Establishing Goals

The general advice given to people who are starting something new is to set goals for yourself. These goals should be achievable and allow you to grow. Since I am new to blogging and creating my own website, I want to take the time to lay out my goals.

First on my list was to actually create a website to host my blogs. Check.

Second, write the first post. Check.

Now what?

Unless someone actually reads this post, I will feel like a crazy person for writing conversationally to myself. So, Goal 3, engage an audience. First, I want people to actually visit my site, then I can start establishing a loyal community.

I have seen so many videos and articles talking about setting up Search Engine Optimization (SEO). I will look into setting this up once the content of my website is more flushed out.

I can also advertise on social media but, again, I am waiting to have more established content. I’m also not too keen on social media anymore because I feel there is too much pressure surrounding it. This blog is meant to be my own safe haven from popular culture.

Goal 4: develop content to include on website. Technically, this should be higher on the goal list, but I am free-writing this post and this is the order in which it has entered my mind. Welcome to my brain.

I want this website to encompass my variety of interests and hopefully build a community of like-minded people. For me, this means sharing my creative writing, sharing my podcast “Fall Asleep to Science“, posting my favorite cooking/baking recipes, developing my own monthly science newspaper for subscribers that hopefully join my community in the future, getting back into arts and crafts and sharing my creations, etc.

I feel like I should create a fifth goal, but I honestly cannot think of one at the moment. Really and truly, I just want to share my creative brain with people in a pressure-free way. Having this website as the containment hub for all my activities seems like a great way to do that.

That’s all I want to say for now.

Be sure to check out my podcast “Fall Asleep to Science” if you haven’t already. It is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. Also, feel free to leave a comment if you enjoyed it or have any suggestions for future posts.

Feel free to share your own goals for something new you are trying. Let’s get this community going!

Thanks for reading!

-TJ