#damn my inner perfectionistic tendencies

[marierg]

Sorry for the Delay all!

Every time I go back to edit this section I feel like there's a little green grandmaster hanging over my shoulder correcting my grammar:

Yoda: Missed a comma you did

me: yes master

Yoda: Respell that you should as well

Me: (proceededes to bang head on desk) Gaarrarararhhhhhh!!!!

Yoda: Hmmmmm Learn you will young one!

Last chapter of this section of the story coming soon.

[thed4rkhand]

Tarot pick a card

What your future spouse thinks of you?

Read before -

I’ll be including some intuitive stuff, just know that it’s general so not every thing is meant for you, take what resonates.

Since perception is a dynamic concept, ill relate this to what they will think of you the first time they meet you, as in after a proper interaction, not just impression.

Midway this just turned into me calling people out. I apologize

Pick an Emerald and let’s get started.-

Pile 1-

They may think you’re super career focussed, and somewhat stubborn in your approach. I’m getting strong Taurus and Capricorn energy here. You may come off as a little snooty or snobbish to people, even though you’re truly not trying to be. Resting bitch face? You may be a perfectionist, or at least come off as such. They type to say “Well, let me do it for you” kinds. Cancer and Capricorn, maybe virgo vibes. This pile is so earth heavy, you guys might be the kind whose looking for stability and chalk out your plans way in advance, but have an issue with really executing the plan.

You may be someone who is always juggling between a gazillion tasks, and always curious to learn about things. They’ll definitely pick up on these inquisitive qualities of yours, as well as often times being all over the place. You may have your head high up in the clouds too, Sagittarius and Pisces? You definitely dilly-dally a lot, for example, you want a fitter body, but aren’t ready to workout, even if you chalked out a whole schedule to follow the night before. You’re often too lost in your thoughts, and this duality of air and earth is super prominent in your first impression here. Drawn to pile 2? Go there too

Lastly intuitive stuff - you may have a “everything will come to me on its own attitude”/ may own a dog/ be a bit traditional/ fond of wearing hats?/ wacky inventions/ green/ maroon/ cowboys/ horses and guns/margaritas/ short height/ intercut a lot with guys/ indulge in drinking / introvert

Pile 2-

Ooh pile 2, if you felt pulled to pile 3 then check that out too. Now coming onto your reading, you may come off as a bit serious and tired. You may be the kind of person who feels the have the burden of the whole damn world on their shoulders, and have forgotten how to be childish again. Moon in Scorpio? You guys may reminisce a lot about the past, and are extremely self conscious of what others think of you. You display this quite clearly. My fellow escapists, is this you? They’ll see those tendencies in you, how you’re so somber and avoid emotional or psychological intimacy. You try to brush things under the carpet and act as if all is good and fine. Where are my Virgo and Aquarius babies?

They’ll see you going through an upheaval at this point. I also feel like people here don’t have great relationships with their parents? They’ll see you bicker a lot, or just having straight up given up. They can alternately also see you as someone to whom their parent’s approval and opinion means a lot. You may be the mother of the group, always consoling people and helping them, but also you have terribly toxic friends? Capricorn and cancer, also pisces babies here. They’ll see this too. You can be incredibly hard on yourself and very anxious, inner turmoil in your head. However you’ll be very private about such matters. Hang on darlings!

Lastly intuitive stuff- hairbands/marmalade/drinking/blue/scissors/knives/grandparents/huts/ relaxing/ blonde/ construction/ hands/ eyebrows/ crockery/ coffee/ gems/ pictureframes/ self victimization/ home chores/ patriarchy/ feminism

Pile 3-

So your person might think you’re full of potential, though a bit indecisive. You have so many different ideas, but you don’t know where to start, and this often leaves you exhausted and uninspired. You might be somewhat hyper active and impatient, you want results and you want them now. Aries and Gemini babies, please reveal yourselves. You’re highly charismatic, and somewhat impulsive. You may rush into things without a well though out plan. You get deeply engrossed in things, sometimes even obsessive over things. You may be extremely into foreign cultures and learning about them too! Aquarius and Sagittarius babies cmon.

You might put on a happy face and brave through things, but ultimately it’s not you. You may bottle up emotions and at times be vindictive. Read a lot of self help book? Maybe you’re into psychology. You may have very clinical feelings, and find it hard to be empathetic. You be be extremely cynical and try to perfect every task, only as far as it concerns you. With other’s you’re always forgiving. Drawn to pile 4? Are you guys into law? My libra babies? They may think you’re really smart, and have a very objective sense of justice. You may be extremely blunt in your approach, no nonsense kinds too. You may be into debating.

Lastly intuitive stuff- books/ kebabs/ grills/ outdoors/cycles/ cooking/ cleaning/ OCD?/ painting/ fizzy drinks/ daydreamer/ Sean Connery?/ converse/ dungarees/ autumn/ meadows/ all bark no bite/ ankle ache

Pile 4-

Eeesh, so many cards flew out. I think I have my chatty bunch here. They’ll firstly instantly see you as their soulmate, however ludicrous it sounds. Things between you will fall into place. They’ll think you’re far too mature for your age and very philosophical. They’ll think you’re extremely charming. My Libras and Pisces babies here. They think you’re juggling too many commitments, and are a bit all over the place. Do you guys have some health issues here? They may pick up on that too! They may however think you’re a bit stingy and materialistic honestly though. You place too much importance on money and status here. You may enjoy the life of comfort, and like to micromanage everything. My Taurians and Leos come out.

They may think you’re extremely practical and don’t take anyone’s shit, if something is not suiting you, you walk out for good. You are keen at identifying issues like this, but sometimes you don’t know when to stop with your personal endeavors. You get too hung up on the time and money or effort you spent, and keep trying to fix things, even beyond repair. Cancer babies, virgo babies, come out. You may be an extremely competitive person, and sometimes cat impulsively, only to regret it later. You may win fights, but at what cost? You be be moody and hold grudges.

Lastly intuitive stuff- gardening/ sun hats/ flowers/ ropes/blue/ dresses/ lace/ thread and scissors/ dog/ ballet/ dancing/ mischief/ feminine/ gingham checks/ heels/plates/ intuition/ confused/ red car/ planes/Scarfs/ Marylin Monroe?

Anywhoo let me know if you guys enjoyed it or have any other suggestions!!

[flying-elliska]

Hi Ellie!! I hope u dont mind this ask ❤Do u have any advice on how to do stuff on your checklist and not get overwhelmed? I can hardly do one thing out of my to do list and then i get severely depressed for not being able to do anything. i dont think i can function like a human being sometimes. anyway youre so cool ellie!!! i admire you loads!!! - help asked from one adhd struggling teen

HI anon ! I’m sorry for not answering sooner i had a beautiful answer ready and then Tumblr just ate it T_T anyway i don’t mind at all i think it’s awesome that you’re asking me ! this is honestly still something I’ve struggled a lot with. here are a few things that helped me (keep in mind i’m not a professional and this is only my personal, limited point of view) :

- ofc the first thing is to get as much help as you can, there are lots of people out there who can help. Generally talk to people around you about your problems ; often they want to help and just don’t know how : i know the tendency to feel ashamed and keep it in but that’s not good. Some people might be a bit ignorant so maybe keep a few ressources on hand you can send to people to educate them if that’s an issue ; and educate yourself so you feel more secure and legitimate in your opinions. 

- one thing that’s helped me lots is to go on #ADHDtwitter and #Neurodiversesquad because a lot of people on there are actual adults who are sharing both their struggles but also tips on how to actually manage the symptoms and have full and happy, if messy, lives. It’s very inspiring. It helped me a lot to feel understood, less alone and gave me a ton of ideas. Some accounts to start with : @ danidonovan - @ blkgrllostkeys @ ADHD_Alien (her comics are so cute) @ dustyexner plus lots of others

- regarding having trouble doing things, this is definitely a Big Damn Problem for adhd folks. the concept of the emotional Wall of Awful really helped me with this, you can find more about it in this Youtube video by the awesome How To ADHD channel (all her videos are so helpful !! have a look!) basically the idea is that we accumulate emotions linked to certain tasks based on unhappy past emotions that make it a lot harder for us to do things and that building it down takes a lot of time and effort but there are ways to work with/around that. learning to process, connect to and be more mindful of our emotions is a huge task, but it’s often a central one. 

- don’t try too hard to be neurotypical aka ‘normal’. find the solutions that work for YOU. If they’re a bit weird ? Whatever. The point is that it works. You will probably end up having weird routines that make no sense to others but it doesn’t matter as long as it helps you. Be creative and don’t be afraid to think outside the box. I’ll give you an example :  one of the reasons i hate going to bed early is because late at night is when i feel the most free of outside obligations and therefore i don’t want to give that up. So instead what i’ve been trying to do from time to time is a ‘clown hour’ where i basically give myself permission to do whatever the fuck i want (within reason lmao) but in an active way ; basically indulge my rebellious inner 8 yr old. Last time I ended up watching martial arts videos on youtube and practicing kickboxing kicks on the Mulan soundtrack and then put on funeral music and improvised my own eulogy by thinking about what i would like people to say about me after my death. Lmao that sounds completely wack when explained to other people but the point is - stuff like that really helped me reconnect to the idea that my time is mine to do with as i please, not just late at night. Anyway my point is : make it fun, make it a game, try things, experiment. Our brains crave novelty and if they don’t have it and feel burdened by shame, pressure and expectations of course they get depressed and stuck. Give your brain the fuel it needs to work. 

- just accept that sometimes you’re going to be a mess. it’s okay. you can be a bit of a mess and also live a fully, happy, joyous life. our society puts so much pressure on us to have this Perfect Instagram Life where everything is polished to unrealistic standards and gives us the idea that your morals are linked to productivity and if you are not constantly striving to be a Model Consumer Pretty Picture you are a Bad Person and a slob/lazy/unworthy/etc and all of that is...toxic garbage of the highest order that everyone should unlearn but especially us. related to that i would be careful with use of social media, tailor it to only give you content that makes you feel good/intellectually engaged/creative because it’s so easy for us to go into bad comparative spirals.

- tied to that be careful of your own perfectionist drives. it’s veeeeery common for adhd people to want to overcompensate their perceived shortcomings by wanting to be perfect. aka you haven’t done anything in weeks and all of a sudden you have this insane to do list where you expect yourself to turn your entire life around in a week. well, not going to happen. i’ve found it so important to limit myself. for instance what i do now is i forbid myself to put more than 5 items on any todo list. once i’ve cleared items i can add more, but not before. it’s a lot less scary that way. also prioritizing is very important so you don’t get bogged down in details.

- try to be mindful of your own energy. a big tendency of adhd people is to overpromise and underdeliver because we are enthusiastic and we want to please people but we are bad at estimating time/energy it will need. learn more about your own boundaries, what things are hard for you to do (for me, it’s socializing in groups) and what gives you energy (for me it’s writing, reading and walking in the woods) and try to balance that. learn to say no, it’s tough but necessary. So that you have enough left for the tasks you need to do. 

- create an environment that is benevolent and helpful for you in which to work/do things and that generates positive emotions. Get yourself a cute notebook. Put on happy music. Don’t forget to feed yourself. Don’t give into the urge of punishing yourself. You deserve happy good things - not overindulgence as escape - but our brains thrive on short term rewards. Bundle the unpleasant tasks with more stimulating stuff (for instance i always listen to podcasts while cleaning/grocery shopping etc). Create pleasant little routines for yourself (for instance one of the first things i try to do in the morning is do a little drawing of my emotions, it makes me happy, then i have tea and i plan my day.). Put on alarms constantly so you don’t lose track of time, but with a cool song. Find yourself cheerleaders who can encourage you in a positive way. Stuff like the pomodoro technique, timing yourself while doing a task, etc, can really help. Or telling yourself you will do a thing for ten minutes and stop when it’s unbearable, etc. Prioritize joy, pride, affection, desire to help, altruism, love, curiosity, interest and passion as motivators, instead of anxiety, guilt and shame. 

- find ways to build self esteem and confidence in your own skills. it’s often a lack of that that can block you from doing what you need to because you might be afraid of screwing it up. what I did for a while, for instance, is to keep a record of the stuff i did everyday and then extrapolated the skills i displayed from that. another thing you can do is make a list of simple skills you want to learn and find ways to do that, like youtube tutorials, etc. especially when it’s practical stuff and quick to learn, it can really feel so good, and make you more familiar with a sensation of success (and if you fail it can be a fun experiment gone wrong, and self discovery, you don’t have to be good at everything.)

- find ways to challenge yourself. depression happens for adhd people when we let ourself stagnate, isolate ourselves because of shame, and get into this idea that we are subhuman and we don’t deserve good things. that is false. you deserve a happy life. and our brains crave novelty. find your passion and indulge in it, find the things that make your brain come alive (as long as they’re healthy ofc). if you’re not sure what that is, just keep trying. you will find it. but resist the temptation to make your life smaller and smaller. you might mess up but that’s okay. it’s human and it will make for interesting stories later. instead of trying too hard to ‘fix’ yourself, focus on developping your positive sides. it will give you energy, self-respect and draw you forwards like a rocketship. we thrive on passion, not reprimand. 

- anyways : i know how tough it can be. depression is really something i struggle with, too. and doing things remains Hard. but my point is, you are not alone, and you are not broken. chances are you too, like most adhd people i know, are a fun, creative, compassionate person with a heart of gold and so much to give. our main enemy is most often the shame that comes with living in a world that is not adapted to us. but the truth is we are just playing the game of life on a much harder setting than a lot of people, and we don’t even have the manual. of course it’s going to create struggle ! so i think the best thing to do for yourself is cultivate a sense of compassion towards yourself, self acceptance, and humor. 

- as a teen you probably have a limited margin of autonomy to make your lifestyle fit your needs but - there is so much potential for it to get better ! as you grow in self knowledge and ability to make your own choices, you will find the right solutions and your life will get so much better. i have heard so many stories like this. since i got diagnosed, too, my life got a lot better. i won’t lie, it’s a lifelong process. but there is so much possible. give yourself time. you are so young, and you are definitely a human being. being human is struggling with being flawed and vulnerable and imperfect. i know the world can be shit sometimes, you probably got some negative messages - especially from your own brain bc depression definitely lies to you ! but don’t let yourself be guided by ignorance and fear. you deserve better. i bet you’re also super cool. the happier you are, the better off the world will be. so invest in yourself. educate yourself, develop your self knowledge, be kind to yourself, and keep making little steps. you’ll get there. <3

[lizzybeth1986]

There are so many Liam moments in this book. The first chapter in the book Liam asks the attendant how he and his wife are doing. And the attendant is stunned and is happy that a King remembers him. The way Liam reacts to Leona is dignified. Hana and Liam both letting loose in the food fight. All of these great moments are being missed. I'm glad there are still people willing to talk about Liam and Hana. I absolutely love them both. Even Hana is opening up. It's slow but there is some growth.

High five! Looks like we share the same favourite characters. I honestly feel there's a lot more to them that a huge chunk of fandom refuses to see, but that's okay, I know enough people out there who can see the depth in both of them, are more than willing to explore their vibrant inner lives, and who will (better still) create amazing content on them.

I do think that in certain areas there is small improvement in the writing for them. Hana gets those small pockets of opportunities where she can push back (like with Madeleine), where people can stand up for her in moments she can't do so (like with Isabella) and where she is viewed as perfectionist rather than inherently perfect, which is more nuance than Hana has ever been given credit for in the entire series (the Auvernal wine scene) (let's be real her struggles have existed in the books but they never give them the focus they deserved). You see a bit of this for Liam too: his increased confidence in his own decisions (such as the way he pushes back against the demands of the neighbouring countries), his stories of his mother, his tendency to explore the lives of his people incognito, his questions about bringing up his children in a more stable environment, where they know they will have enough emotional support from their parents. Perhaps, if this were a book or two ago, I would have been more grateful for these little moments. It's great that we finally get to have them.

But I'm also someone who is looking through all four playthroughs, every week, noting the differences. And when you look at it from that perspective, a lot of these wonderful little details really do feel like they are missing something.

For every scene where Hana gets to let loose or push back against her former bully, I see her forced to have a permanent medical condition that affects her ability to have children. Just so that they could maneuver the plot to have MC carry the child in her playthrough. Not only that, she is forced to act like it doesn't matter, like the MC's comfort is more important. The MC gets to complain for chapters upon chapters about not getting pregnant yet with no regard for the wife who already received that kind of heartbreaking news not too long ago. Even when Hana stands up to horrible people like Madeleine, she's only allowed to do so for the sake of other people, yet the MC will only bother to "stand up" for Hana when a foreigner insults her, but will stay silent when people from her own court (COUGHOliviaCOUGH) (COUGHMadeleineCOUGH) call the same Hana a failure or bully her.

For every sweet scene about Liam and his idea of family, I end up seeing Drake (yet again) talk about that assassination attempt on Liam more than Liam ever has (because let's be honest, the TRR team will bother to speak about Liam's trauma only if it involves a sob story about Drake's sacrifices). Liam is the King of Cordonia, yet there is nothing I actually get to see of his negotiations with the two neighbouring countries, even though that is a very pivotal part of the plot. My MC is married to him and still has very little idea of what he does on a day to day basis. She gets to see very little of his work (and there is proof in the book of the policies he is pushing for) outside of these meetings and balls, and it's getting a little old now. And I'd actually be okay with this if I hadn't already seen that they'll put in extra time and effort on a character in they really wanted to (COUGHDrakeCOUGH).

Let's not even speak about the way they treated Maxwell - especially last week (not as horrific as Hana, but still extremely shitty). He was essentially written out of his own damn childhood scene!! They literally retconned the entire Beaumont story and switched over Bertrand and Maxwell's roles in it, so that Maxwell would not get to be part of the actual meat of that scene. There were ways Maxwell could have been included and this could have still stayed true to the original story: both boys could have been involved in the conversation, Bertrand could come up with justifications, and this could be a turning point for Maxwell and a possible reason for him to not want to take up responsibilities (because the man who expects so much of him does not exactly fulfill his responsibilities either).

I'm someone who looks at multiple playthroughs, and therefore I keep track of how the story works out for each of them. I know some would say "well you're supposed to enjoy your own playthrough and not break your head over the others" but that's the thing. There's a lot that could just slide under the radar with divergent playthroughs, a lot of disturbing stuff that we won't even take notice of until we actually look at the bigger picture. I know I talk way more about those negatives than I do the positives, but that's because if you don't, a lot of these problematic tropes and devices will continue.

I have hope that there may be further exploration - that the characters I love, the characters who made me love this story, would be done justice if only I'd be patient - but I've learned not to expect anything from this team a long time ago because I've been disappointed way too many times before. I'm sorry I can't fully join you in the joy you experience with these scenes and moments, but know that I love them and enjoy reading them every bit as much as you do 💜

[coppercorn-and-cauldron]

Celeb Myers-Briggs.

So I was scrolling through the book of faces and came across a personality type test post (yes I know even the Myers-Briggs one is bullshit junk psychology) and it got me wondering what various marvel actors personality types would be, just out of academic interest (no other reason (truly)).

*cackles maniacally from her underground lair in an extinct volcano* INTJ here. Since this blog is a little Hiddles heavy, let's start with him for this post.

*Googles. Gets distracted by pretty Hiddles pics. Googles again.*

Looks like most people classify Tom Hiddleston as an INFP (the mediator/healer). "Mediator personalities are true idealists, always looking for the hint of good in even the worst of people and events, searching for ways to make things better. While they may be perceived as calm, reserved, or even shy, Mediators have an inner flame and passion that can truly shine. Comprising just 4% of the population, the risk of feeling misunderstood is unfortunately high for the Mediator personality type – but when they find like-minded people to spend their time with, the harmony they feel will be a fountain of joy and inspiration."

The above was sourced from https://www.16personalities.com/infp-personality

Ok so let's see how that may mirror or juxtapose the character of Loki.

The general consensus seems to be INFJ (the Advocate) albeit an unhealthy presentation of one. It does seem that the weakness of an INFJ accurately represents quite a bit of Loki's personality.

"Advocate Weaknesses:

Sensitive – When someone challenges or criticizes Advocates’ principles or values, they are likely to receive an alarmingly strong response. People with the Advocate personality type are highly vulnerable to criticism and conflict, and questioning their motives is the quickest way to their bad side.

•Extremely Private – Advocates tend to present themselves as the culmination of an idea. This is partly because they believe in this idea, but also because Advocates are extremely private when it comes to their personal lives, using this image to keep themselves from having to truly open up, even to close friends. Trusting a new friend can be even more challenging for Advocates.

•Perfectionistic – Advocates are all but defined by their pursuit of ideas. While this is a wonderful quality in many ways, an ideal situation is not always possible – in politics, in business, in romance – and Advocates too often drop or ignore healthy and productive situations and relationships, always believing there might be a better option down the road.

• Always Need to Have a Cause – Advocates get so caught up in the passion of their pursuits that any of the cumbersome administrative or maintenance work that comes between them and the ideal they see on the horizon is deeply unwelcome. Advocates like to know that they are taking concrete steps towards their goals, and if routine tasks feel like they are getting in the way, or worse yet, there is no goal at all, they will feel restless and disappointed.

Can Burn Out Easily – Their passion, poor patients for routine maintenance, tendency to present themselves as an ideal, and extreme privacy tend to leave Advocates with few options for letting off steam. People with this personality type are likely to exhaust themselves in short order if they don’t find a way to balance their ideals with the realities of day-to-day living."

Source:

https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality

Huh, would you look at that chart. Not surprising at all.

I might do Scarlett Johansson/Natasha next (wait, was that a little Freudian of me?). If my brain remembers I wrote this damn post in the first place. Yay for a whole hour and a half sleep in the last 36 to 48 hours.

[everythingmustgo]

heyO i was wonderin if i could do a tarrot reading and an analysis? if not its fine! but my signs are cancer sun, libra moon, leo rising, mercury cancer, venus virgo, mars leo, jupiter cancer, n saturn gemini! thank u in advance!

hello hello ofc u can !!! my tarot readings r £2 per card used so if u wanna have a look at my tarot page nd pick the spread u want then go for it!!! ill do ya analysis just now !okay so cancer suns r honestly my FAVS like my gf is a cancer nd shes so sweet nd caring, cancer suns want to protect u, theyre very maternal in their loving? very nurturing, they show their love thru looking after u and making sure ur okay. sooooooo emotional, all u water signs r crybabies tbh, ur emotions rly do dictate ur life and ur not in control of them so much as they r in control of u. the kind of ppl that cry from every emotion cuz they feel so deeply. the thing abt cancers tho is even tho theyre loving and caring, theyre always looking out for no. 1. big on self preservation, if they had the option to save u or them, theyd save their damn self no question. if a cancer if upset, anyone elses feelings go out the window. if u nd a cancer r upset, u can bet ur ass the cancer’s feelings come first. this is bc of how strong their feelings r for sure, they just dont have room in them for negative feelings that arent. theres ukno. they need so much emotional support, as caring as they r they struggle a lot with insecurity and need constant reassurance. often the only constant thing in their life is their own emotional turmoil, and they have a tendency to wallow in it and expect others to make it better. this is honestly one of the only bad qualities in cancers imo like I love water signs nd they rly r the most sweet nd caring ppl, they just have Issues nd r fiercely protective of themselves. cancer/libra is a good combo imo!!! libra moons r very diplomatic, have an innate sense of justice and a deep need for peace and harmony. bc this is ur moon sign this would suggest that this is ur strongest desire, this is rly what drives all of ur actions. ur a peacekeeper, u settle arguments nd everyone immediately seems to like u bc of the knack u have to see all sides of an argument. bc of this ur not strongly opinionated, u have principles but ur always open to persuasion and generally look for a balance between two options. big on equality, ur middle ground attitude to arguments can sometimes b mistaken for weakness of opinion but ur driven more by the need for fairness which is v strong in u. bc this is ur moon sign this is the part of u that cannot b suppressed: ppl will always see ur moon sign, nd while u have a certain amount of choice over how much of ur sun sign self u express (ur core personality, often one u grow into nd recognise within urself as u get older), ur moon sign cannot b hidden. ppl will always recognise ur balanced and fair nature, nd honestly for a libra moon this is a great thing bc ppl generally Love libras bc of this !!! they r fair nd will never immediately write off anyones opinions as invalid, somehow finding a way to agree with everyone. plus as an air sign u have great communication skills nd ppl will feel v comfortable talking to u. they have a veeeeeery strong need to b liked tho, which often drives their agreement w everyone. they need a thriving social life and to be in a relationship, most libras feel v lost w/o a partner. theyre romantics at heart, ruled by venus, but also feel they need a strong person in their life to make their decisions for them. this is the libra downfall, they r. wishy washy ppl. sometimes u NEED strong opinions? like even if u desire fairness, nd r immediately uncomfortable when fairness in a situation becomes almost impossible to achieve, there r times when u need to have a strong opinions? the idea of holding an opinion that some people will object to is stressful for a libra. this means ur one of the most indecisive, vague and easily influenced signs and u need to think for urself more!!! libras r all too dependant on others and see the route to peace and inner balance as pleasing everyone, which isnt always the case. u need to take urself and ur own feelings into consideration, be independent. as this is ur moon sign, ur approach to emotions is heavily ruled by ur libra. u keep things to urself as u dont like to distress others w ur emotions or hav them think differently of u bc of it, u see the solution to ur problems as to deal w them urself and problem solve ur way out of it, and while this is a skill of urs and u will most likely come up w good solutions, its not healthy to take it all on urself. I do love libras tbh but. they can b fake as hell w their niceness. u need to let urself open up more nd realise theres more to life than being liked, nd peace can b achieved w/o pleasing everyone, and w doing things for urself. ok ok I rly went to town on ya moon there so ill try nd keep ya rising short, so ur a leo rising which is v different from ur sun nd moon !!! all of ur signs r different elements which suggests ur v well rounded nd have a lot of different aspects to ur personality!!! ur leo rising means that the way u express urself and how others perceive u is far more dramatic than ur sun and moon, honestly u like to b seen as Extra. v focused on ur appearance, sociable and outgoing, loooooves to b the centre of attention. this im thinking is the strongest of ur signs nd fits very well w ur libra and cancer, who hav more vulnerability when it comes to others. leos have a lot of charm and likeability from the confidence they exude, which can likely be a protection for your libra fears of being disliked, and your highly emotional cancer sun. leos are also incredibly loyal and generous, a leo friend will absolutely spoil u and think nothing of spending lots of money on u (theyre v materialistic so often buying things for u is how they express affection). however they do often keep others in their shadow bc they like the attention so much, so its possible that until others get to know u very well, they will feel intimidated by u. u like to express urself dramatically and perhaps as opinionated in an attempt to hide ur libra indecisiveness and dependence on others to make ur decisions, which ur cancer sun will make u feel v insecure abt !!! theres a lot of interlinking insecurity between the signs with u lmao they work well together but theres certainly a lot going on. when ppl meet u, theyll hear abt ur social status and ur charm, but then discover ur sense of fairness and need for peace and equality, as well as ur emotional, nurturing side as they get closer to u.im gonna do a v brief explanation of ur planets if thats okay but if u want more info u can 100% ask for it its okay!!!so bc ur mercury is the same as ur sun sign its likely ur thought process, mental abilities and communication skills r v close to ur core personality and the way u think is an important part of who u r. bc its in cancer its gonna b emotional: ur mentality r hiiiighly emotion driven, and its hard for u not to let ur feelings get in the way of ur thought process and capacity for ideas and planning. ur 100% an overthinker, nd even tho u care for others deeply, ur plans will always result in u reaping the most benefits. ur venus virgo means ur a lover of beauty and a big romantic imo, but also a perfectionist. ur attracted to people u can fix up, which is a big downfall of virgos. they like to fix things, esp ppl, ESP in venus wow. u may notice a pattern of friends nd partners who rely on u to Fix Them, u may notice u r drawn to ppl w Issues bc u want to help them get better. ur a big worrier when it comes to relationships. leo mars wow this is the realm of action and u GO for it. everything u do u do 110% nd u wanna make a big show of it. u wanna b seen as an achiever, someone whos doing great things in life nd lookin hot while doing it. u want appreciation and attention for doing it. p much all of ur actions r to b noticed nd appreciated for what u do, its a big motive. ur in it for u. jupiter jupiter realm o wisdom nd knowledge, cancer again so id reckon important to u. mercury nd jupiter often go hand in hand so its fitting they r the same. again, emotional, again, caring, again, selfish. u have a deep understanding of ur own and others feelings, ur v intuitive nd use ur feelings to help u understand the world around u. ur feelings influence how u learn, if u dont love smth ur not gon learn it. cancer is ruled by the moon, id say ur v wise and trustworthy. saturn is jupiters restrictive counterpart, all abt boundaries nd structure. as its in gemini I reckon ur a fast learner nd once u learn ur lesson u will never forget. u like to scheme and plan, ur intelligent nd sociable but the way u plan ur life may distress u. u may often b highly conflicted over how u structure ur life, part of u loving the control of routine and part of u loving the freedom of no structure whatsoever.hope this made sense !!! u got any more questions let me kno, hmu when uve decided what spread u want for ur reading 💕

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coming at you with the full camel toe and a heart full of gratitude! and an angle that makes my boobs look as heavy as they feel lmao I've been afraid to get back on the mat, as they say, because of the pain and tightness in my ankles and the damn downward dog. Sometimes, even after all the work you've done, your unhealthy perfectionist tendencies and inner critic will still find ways to win. Meditation, yoga, trauma, and hardship have taught me that you keep getting back up, you keep doing the work, and you keep reaching out to your chosen community - and that's how YOU keep winning. You keep accidentally wandering away and intentionally coming back to yourself. This is the practice. So I did some gentle but still challenging and engaging work today, focusing on keeping my knees bent to protect my ankles, easy downdog variations, and balancing poses to strengthen. I also did some boring ass strengthening and stretching exercises i know from dancing and PT. Nothing is perfect; nothing has to be. We've reached our June goal on our gofundme, and it legit had me in tears. I'm so grateful, and so relieved, and working hard to deserve such a blessing 🙌🏻 so I'll be slowing down my updates/shares for a few days - but rent is our biggest monthly bill and it'll be due on the first! here's the link if you're feeling comfortable and kind: https://gofund.me/4d89190d (also in my bio) image: a fat white apple-body gender unbound individual facing camera but reaching and gazing skyward, at an angle with both arms, in a dark blue spaghetti strap tank top, mesh black/white/grey sweatshorts and a support wrap on the left facing ankle. they are standing on a towel over their yoga mat, in front of a light tan bookcase on the edge of the shot, a light tan storage shelf with two little doors on top, a cluttered black desk with a light blue lamp that has a rainbow daisy chain on the top and a white background vision board stuck to the white wall. you can also see a pair of heels against the wall they are getting rid of and two dark gray yoga blocks on the ground. (at Phoenix, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQCZnwejEpW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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50 Steve Jobs Quotes about Innovation, Marketing, and Time

Looking for thought provoking and inspirational Steve Jobs quotes about success, life and entrepreneurship?

Who is Steve Jobs?

There’s a lot to say about Steve Jobs: controversial, visionary, perfectionist, inventor, genius, and the list goes on. Most of us fell in love with Steve Jobs through the Apple Inc. brand and its innovative products. His never give up attitude is what made me a fan of his.

Jobs went head to head against computer giant IBM when Apple was just a newcomer in the industry. In 1985, he was ousted out of his own company that he co-founded. A decade later, Jobs returned to turn a struggling business into the world’s most innovative – and wealthiest – company.

The Steve Jobs quotes below remind us how inspiring he was and how he didn’t hesitate to take big risks. He bounced back from defeat time and again to become more successful than before. Although many of his methods were unconventional, he knew how to lead others to achieve the “impossible”.

Below are 50+ quotes from Steve Jobs that will inspire you to take risks, think big, and have passion for what you do. These Steve Jobs quotes come from the works of Walter Isaacson, interviews, his famous Stanford University speech, and the Think Different commercial.

Famous Steve Jobs Quotes on Time

1.) “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

2.) “I always thought of myself as a Humanities person as a kid, but I liked electronics…Then I read something that one of my heroes, Edwin Land of Polaroid, said about the importance of people who could stand at the intersection of humanities and sciences, and I decided that’s what I wanted to do.” – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

3.) “My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.” –Steve Jobs, Playboy, February, 1985

4.) “When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can oftentimes arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put in the time or energy to get there. We believe that customers are smart, and want objects which are well thought through.” –Steve Jobs, Newsweek, October 14, 2006

5.) “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

6.) “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.” – I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words, 2001

7.) “We don’t get a chance to do that many things and everyone should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” – Fortune, March, 2008

8.) “That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex; you have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.” – Steve Jobs

9.) “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. It is so hard. You put so much of your life into this thing. There are such rough moments in time that I think most people give up. I don’t blame them. It’s really tough and it consumes your life. If you’ve got a family and you’re in the early days of a company, I can’t imagine how one could do it. I’m sure it’s been done but it’s rough. It’s pretty much an 18-hour day job, seven days a week for a while. Unless you have a lot of passion about this, you’re not going to survive.” – Steve Jobs, Smithsonian Institution Oral History Interview, April 20, 1995

10.) “Quality is much better than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” –Steve Jobs, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, February 5, 2006

11.) “I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” – Steve Jobs

12.) “The greatest thing is when you do put your heart and soul into something over an extended period of time, and it is worth it.” – Steve Jobs

13.) “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.” – Steve Jobs

14.) “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful. That’s what matters to me.” – Steve Jobs

15.) “When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and…to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” –Steve Jobs, Interview with Santa Clara Valley Historical Association, 1994

Best Steve Jobs Quotes from about Innovation

16.) “We are inventing the future,” [Jobs told a job applicant]. “Think about surfing on the front edge of a wave. It’s really exhilarating. Now think about dog-paddling at the tail end of that wave. It wouldn’t be anywhere near as much fun. Come down here and make a dent in the universe.” – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

17.) “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” – Steve Jobs

18.) “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” –Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

19.) “Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” –Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

20.) “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs

21.) “I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out okay…

The minute I dropped out I [began] dropping in on the [classes] that looked interesting… I learned about serif and sans serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.” – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

22.) “My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other’s kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other, and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That’s how I see business: Great things in business are never done by one person, they’re done by a team of people.” –Steve Jobs, CBS: 60 Minutes, 2008

23.) “My self-identity does not revolve around being a businessman, though I recognize that is what I do. I think of myself more as a person who builds neat things. I like building neat things. I like making tools that are useful to people. I like working with very bright people.

I like interacting in the world of ideas, though somehow those ideas have to be tied to some physical reality. One of the things I like the most is dropping a new idea on a bunch of incredibly smart and talented people and then letting them work it out themselves. I like all of that very, very much.” –Steve Jobs, Esquire, December, 1986

24.) “Don’t let the noise of other’s’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” –Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

25.) “When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.” –Steve Jobs, Playboy, February, 1985

26.) “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” –Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

27.) “Even if we lose our money, we’ll have a company,” Jobs told Steve Wozniak early on, in the mid-1970s. “For once in our lives, we’ll have a company.” – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

28.) “I don’t really care about being right, I just care about success. You’ll find a lot of people that will tell you I had a very strong opinion, and they presented evidence to the contrary and five minutes later I changed my mind. I don’t mind being wrong, and I’ll admit that I’m wrong a lot. It doesn’t really matter to me too much. What matters to me is that we do the right thing.” – Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, 2012

29.) “You think, well, focusing is saying yes. No, focusing is about saying no. Focusing is about saying no. And you’ve got to say no, no, no. When you say no, you piss off people.” – Steve Jobs

30.) “Details matter, it’s worth waiting to get it right.” – Steve Jobs

Famous Steve Jobs Quotes about Marketing

31.) “Picasso had a saying – ‘good artists copy, great artists steal‘ – and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.” – Steve Job by Walter Isaacson

32.) “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.” – 1Steve Jobs, Wired, February, 1996

33.) “Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” – Steve Jobs

34.) “I’m as proud of many of the things we haven’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things.” –Steve Jobs, World Wide Developers Conference, May 1997

35.) “Bottom line is, I didn’t return to Apple to make a fortune. I’ve been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn’t going to let it ruin my life. There’s no way you could ever spend it all, and I don’t view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.” – Words of Wisdom: Steve Jobs

36.) “I’ve always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don’t know why. Because they’re harder. They’re much more stressful emotionally. And you usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely failed.” – Steve Jobs

37.) “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.” – Steve Jobs

38.) “I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out…And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.” –Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

Best Steve Jobs Quotes about Tech and Life

39.) “Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.” – Rolling Stone, June 16, 1994

40.) “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life.” – Steve Jobs

41.) “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” –Steve Jobs, New York Times Magazine, Nov. 30, 2003

42.) “You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” –Steve Jobs, Inc. Magazine, April 1, 1989

43.) “Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.” –Steve Jobs, Fortune, November, 1998

44.) “Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”  – Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

45.) “You should never start a company with the goal of getting rich. Your goal should be making something you believe in and making a company that will last.” – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

46.) “Innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea, or because they realized something that shoots holes in how we’ve been thinking about a problem. It’s ad hoc meetings of six people called by someone who thinks he has figured out the coolest new thing ever and who wants to know what other people think of his idea.” – Steve Jobs

47.) “If you just sit and observe, you will see how restless your mind is. If you try to calm it, it only makes it worse, but over time it does calm, and when it does, there’s room to hear more subtle things – that’s when your intuition starts to blossom and you start to see things more clearly and be in the present more. Your mind just slows down, and you see a tremendous expanse in the moment. You see so much more than you could see before. It’s a discipline; you have to practice it.” – Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

48.) “You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology – not the other way around.” –Steve Jobs, World Wide Developers Conference, May 1997

49.) “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” –Steve Jobs, Stanford University Commencement Speech, 2005

50.) “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently; they’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things.

They push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” –Steve Jobs, Think Different – Apple Advertisement, 1997

Were you inspired by these Steve Jobs quotes?

It is not hard to understand why Steve Jobs is admired by millions. His passion for perfection helped him to become one of the greatest innovative minds of all time. His will to do the impossible fueled all who followed him and made his doubters become believers.

Anytime you feel discouraged by this roller coaster ride that we call life; I ask you to think about these quotes from Steve Jobs – his passion, and his will to take big risk despite others calling him crazy.

Which of these Steve Jobs quotes was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add? Let us know in the comment section below.

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How I Made $57.30 in My First 3 Weeks of Blogging – March 2017 Monthly Report: Ho

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Not gonna lie, I almost didn’t write this “first month of blogging” monthly report. My goal was to publish it by April 1st. But hen I got distracted by “BUT MAYBE I SHOULD WRITE AN APRIL FOOL’S DAY FACT POST,” which I started but never finished. Because honestly there are not that many April Fool’s facts. And all of my sources said the exact same things. And I don’t want my blogging to become copy and paste. ANYWAYS, when I missed my deadline I was like “Well, I missed it. I’m just not gonna write it.”

As the days went on in the month, I started to even think “Hey, in fact maybe I’ll never write again! I already failed anyway!” It was my inner perfectionist/sloth speaking. In my head I thought I couldn’t write another post before I wrote this one, even though I had no desire to write this one at the time. Finally, I kicked that thought away and wrote something else that I was actually excited about — a fun Easter craft I got to make at work– and was again motivated suddenly to write again! The next day, I sat outside with my cat and got in my writer zone, and what you have is my full personal monthly review for my blog, as well as my goal’s for next month!

If I’ve learned anything from my social media work over the past two years, its that keeping a monthly report can really help you track your progress over time. Would I have guessed Plaid would have 140,000 Facebook followers only  two years after I joined them at 35,000? Nope. But here we are. Now, as I reflect on what I’ve accomplished over my first month (well, really, 3 weeks) of blogging, I’m actually excited to scoot on ahead. I want this to be the first of a monthly series, tracking my progress every 30 days or so. ‘Cause goal-setting gets things done y’all. SO, without further ado: how I made $57.30 in my first 3 weeks of blogging, and my reflections on those weeks.

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MARCH 2017 INCOME:

Qapital: $20

Qapital is a mobile banking app that I use to help me save money without thinking. After connecting it to your regular bank account, you can set up “rules” for savings. My favorite rule is the “Freelancer Rule” that automatically sets aside 30% of any deposited pay checks so that you’re prepared for tax season when the time comes! You can learn more about Qapital in my post here.  If you want to try Qapital yourself, you can get an extra $5 with your first deposit by signing up through my referral link here!

Ebates: $25

Ebates is a cash-back App, Website, and Google Chrome Extension that gives you 1-40% cash back online and in-store at an ever growing list of major retailers. Every quarter you are rewarded with your cash back from your spending when using the app with a “big fat check.” Basically, it’s an app that rewards you for shopping. Read up more about it here. By signing up through my referral link, you can get an extra $10 cash back after your first purchase at any store of $25 when you have your Ebates rewards turned on!

Ibotta: $10

Ibotta is a cash-back grocery shopping app (which has now expanded to other kinds of retailers too!) that gives you and everyone with the app on your “team” (a.k.a All your Facebook friends!) major coupons and cash back rewards on both grocery staples and new products! I’ve made over $100 cash back using the app so far, and I’ve only had it a few months! Read more about Ibotta and six other ways to save while you shop here. Also, with my referral link, you can get an extra $10 the first time you use Ibotta!

Google Adsense: $1.30

Whoo! Big money, Google Adsense! Admittedly, I’m not running nearly as many Ads as I could (you’re welcome), but I may go back and optimize a few of my posts this month.

TOTAL: $57.30

Not bad for my first 3 weeks of blogging, I’d say! Not making a profit off it yet (still getting my money back from my initial expenses of hosting/domain buying.) But hey! I’m glad to be getting it back slowly but surely, especially because I quite enjoy blogging.

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  MARCH 2017 SOCIAL FOLLOWING:

Facebook: 153 [GenerationTryGirl]

Pinterest: 646 [@Generation_Try] (Psst, I’ll tell you more about my Pinterest strategy in my “achievements” section below.)

Twitter: 116 [@Generation_try] ; 637 [@CeliaQuillian]

Instagram: 288 [@generationtrygirl] ; 340 [@Quilce0]

YouTube: 0

MARCH 2017 BLOG STATS:

# Posts Written: 11

# Comments: 171 (I think half were my responses to others’ comments.)

# Views: 1,757 , Avg per day: 57

# Unique Visitors: 1,009

80% New Sessions, 20% Returning Sessions

Avg Session Duration: 1:55 minutes 

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MARCH 2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Actually starting the darn blog! I’ve been wanting to start a blog as a side business since June 2016, when I actually learned that was a thing. Seriously. I had no idea you could make serious money blogging. In August 2016, I had my idea and bought my domain/hosting, but then got all caught up in the details and wanting to make it perfect. I told myself I would FINALLY start in December. Then January. February. March. Finally, I think on March 6th, I actually kicked my butt into gear and published something. I only wish I’d started sooner!

Learning a lot about WordPress Plug-Ins & Blog Promotion: Read a LOT (but I still feel like I’m barely grazing the surface) that other bloggers have written about the best wordpress plug-ins to use, and the best ways to boost your site’s SEO. I’ve also joined a number of blogger groups on Facebook, which I believe resulted in an increased number of views/comments. It also helps motivate me!

Taking my time to optimize for SEO. With my other blogs in the past (doing them for pleasure, and not trying to do them for profit at all–because, again, I had no idea that was a thing), I never optimized. I barely knew what SEO even was! I’ve learned A LOT this past month. And not only has it made me a better blogger, its also made me a better worker at my contracting social media jobs!

Reorganizing my old Pinterest Boards. At first, I created a new Pinterest account for this blog, which literally meant: Starting. From. Nothing. By the 3rd week of march, I had about 30 followers. Not bad for a new blog, but not great. I then remembered my personal Pinterest had something like 690 followers (pretty good for the average Joe! I’m just assuming this is because I was a VERY EARLY Pinterest adopter.) So I decided “Why start with 30 followers with 630 followers?!” I went to my old Pinterest boards and consolidated and cleaned them up. I lost probably about 40 followers along the way that followed random boards I never pinned too, but I’m not complaining. My Pinterest now looks much more professional, and my boards are optimized with actual SEO optimized descriptions.

GOALS FOR APRIL 2017:

I strongly believe in the value of writing down your goals and thereby making your goals more likely to be accomplished. So, here are my goals for my blog in April. (Shhh I know April has already started! I’m working on it!)

Publish 3 Posts a Week (roughly 12 times/month). From all I’ve been reading about blogging, I’ve heard this is a pretty good goal for optimizing your blog. The best thing would be to have your posts written well ahead of time and scheduled out on regular days of the week. But I’m not there yet, okay?

Write yo’ damn about page, and make blog more easy to navigate. I cringe a little every time I see the large number of views on my blog’s “About Page” and know that there is really nothing there. Not even a picture! Which: Side note, mini-goal: Get my hair touched up and make my boyfriend to take blogger-y pictures of me. For blogging and vanity purposes, obvi.

Create some kind of guide or downloadable to entice email subscribers. I dunno what’ll be, but it’ll be exciting. Apparently having an email list is a good thing? I /have/ one, but I have no idea how many people have actually signed up. Which brings me to..

Figure out how to use a damn email list. Seriously, Celia. You’ve worked in PR, Marketing, and Social Media way too long to not know how to make a good email newsletter.

Don’t Fret. Keep focused. Stay consistent. I sometimes have a tendency to totally stop a project if I fall off the bandwagon for too long. Case in point, I was going HAM on my blog in the first two weeks, and then in the second two weeks of having it I only wrote one post. When I finally forgave myself, I wrote a single post, and now I’m back at the “Hey! I actually super enjoy this!” phase again. The goal for April is to be consistent, but always hop right back on that blogging horse.

Increase Social Following: Goals – 180 for Facebook, 150 for Twitter, 675 for Pinterest, 325 for Instagram

Make more income in April than in March. Don’t know if this will happen, but it’s still a pretty solid goal! Right?

What about you, other bloggers?

I’d love to hear any of your blogging stories, or read any monthly reports of yours! How do you stay focused on moving forward, and what do you do when you feel behind? Something that I’ve already noticed about the blogging community is that it is super supportive, so I’d love any advice you have to give! Comment below and let me know. <3

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