Happy New Year!

I had this whole big post all planned out for today, but after letting it simmer overnight it just didn’t feel right, so it’s on the back burner percolating away until I figure out what’s missing.

Instead, I want to wish you a very happy and most prosperous 2011!

Did you make any resolutions or set any goals for the coming year?

I don’t do resolutions any more, but I do write out a list of everything I want to accomplish over the course of the year. I spent most of yesterday doing this and when I was done, the list was 4 pages long!

I won’t bore you with all the details; a lot of it is really personal stuff, and I’m still struggling with the whole idea of sharing my whole life online. What I will say is that in addition to the standard business, money and get healthy type stuff, I was really surprised at how many travel items are on my list for this year. I’ve never been much of a traveler, but according to my list I’m going to be doing a lot of cross-Canada trips this year if I’m going to achieve everything I set out to do.

In terms of bloggiing, my goal is to be more consistent and disciplined. I have set myself a goal to do 200 posts on each of the main blogs, starting today. If I can do more than that I will, but 200 is the minimum I want on each site. I’ve also got a schedule set up for writing and posting, and will be working very hard at keeping to that schedule. (Me and schedules don’t get along very well, so this will be an adventure.) My ultimate writing goal is still to reach 10,000 words a day.

For my business I’m in the second year of a five year plan. That means more info-products, more niche sites, and a renewed focus on newsletter publishing. I have been really lazy over the last couple of years when it comes to getting newsletters done and that has to change. I’ll be posting more about my business goals and progress throughout the year on The Introverted Marketer.

Fitness is the biggie for me this year. Since I starting going to the wellness centre several days a week I have been feeling so much better. I’m restarting my goal of competing in a sprint triathlon and completing it this summer. I had planned on this for last year, but at the time my heart was not in any shape to be put through that. I’ve started a new blog at I AM Getting Fit.com to keep track of my training, weight loss, and other fitness topics.

So what can you expect from me in 2011?

The main sites I’ll be writing on are:

So that’s my look ahead in a nutshell. And now that my short little post has turned into a ramble, I’ll shut up except to wish you a very happy New Year! May all your dreams and goals become reality.

Thanks for being here!

PS — I’m giving away my 25 Tips To Finding Passion In Your Life at the New Years 2011 Giveaway. C’mon over and join in the fun!

Related posts:

1. Starting My New Year Right
2. New Year’s Skywatch
3. Workouts, Screwups, and Being Happy

(or… why I’ve been so quiet lately)

You may have noticed that I’ve been a little quiet for the past few weeks. For once, it’s not because I went into hermit mode. In fact, it’s just the opposite… I’ve been getting my virtual face out in front of the internet marketing crowd again.

It’s all Napoleon Hill’s fault too! I haven’t even progressed beyond Chapter Two in Think and Grow Rich yet because I was so fired up to get doing that I just dove right in. I’m really hoping to continue reading this week though… I have a feeling if two chapters can do this to me, it’s gonna be amazing what happens when I get further into the book. :)

So what have I been up to, you ask? Or maybe you don’t, but it’s my blog so I’m gonna tell you anyways. :)

Well, I’ve been jumpstarting the Ritchie Media brand again. To celebrate my birthday I set up a giveaway where for 30 days I’m giving away a PLR package every day. And because I didn’t want to just send out a boring old link every day, I set it all up on a blog where I write tips on using PLR as well. We’re up to day 21 now and lemme just say being disciplined enough to write a blog post every day is hard work! I now see why it’s such a big deal to actually complete a whole month over at NaBloPoMo. (I’ve tried it on my self improvement blog and never made it past the first few days.)

In addition to the giveaway on my own site, I’m playing in the JV giveaways again as well. I joined the PLR Giveaway put on by Leon Klepfish because it fit with what I’m doing on my own site, and so far I’m pretty pleased with the results. There’s a lot of pros and cons to dealing with giveaways and I’ve been pretty leery of them in the past.

I also started a new system for getting things done. It really bugs me that I didn’t meet my goals for the year so far. So from now until the end of this year I am being really focused on the big prize(s) and I am determined to meet at least one, if not all of the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I know that it’s probably unrealistic of me to think I can accomplish everything I wanted for a whole year in just 4 months, but hey I’m the queen of unrealistic goals. And I’m firmly subscribed to the theory of go big, or go home.

One thing I’ve noticed throughout the last couple of weeks is that when I get really focused on a project, I forget to talk to people. I haven’t tweeted much until this morning, and I haven’t been to facebook in who-knows-how-long. Another thing I haven’t done much lately is visit my friends’ blogs. It’s like being “in the zone” and everything else but the pen and paper ceases to exist. I kinda like it because it means I get things done, but I also know now why I don’t have many physical friends around here.

I need to work on balancing work with the rest of my life. I haven’t even been out taking pictures in about two weeks now. I managed to get a few shots at the driving range last weekend, but that’s it since my long Sunday hike about three weekends ago.

I’ve noticed a few other things too, but I’ll save them for future posts since this one is getting too long as it is. :) But I do promise that it won’t be another three weeks between posts. :)

Have a great day!

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