good luck!

]]> By: Matt | Small Biz Bee http://www.erica.biz/2009/2008-year-in-review-2009-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-1553 Matt | Small Biz Bee Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:25:36 +0000 http://www.erica.biz/?p=608#comment-1553 When it comes to growing your readership and subscribers I've found having a consistent posting schedule to be most important. Not necessarily the frequency, but the consistency of whatever schedule you choose. Helps the readership stabilize, and your fluctuations will be less. Best of luck with your goals in 2009! Matt When it comes to growing your readership and subscribers I’ve found having a consistent posting schedule to be most important. Not necessarily the frequency, but the consistency of whatever schedule you choose. Helps the readership stabilize, and your fluctuations will be less.

Best of luck with your goals in 2009!
Matt

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