It is really a privilege to be among the newbies that will be participating in the newbies initiative task given to us. First I will like to appreciate @starstrings01 for taking his time to educate us on ways in which we can set our goals as a newbie. After reading his post, I realized that it's not just to set the goal but you have to work towards it in other to attain them.
I will also like to appreciate the curators of the newbies initiative @theycallmedan, @lazy-panda and @aliento thank you all.
For the task given to us:
What are your goals by the end of the initiative (3 months) in terms of hive power, followers, comments and engagements and any other hive related goals you have in mind
By the end of this 3 months initiative, my aim is to attain at least 400HP and get 250 follower.
I know I have made a 1000+ comments on the hive Blockchain and I intend to put in more effort into reading and commenting in other users post. My aim is to get engaged with other communities and to get familiar with any activities that will be given in each of the community.
My other hive related goals are to make blogging a habit for me and also to be known in other communities.
How Do You Plan To Achieve Them?
In setting up a goal, one need to also set up a plan that will help him achieve such goals, if plans are not set aside the goals won't be properly attained.
In terms of Hive power: before now, getting an upvotes from people was more like fighting a war. It's was really hard for someone to upvote my post maybe because I'm a newbie and I'm not well known by people on hive. Since I hardly get an upvotes, I didn't get to calculate how many HP I get in a week.
A screenshot of my current Hive power.
To achieve this, I intend to make at least one quality post each day since HP is a reward gotten from a post published. Though getting to make a post on a daily basis might be challenging for me, but I will work towards that.
In terms of followers, comments and engagements: I believe by engaging in community activities and commenting in other users post, you will get more followers. I remember when I first joined Hive, my friend @merit.ahama advised me to engage myself more on comments inorder to be noticed, I tried it and it's working for me.
I currently have 100 followers and my aim is to get myself busy by comment more on people's posts, engaging in community contest, I'm sure when other hivians see my comments on there post regularly, they will want to go to my blog to checkout my post which will also make them to follow me.
My other hive related goals: to achieve this, I need to commit myself into writings on a daily basis. I don't just want to write because other are writing, No, I want to commit myself into writing quality posts and also reading books that will enhance my blogging habitat.
If I want to be known by other communities like CCH and hive naija, I need to dedicate myself into engaging in any of the activities or task that will be given. Aside from engaging in the activities, I also aim at supporting other writers by commenting and upvoting their posts.
What Challenges Do You Think You May Likely Face When Trying To Attain These Goals?
In setting up a goal, there's every possibility that one must face challenges while doing so. Some of the challenges I may encounter include;
Time: I believe in whatever you do, you have to creat time for it. Commenting in people's posts will require enough time likewise engaging in other community activities too. I'm a student and most times I do go to school, so creating enough time to visit people's posts will be one of my biggest challenge.
low upvotes: like I said earlier that I want to attain 400HP at the end of the 3 months initiative by making a post on a daily basis and also engagement myself with comments and many more, the only way I can get that is when I have the full support of everyone here. Getting a low or less upvotes (rewards) on my daily post won't make me achieve such aim.
laziness: I said I want to make blogging a habit for me. Laziness is going to be the major challenge here because when I want to read a book or engage in somethings that will improve my blogging skills, I might be lazy to do so. To be sincere, I get lazy most times I want to read.
I hope to achieve this goals with great effort and I believe I will do so with the help of everyone here.
Thanks for reading my post, your comments and upvotes will be appreciated