Made my August goal one day early!
By cripfemme
@cripfemme (7698)
United States
August 30, 2008 10:19pm CST
It's the 30th 11:15PM my time. For the first time in my Mylot history, I have made a goal 24 hours before my deadline. My goals for August were simple, or at least so they seemed at the time I created them, make payout (even though I just made it last month) and break the 3,000 post barrier. I will never attempt to make payout in one month again. It's too much work and you need to spend all your time here and you neglect your other projects. The only reason I made it was because I challenged myself to write 100 posts in 24 hours, which I will never do again either.
Breaking 3,000 was also difficult. I'm not the kind of person who just posts one line responses. I don't think that's appropriate or nice to the discussion poster who may have real problems and need advice.
What about you? How are you doing on your August goals?
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11 responses
@roysville (496)
• Philippines
31 Aug 08
Congratulations on your achievements! Wouldn't you like to reach 4,000 post in September? hehe... Yes, I agree that it's a lot of hard work if you really aim to reach the payout. My only aim for August was to reach my first payout, which I did one week before month-end. Of course, the fact that I have one active referral helped a lot. Again, congratulations!
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
31 Aug 08
Part of me wishes I could reach 4,000 posts next month but I'm too busy. I won't be around mylot much in September as I am busy with a poetry contest where you need to write a new poem everyday and going to a disability rights march and an Obama campaign march. I'll try to check on you all sometimes. Hope you don't miss me too much.
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@roysville (496)
• Philippines
31 Aug 08
Wow! A poem writing contest! Looks like a great one! hmmm.... daily new poem. That is stressful. I don't think I can do that without my poems appearing as a 'forced through' Good luck! I can see you're an Obama supporter. He is looking strong!
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@sumiirajj (1983)
• India
31 Aug 08
Hi friend,Congrats,That was a great job.Its indeed very difficult to post 100 posts in 24 hours.How was the experience? But I dont set any goals for myself,I post as many as I can and whatever is interesting.For some discussions I post one or two lines and some 5 to 6 lines.It depends on the type of discussion.Thanks for responding.Happy mylotting.
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
31 Aug 08
The whole experience was sort of horrible. I did it once and don't need to do it ever again.
@paid2write (5201)
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31 Aug 08
Well done on reaching both those goals this month. I also reached my 3000th in August and like yours, my responses are always more than a few lines, most of them are several paragraphs long.
I never set myself challenges to write a certain number of posts in a day, but when I see my number getting close to another milestone, it does encourage me to do add a few more, so I can reach it a bit faster.
My only earning goal is to reach payout every month. Usually I manage to do it by the third week, but this month I had less time for posting so I only reached payout within the last few days.
Best of luck with your September goals, if you have any.
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@juhi06 (1850)
• India
31 Aug 08
congratulations dear cripfemme. you did it for sure!!determination and the desire to achieve and succeed have taken men and women at the top of the everest many times at the surface of the moon and the mars!!and at mylot achieving 3000 is a good milestone!!and 100 in 24 hours!! great effort in deed and deserving all the praise!! keep it up !!!
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@corngrass (727)
• Malaysia
31 Aug 08
I never fix a goal for myself here because I had never thought of this idea. Now, your idea hit my mind and i decide to set a goal for myself for September! I want to get my first payment from myLot next month and i really hope I can! Wish me all the best, would you?
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
31 Aug 08
Of course, I wish you good luck! Let me know how you do on that September goal list you going to make!
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@wickikitty (532)
• United States
31 Aug 08
oh wow thats a lot of work lol I kinda want to know what your payout now looks like... I dont know if you can post that or not but I'm interested lol! Congrats on all your hard work! Happy mylotting!
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@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
31 Aug 08
I'm willing to share. My payout amount is no big secret. Not counting today, because they haven't calculated that yet, from the 1st - 29th my payout is $13.13. I made payout last month too. This is the first month I've ever made payout in consecutive months on this website.
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@fedge098 (1330)
• Philippines
31 Aug 08
First let me extend my congratulations on you meeting this goal. My goal since I returned to myLot is to get the bluestar rating next to my name. It's been two years since I got the 9-star rating so I guess its time for me to level up my reputation. My levelling up would really mean that I was able to post quality topics and responses and as long as I haven't got there yet, I will continue on building and posting good responses. Happy lotting!
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
31 Aug 08
I really want to get a blue star myself. I started at 8, moved to 9, and seem stuck there. Even though I post lots of quality responses and start many, in my opinion good discussions.
@ajrox1810 (992)
• India
31 Aug 08
Hi And Congratulations for reaching your August Goal a day early. And also Congratulations for writing 100 posts in 24 hours. You have also reached your payout and broke your under 3000 barrier, that's a lot of reasons to celebrate for you.
What you said was correct that One-line responses do not go with people really seeking advice or help. My August Goals are simple, too. I have earned 4.77$ and want to reach my 5$ mark today. I think I will be able to do it. Happy posting.
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
31 Aug 08
hello cripfemme,
congratulations for reaching both your goals this month that is very great news!
i applaud you for doing such an awesome job out here.
100 post in 24 hours????
gosh, my goal for this month of august is to made 100 post in a month.
that is like nothing compare to your post number in the month of august- yay!
most of the time i am preoccupied with my own discussion so i dont have much time to respond to friend's and others discussion out here.
also last month i felt that i am crawling out here coz i saw most members who arrived same time i did and even those who arrived later than i did are like few thousands post already so it kinda hits me and makes me think that i would want to make a 100 post this month and reach my 900 post for 5 months (being active)
i dont spend much time out here coz i have other issues to take care of then my husband and i got sick so that is another thing.
august is one heck of a job in my part but i am very proud that i made it despite all that circumstances.
the last two months here is kinda slow for me as well coz i am feeling the mylot burn out so i come here like not more than 15 minutes in a day and it is mostly responding to my own.
like you i dont think i will set any goal next month or the coming month coz it is kinda stressful and with all my doctors appointment this month i doubt that i will be here often.
anyway, enjoy your achievements.
cheers!!!!
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
31 Aug 08
It doesn't matter how much you post. Just that 0you enjoy the friendship and support of this community. I know sometimes you can feel like a Mylot failure if others who joined at the same time you did are doing better here than you. The trick is not to neglect the rest of you life in order to post here (it's not worth the money you make here to do that).
@Ldyjarhead (10233)
• United States
31 Aug 08
I don't set a specific goal here on myLot, and I always make payout easily so that can't be a goal.
When I had several referrals that were active, it was easy, but now I've been trying to make it to $20 on my own, and last month I missed it by little over $1, and looks like the same thing might happen this month.
I was out of the house quite a bit yesterday so wasn't nearly as active, so I'm anxious to see what earnings will be this morning. I'll know after the update whether I still have a chance of making it or not.
@aryajayaprakash (1643)
• Japan
31 Aug 08
Congrats! This is a great news for us. You are a hardworking person and you respected your decision.
I did not have any goals in myLot. My goal is to get as many good friends as possible and get invloved in meaningful discussion, mostly related to money making sites, programs and blogs. I just post if the discussion is interesting to respond.
Happy myLotting!!