Setting personal goals

I've been here long enough to have an idea of what I need to do to reach minimum payout. I usually reach it within the first 14 days of the month and then I back off a little on my activity and relax more. Earning is NOT my motivating factor, but I do like to at least ensure I reach the payout. One thing's for sure and that is that I will struggle to reach payout this quickly if I don't start discussions. I don't need to start many mind you, but at least one every few days in the first couple of weeks of the month and I have a better than average chance of succeeding. This approach suits me just fine too, because I also have a full time job that can get very hardcore. It's not the number of discussions either, it's the quality and participation in each that counts. I remember reading comments by a user here that said they made around 80c a day by starting 8 - 10 discussions every day. The thing is though, they rarely participated in ANY of those discussions! If I'm able to start a quality discussion with good interaction every 2 days, I'll earn a similar amount. Once again, it's quality, not quantity that makes all the difference! I do obviously make responses to other discussions in parallel, but not as many as some people might think. Maybe 10 a day on average? And no, I'm fortunate to be quite disciplined when it comes to setting personal goals and meeting them. The key is to challenge yourself, but not too much! Embrace the feelings of accomplishment when you reach each goal and use the buzz to inspire you with the next one. Success attracts success, even if these successes are only minor.

I did a personal goal setting project for one of my college classes. When setting goals, make a rough draft. Write it down. Post it where you see it every day. Then refine it. Then refine it again. Decide what you want to do. Then plan out the steps you need to take in order to achieve the goal. As you work towards the goal, you made need to add steps or change things. Also, set a time line. When do you want to have certain steps completed? This will help you to see if you are progressing or not.

Oh so you're going to be here again - great! There is so much to catch up on since youlast updated things. I don't set any goals at all. Icome here in the morning at breakfast time and just go where my fancy takes me and just wander on from there. I sort of half promised myself that Imust reach payout by midmonth and that has happened every month this year so far but I have no particular ways of doing it. I just ramble on and on wherever it happens. I don't start many discussions eaither, not even one a week but the older ones seem never to go out of dated and keep getting responses so I have lots to comment on there every day too. It's good to see you back savak - I miss your flag!

My goal is to get the $10.00 payout that I never got in may. I am so close that by the time I get it, I will be way over, but that is a good thing. I will just have to work harder after that to get the next one within a month. That is my main goal. I had never set a goal until yesterday, and I decided that I wanted to see how long it will take me to get it, and I should have it by this weekend, yea lol. I have no referrals nor do I do tasks, so it does take me longer than others that do tasks or have referrals. AT least I can see light at the end of the tunnel now. Well, good luck to you and happy mylotting.

no specific goal for me.but you have a goal,which is also a good thing. I just reply or start a discussion when it really attract me,or i dont know what to say.in fact i love the anime,but the anime sector is always lack of people.

After setting my personal goal, I think there's no trouble for me to get started. but there's trouble to achieve them. Sometimes, I fail because my goal is not attainable, and sometimes, it is because the environment detracts me from my goal. I haven't set any goals about post how many on mylot yet, because I am not sure I can achieve my goal.

I always set myself personal goals and I try to get started on them as soon a spossible. I do have a hard time sticking with them sometimes though because I get really tired quickly.

I always have problems when I set goals for MyLot. I always would set myself to spend so much time on MyLot each day, starting discussions and responding to them from e-mail. Not only did I have the writer's block problem you're having, but I would get called away from the computer for so many things it was hard to keep a continuous though train. I should be able to do more in the way of planning some personal goals and actually sticking to them, now that I have finally moved into my own place. I won't have others that are demanding my time, and I can handle the kids demands on a schedule that I set. But I am a flighty person at times so, we'll see.

I just have to go with what I feel like at the time. Some days I am chatty and will just start and respond all day long. Other days... dont have much to say or have to many other things to do. Other days...I have lots of questions I need help with so I just ask...that is why I enjoy Mylot so much---it accomodates all my "days" and needs without having to stress over it or schedule it or things like that. A goal with Mylot... I think if I did that specifically, I wouldn't be here much cause I'd not enjoy "having" to do it. Knowing I can do it anytime I want to...just works out so much better for me.

Hi savak, setting golas for me is absolutely hopeless! never have I acheived the goals that I said I would, once or twice I have actually got half way there and was quite chuffed with myself for doing that...perhaps I should keep on trying to make goals and hope that they do get finished or carry on...LoLo

That's just the problem with me, the "getting started" part, online or offline! And regarding mylot, the only goal i have is to respond to a friend's discussion in a day and to have a really personal relationship here, not just "i respond to yours you respond to mine" but a deeper friendship to last a lifetime. But we both know what happened, i got hooked responding to others' discussions and i forgot to comment on my friends' responses to mine! So to prevent that from ever happening again, i'll make it my goal to comment on every response that comes my way (that is, if i ever have the guts to start another discussion again) and request for more friends thus making my mylot share of fun and friends wider and bigger!

YEs, Yes I do. It seems that Unless I know exactly what I have to do, by when. I will start it exactly with enough time to get it done. I do find that if I have a handy check list ready it helps a lot. You might want to consider making a success chart. It is simple really, I use one for my network marketing business. I have a template from Art Jonak. But I will describe it. I have things that I must do each day. So I have a list of what those are on the page, then I have a Graph, that looks like

I'm fairly new - and fairly addicted. However - I have this being-picky problem so sometimes i spend a good chunk of time looking for good discussions to leave a comment on. I think my problem with setting personal goals (mylot goals or otherwise) is that I set the bar too high- then fail. Then feel like crap when I fail. But I still try - and keep on trying. Back when I had less than 100 post - I had a 10-post-per-day goal. I didn't meet it. It took me a good month to post more than 100. Now - my goal is to get on here for a good hour in the morning (it actually gets my brain going) - and leave some pics, comments, and maybe start discussions if I can. Anything that I can squeeze before my real job. Then after work - it's optional. It's a good bonus when i come on here at night and stay for an hour or so. Good luck!

i set a goal to make a payout and i did.so now my goal is to get a payout each month on mylot. I love to write and am addicted to this site.

Hi savak, First off, your mouse avatar is going spastic! LOL just kidding! hehe Last month, I too tried to set personal goals with MyLot since I have yet to hit even $10.00 here. Sad, I know. I just get so caught up with other stuff, online and offline, that I forget about Mylot for weeks or months at a time. Needless to say, I didn't do a darn thing with my goal for May. A complete disaster. I'm a day off, but I started June yesterday. My goal for June is to do something on MyLot each day ... reply to a post or two, start a discussion or two, upload a picture or two ... something. Just to get into the habit of being here everyday and doing something. Then, in July, I'll try to ramp up the goal to something like, answering 5 discussions and starting one discussion each day. Best of luck with your goal for June!