This guest post is by Eugene Yiga of eugeneyiga.com.
"I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavour."
—Henry David Thoreau
It happens every year. We wake up on January 1, and decide that this is the year things will finally change. But a few months later, all the gyms empty out and life goes back to normal. It's the same with our blogs. All our intentions to finally succeed are met with nothing but more of the same. What's up with that?
In this post, I'll cover three reasons your resolutions are doomed to fail (assuming they haven't already) and what you can do to avoid this:
Reason 1: You don't know what you want
The problem here is that most resolutions aren't specific. We say we want to grow our subscriber base or make more money but never actually define what this means. You wouldn't go to a restaurant and say, "I think I want some food. And maybe something to drink. Or whatever." So why do it when setting goals? We need to know exactly what we're working toward. Otherwise we'll keep wandering around aimlessly in the dark.
So what exactly do you want for your blog? Exactly how many subscribers do you want? Exactly how much income would you like to make? Sit down and put some concrete numbers to your goals. What's also essential here is to attach a date. Not having a deadline means no urgency to get things done. Ultimately, if you don't know where you're going or when you want to get there, how can you possibly know you've arrived?
Reason 2: You don't know why you want it
Once you know what you want, you need to figure out why you want it. This is probably the most important part and yet it's one a lot of people skip. As Carl Jung said, "There can be no transforming of darkness into light and of apathy into movement without emotion."
Spend some time figuring out the...
