Greetings Blog Family,
Another week closes as another begins. Excellent! We got a new slate and opportunity to prove to ourselves and the Blogosphere that we are serious about attain our goals and dreams. Each day gives us an opportunity to lay out desires, courage and ambition on the line to attain our ultimate goals. Let’s get into it.
Last Week
Last week took me by storm. I had some fairly ambition goals in mind to complete, but didn’t respect the fact that there would be tons of close out work in my appraisal business to complete before I go out of town. I am leaving to visit my parents in Michigan for the holidays. I will be gone from Monday to Friday, which I will be returning with just my wife. My children will be spending the break with their Grandparents. They will be in heaven and my wife and I get to enjoy spending time alone with one another.
I can tell you we love our children very much, but look forward to this time as it is our only alone time during the year. We don’t have any babysitters in Chicago, or maybe we don’t want to have any sitters because we love to be in their lives daily. Nevertheless, the wife and I will be having a great time this week doing all the things that are not allowed when the boys are around. LOL.
So last week, I had some pretty ambitious goals that didn’t get done. Let’s just be honest. I didn’t plan very well last week. I was suppose to comment on 15 sites per day for 5 days, but only managed to get this done twice for my niche site. I did do some solid commenting for FT.com, but not my organic site. Also, I was to write 7 articles for that niche site as well. I wrote 2, but one is ranking on the second page of Google already for it’s main keyword, so that isn’t all that bad.
I did order my directory back links for $13.99 and am happy with them. Also, I was able to create the mini-site for Blogosphere Bigshots, but just have to create and add the video presentation I am planning to it. You can view it here, BlogosphereBigshots.com. It is almost ready to go!
This Week
Blog Family, I am just going to take it slow this week as I am going home and will be visiting family and friends during this time. Nevertheless, we have goals to attain and things to accomplish, so I cannot abandon my dream all together.
1) Upgrade Layout on FT.com - That is right. I will be doing some upgrading here on FT.com. I have some ideas that I have been wanting to implement for some time, so I will be doing that. It involves adding some things to the header and reorganizing a little bit.
If you notice, there has been some changes already where I have taken a lot of stuff out of the side bar and moved it to the footer of the site. The footer still needs some work as it looks like I just threw the stuff in there, which I did. So, I will be adjusting that as well in due time.
2) Write 10 niche articles - Although this is a break, I have to have 30 articles to this niche site by January 1, 2009. Therefore, I have to suck it up and make it happen. I have 17 articles now and this will put me very close to finishing it out.
Recently, I started a Chicago Tribune subscription to my house and have been finding some outstanding articles about my niche site in there. So this is going to serve as a great reference to many of the articles that I am going to write. It is amazing that this came into my life at this time, but just as amazing as if you go with your gut feeling how it will lead you to places you need to be. That was great and I am happy that I did it.
3) Post Site Flip – My Father has recently become interested in my site flipping, so I figured that while I am visiting I will build and post a site flip in front of him. He should get a kick out of that and hopefully, I will make some more Christmas money. We will see how that goes, but I am building on a flip niche that I think I discovered a few flips back. We will see.
4) Blog Commenting – I don’t want to put a number on this one because it is going to be tough to get the computer outside of the other goals that I am trying to complete, but have to start back commenting regularly to keep in touch with my Blog Family. Part of our relationship is me coming to your sites and checking you out and adding my input where I can as well. I have been neglecting this aspect of our relationship and want to ensure that I get back to there. I am coming to a blog near you soon.
5) Enjoy Vacation – Alright Blog Family, this is the point of my retreat. To relax a little bit, hang out with the friends I grew up with, and visit my family. I love all of these people and cannot wait to see as many of them as I can. They always get mad at me because they know that I will only be in town for a few days.
I hope you have a great holiday, new years, and everything in between. It is a great time of year where people seem to be at their best. Soak it up, enjoy it, contribute to the jubilation, and have some fun!
You are doing awesome man!
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Freddie;
I hope you do well this week and achieve all that you set out to do and have a great time at your parents and some free nice “alone” time at home with the wife.
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I only have one goal for 2009 – Beat Freddie Taylor at Chess!!!!!
If I don’t speak to you before, I wish The Family Taylor a wonderfuc Christmas!
Cheers
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All the best Freddie !
Hope you’ll succeed with your action plan and goals !
Cheers,
The Moneyac
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Great stuff Taylor! Keep moving man. Life happens, you get busy, we can only plan for so much, sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches.
You’re doing great, the site is looking great and I’m glad to see your putting out a plan of attack. Doing a flip for your dad will be awesome man!
Good stuff Freddie, enjoy the time you have with your wife and I wish you a very nice Christmas!
Keep planning as it seems to keep you going and it looks like that’s what happened last week! I would have to plan a lot more myself and admire the time you put each week into planning…
Enjoy!
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@ Blog Expert – I am getting there, but there is a lot of work to be done. Thanks!
@ Salwa – Thanks for the support. It is Tuesday night and I can tell you that it isn’t looking good. No free time for blogging, but really enjoying family and friends.
@ Nota – Good luck with that goal, but it isn’t likely to come true. Hate to be gloomy this season, but I am just keeping it real with you, Blog Family.
@ Dan – Thanks for the tip. I may have to check that out.
@ Money AC – That is the plan and I am definitely going to go for it!
@ Wealthy – Hey, I know you by another name, but i’m too busy RUUUUNNNNIIINNNNGGGGG to remember!
@ Ben – Thanks, I will enjoy the quiet time with the wife. As for planning, you know I am looking forward to “Goal Setting Sunday: Week 257″ Take a Big Leap!