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Emilie Burke

December 2015 Goals

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Social Media Check In

November: Twitter, 1159; Instagram, 2020; Pinterest, 578; Facebook, 400; Bloglovin, 256 = 4413
Current: Twitter, 1183; Instagram, 2029; Pinterest, 609; Facebook, 480; Bloglovin, 265 = 4566
3.5% growth. Not bad at all, considering everything else we’ve had going on. With minimal effort, we still had organic growth. 

NOVEMBER GOALS

Blog// Take Anna’s Blog Refresh Series seriously. I really enjoyed Anna’s blog refresh series. You too can sign up here.
Blog// Support all your new blogging friends in whatever ways they need- not in how you think they need.
Blog// Try to keep Buffer always topped off. Share more of our blogging friends content. FAIL.

Emilie// Finish Bossypants, The Invisible Front, and Go Set a Watchman (will it ever happen? Who knows?!). FAIL. But I did finish Between the World and Me and it was very good!
Emilie// Take Rana’s tips and write everything down to prioritize my different side projects.
Emilie// Stay on track with my Coursera course. Finished and signed up for the next one!
Emilie// Go on at least one date night with Casey while in GA. Yes, aren’t we good looking?!

 

Everything’s better when I get to share it with you #datenight #peachyandproud

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Laura// No fast food. MIXED RESULTS. I didn’t have none, but I did have much less.
Laura// Write five posts during November. FAIL. 
Laura// To just make it to Thanksgiving break without murdering anyone

 

Onto December..

Blog// 3-5 posts per week
Blog// Take the holidays seriously #weblogforfunnotforwork
Blog// Pin more!

Emilie// Finish Demi’s site
Emilie// Work on Share the Peach
Emilie// Write ShopHack over winter break

Laura// Buy less coffee – because it costs a lot
Laura// Walk more often- try to not use my car one day a week
Laura// Avoid sweets- trying to get back on my health grind

November 2015 Goals

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HOWISITNOVEMBER?WHEREISTIMEGOING?  Actually, today is a big day, but more about that on Monday or Instagram.

First, a recap.

October Goals

Social Media Check In
October: Twitter, 209; Instagram, 2020 (okay, a decrease, but increased interaction); Pinterest, 398; Facebook, 316. = 2948
Current: Twitter, 1159; Instagram, 2245; Pinterest, 578; Facebook, 400. = 4382 + Bloglovin, 256.
148% increase! I’m very pleased!

Blog// Participate in the #BloggerLifeChallenge on Instagram in October. More details here: InstagramFAIL.
Blog// Participate in the #PeriscopewithPurpose on Periscope for October. Follow me here: Periscope. FAIL
Blog// Push out three quality posts per week, purposefully cutting back from five per week we did this month. By committing to less posts, we’re going to committing to only quality posts. FAIL. We cut back too much? Whoops. Still trying to find our happy medium.
Blog// Participate in the Blog Passion Project‘s Pintober Challenge! I am no longer part of the BPP. So, not a failure- just a difference of opinions.

Emilie// Finish Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee and read The Martian by Andy Weir and the still TBA VFA Book Club Book.MIXED RESULTS. I finished The Martian, Modern Romance, and Man’s Search for Meaning, but still reading Go Set a Watchman. Ugh. 
Emilie// Get solidly back into my routine for the whole month- I fell off the wagon when I slipped away to GA last weekend.SUCCESS. But now that I’m away again, I can feel myself slipping. Ugh.
Emilie// Finish the Paperwork for that secret project. MIXED RESULTS. I’m still trying to figure out what this project is going to look like. I’m thinking about focusing on finishing ShopHack before I start anything else, no matter how passionate I might be. 
Emilie// Write at least two guest posts for other bloggers. 

Laura// Eat less junk food – stress eating is a problem. Only once a week. MIXED RESULTS. I’ve done last binge eating and have been trying to stay healthy
Laura// Don’t kill anyone. It’s been a stressful time. Really hoping this one is a success. SUCCESS. Trust me, it wasn’t easy.
Laura// Get all my homework done and at least 6 hours of sleep each night. FAIL.

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NOVEMBER GOALS

Blog// Take Anna’s Blog Refresh Series seriously.
Blog// Support all your new blogging friends in whatever ways they need- not in how you think they need.
Blog// Try to keep Buffer always topped off. Share more of our blogging friends content.

Emilie// Finish Bossypants, The Invisible Front, and Go Set a Watchman (will it ever happen? Who knows?!).
Emilie// Take Rana’s tips and write everything down to prioritize my different side projects.
Emilie// Go on at least one date night with Casey while in GA.
Emilie// Stay on track with my Coursera course.

Laura// No fast food
Laura// Write five posts during November
Laura// To just make it to Thanksgiving break without murdering anyone

October 2015 Goals

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How has the month flown by? Where did it go?!

I’ve officially been living in Baltimore for over a month and working full time for more than a month! In this time, I’ve spoken to Casey twice and have been lucky enough to see my Dad and my sister! It’s certainly been a crazy busy month at work and home and trying to balance everything I’ve got going on, but I also don’t want to lose sight of how lucky I was to be able to have those highlights.

The phrase for the month: Falling in love with fall. All too often we get caught up in the social pressures to do something or in our phones or thinking about what comes next. Let’s take this month to be really, really present and take the time to fall in love with October again.

September Goals

Blog // Grow Social Media. Current Stats: Twitter, 42; Instagram, 2024; Pinterest, 328  SUCCESS. Current Stats: Twitter, 209; Instagram, 2020 (okay, a decrease, but increased interaction); Pinterest, 398.

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