Journal of the Path #24 - Goals, Aspirations, Plans - Chart Your Course Challenge

I am Zak Ludick and this is my journal... and I got nominated by @anikekirsten to do the Chart Your Course Challenge. So I am going to work this into my regular post right here.

As anyone will already know if they bother reading my Journal will already know is that I like keeping track of my progress and have short term and long term goals. This challenge just highlights certain aspects and asks certain questions about my goals. So why not respond and add them to the general mix?

So this is the detail of the chart your course:

I was nominated by @anikekirsten to do the Chart Your Course Challenge. This challenge was started by @dreemsteem who runs the Treasure Hunt in PYPT (Pimp Your Post Thursday) over on the Steemit Ramble Discord server.

The challenge asks you to complete 7 steps in a post. This is what it asks:

1. What is your Steemit goal? (In one sentence, make it as specific and as measurable as possible)
2. Prioritize these three aspects of Steemit for you: Posting, Curating, Commenting
3. Name up to 5 groups/communities that help you to achieve your goal.
4. Name at least one measurable future goal for: 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months.
5. And because everything should end on a sweet note... name your favorite dessert!
6. Challenge 3-5 people to chart their course!
7. Use the #chartyourcourse tag

And here they are:

1. What is your Steemit goal?

To write my fiction and other articles and generate an additional income.

Would we not all want to become Steemit millionaires? Of course everyone wants to earn better and live better. In doing so, I would be putting forth what I love - my writing.

2. Prioritize these three aspects of Steemit

Posting is key. Without writing posts my account would become quiet and useless. Every day when I get home from work I sit down with the intention of posting. Commenting and then Curating both come simultaneously from there. You need to reciprocate all the love and attention people give you. So commenting, replying on comments, checking out the other people's work and giving them upvotes are all part and parcel of the Steemit experience.
Let's look at the Journal stats...

3. Name up to 5 groups/communities that help you to achieve your goal.

I would like to thank the following:

1. @teamsouthafrica - a Discord group of South Africans. Active bunch of people that have a curation tail and an active upvoting community.
2. @thewritersblock - a Discord group of writers. A collection of people I can chat with about writing.
3. @isleofwrite - another Discord writing group. Some of the same and some different faces.
4. PAL/MSP - the home of the minnow's in all their glory and thousands
5. SteemSchool - A Discord group put together by @valourforfreedom.

4. Name at least one measurable future goal for: 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months.

Jeez... OK... I usually just work at them until I get them. Sometimes I get things done quicker and sometimes slower. The important thing is that I am always working on it and if I am positively working on it the luckier I get and the easier I get. But let me try putting some stuff down:

1 month from now: To have 150SP - That's +50% of what I currently have. Only way to get this is to become very active!
3 months from now: To be posting at least 2 different series simultaneously on Steemit.
6 months from now: To have unlocked the slider (500SP) and beyond by this point. I believe that my writing is good enough to achieve this and others have told me the same. I should keep at it then until the success becomes a by-product.
12 months from now: To earn a considerable additional income or even potential replacement income to my household.

5. Name your favorite dessert!

Everything... but really... if I had to choose something right now to have then it will be Caramel-mint fridge cake.

6. Challenge others

@therneau
@breezin
@braaiboy
@shadowolfdg

7. Tag is in place!

Right... so now onward to my regular stats!

My Statistics

My account is now 89 days old (Established 11/01/2018)
Followers: 213
Authored Posts: 92
Streak days: 10 (Since 02/04/2018)
Comments: 665
Reputation: 49.69
SP: 99.22
Posts per day: 1.43

Steemit Goals

Short Term

Next milestone Followers: 225
Posts: 100
Streak days: Highscore is 18 days. - Getting there...
Next Milestone Comments: 700
Reputation: 50 - nearly there
SP: 100SP... soon...

Begin posting my Journal on a daily basis. - If I post each day from now till Sunday then I think I can take this off and just call it a habit...

Begin posting fiction at least every second day! - More or less getting this done.

Complete 40,000 Words for Camp NaNo. Now currently on 1186/40,000

Long Term

Followers: 300/400/500>>>>1000
Authored Posts: 150/200/250>>>>500
Streak days: 20,30,40>>>>>365!
Comments: 800/900>>>1000
Reputation: 55/60
SP: 150/200/250>>>>500 (Unlock the Slider!)>>>>1,000>>>>10,000>>>More?

Other goals

Exercise and get fit!

My legs are still in their chops from the Hardcorps 22. Lifted and carried a lot of steel on site today. I am happy to say that i was sweating enough to call it exercise.

What did I do to reach my goals? - Journal

I wrote on my NaNo.

I responded to this challenge!

I wrote my journal of course. Never take that for granted. If anything, I have maintained my 10 day writing streak, which is awesome.

Until next time!

Regards
Zak Ludick