Goals. We all have them, or at least most of us do. And when I wrote my last entry I really didn't expect that there would be so much interest about my goal blog. What a surprise! I will try to respond to your comments and questions to the best of my ability:
Jacqui asked, "So what type of updates are you doing? Completed goals? Progress reports? Would it be more like a journal?"
Excellent questions. Yeah, I think it's kind of like a journal. It's a place to log my progress for each goal. Mostly I just wanted to get the goals in front of me as a daily (or almost daily) reminder.
Beth asked, "I also like your idea of the private blog. How would one go about setting up something like what you've done?"
I subscribe to Typepad. There used to be a function available for creating new blogs. I initially created three blogs: the original blog, my knitting blog, and a fitness blog. I converted the fitness blog to a goal blog instead and set it up, through Typepad's configuration settings, so that it is password protected and private. We seem to have lost this functionality (for creating new blogs) during the latest upgrade--or maybe they decided three blogs is enough for any given blogger. I do not disagree.
Update: The downside to having more than one Typepad blog, is that it's very easy to post the wrong entry to the wrong blog. I learned this the hard way earlier today. If you subscribe to Bloglines, you probably know what I'm talking about. Sorry.
I found the following information on Blogger:
"How can I password protect my blog?
We do not currently offer a password protection service for Blog*Spot blogs. However, if you host your blog on your own server you may be able to do this, since many hosting providers include this service. Check with your system administator for information on how to set it up."
Hope this helps.
Gina commented, "I must remember that answer when I'm at a job interview."
Hah! Your comment threw me for a second because I really wasn't talking about those kind of goals. There are goals and then there are goals. And, no, while I still think there's something to say for acting on your goals instead of merely speaking of them, I wouldn't try that one at a job interview. Of course, my answer for a job interview only involves my career goals.
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