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2019 Achievements & 2020 Goals

The new year is right around the corner, and I’m excited to see what the new year brings! So far this year I have:

Reached 131 followers on twitter

I was blown away at how many followers I gained in three months. The way I achieved this is by not using twitter just to post my content. I made twitter pals that I interact with, and also post about both my life and financial life. People don’t want to just see your blog posts, they want to interact with a human!

Blogged at least once every week for three months

It may not be the same day every week, but I did manage to post at least once a week (excluding holiday weeks) on my blog. I didn’t realize how much I have to plan in advance for posting blog posts.

My goals for 2020:

Reach 500 followers on twitter

I am hoping to surpass this goal by June but I like to give myself goals that are reachable rather than goals that are a bit harder to reach. Once I start getting better at blogging I’ll make more difficult goals. But for now, 500 it is!

Blog every week!

This will be tough because that means I need to think of about 52 topics for the next year. 2020 is going to be the real start of my family becoming debt-free so hopefully, that sparks some good blog topics!

Pay off all our credit cards

My wife and I have 3 credit cards together. The plan is to pay off all the credit cards by June. Once that happens we will be able to save an extra $300 a month in addition to the money we’ll be saving from the refinance! You can check out our journey of refinancing here!

Make money with my Blog

I have no idea how I’m going to do this. I’ve only been blogging for 3 months!

I know Adsense doesn’t let you put ads on your blog until your account is 6 months old, but I’m not sure if I want to do that. If I end up doing that, I want to do it so it doesn’t disturb the blog.

Affiliate links are another option but I need to wait until I have enough views on my blog/twitter followers.

Right now, making money is the last priority. Getting out of debt is first!

Some of my goals are a little ambitious. But as long as I’m having fun blogging that’s all that really matters.

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  1. ShnugiJanuary 1, 2020 at 11:21 AM

    Nice progress so far! As long as you're enjoying the time that you're blogging that's the most important thing, like some people turn it into a full on job with metrics and revenue projections and that makes it all have a very different vibe. I'm looking forward to the day your debt hits zero!

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