April Blogging Challenge Recap & A May Challenge

Well I didn't quite make the goal I set for myself in my April Blogging Challenge. But I did post a lot more than I have in previous months and that was the point. What was your goal and how did you do?

The previous 3 months I had only posted 6 times a month and the 3 months before that were 13 times a month. I ended up with 16 posts for April {quite a bit short of my goal of 22}. I am happy with that though as it is definitely more than I've blogged in 6 months. I think I'll try for 18 posts in May - a little more realistic, but still an increase .

For May - I don't have an official button or anything like that, but if you liked having the nudge {or kick in the pants} to do more on your blog, I'll give you {& me!} a new challenge. During the month of May, I want you to write 4 extra posts that you schedule to publish automatically on your blog - at least 4-5 days after you write them. You could write 1 extra post each week and schedule it for the following week. Or you could go crazy and write 4 posts over the next few days and then schedule them all throughout May.

This should do a couple things for you: Relieve a little of that pressure to try and get something up on the blog when you are just too busy with life *and* help you to be more organized with your blog posts rather than flying by the seat of your pants. <--- Oh I am talking to ME there. :)

What do you think? Are you up for it? C'mon, 4 little extra posts to schedule - piece of cake. Mmmmm...cake. Chocolate cake. Um, *some*body has a problem with getting sidetracked. And if you never had a chance to do the April challenge, just make it your May challenge - it's OK. Really. I don't have enough funds here to hire blog challenge enforcement people.

So let me know, how many posts did you do in April? Are you going to join me in this little May challenge? What helps you get inspired to blog more?

Have a blessed day friends & blog on! {And for those of you who don't blog, you can always apply this challenge to something else in life - make a goal for something you need to work on this month!}

Stop And Write A Blog Post Mid-Month Recap {April Blogging Challenge}

That title was kind of a mouthful - LOL! Just wanted to recap how things are going for me during the blogging challenge and see how it's going for you! {And you can still join in this challenge for the rest of the month!}

If you look back at the original post, you'll see why I decided to do the challenge and you'll also see that 4 wonderful bloggers linked up and joined in with me! Awesome job to Homesteader's Heart, My Freshly Brewed Life, Summer's Story, and Life In Focus!!

My goal was to post every weekday for the month of April, which would be 22 posts total. If I was right on track, this post should be #13. But I am behind, so this post is #10. I'm 3 behind!!! I do plan to write another post today, so then I'll only be 2 behind. I still want to hit my 22, so I'll be trying to make up those extras as I go.

But this isn't necessarily about each person hitting a certain number of posts. It's about taking that nudge to write and challenging yourself to do it no matter what. Sometimes it takes getting back into the writing habit to find our voice, our inspiration, and our joy again! I'm still struggling some with my own challenge, but the writing is getting a little easier.

How are you doing with this challenge? Has it been easy or hard? Have you learned anything new about yourself?

If you didn't join the challenge before, but feel that nudge to post more on your blog, feel free to join in and link up! If you do every weekday for the rest of the month, starting today - you could squeeze in 10 posts! Or come up with your own number or just a pledge to post more than you are now.

If you've already joined the challenge, link up your blog below {either your blog, a fave post from the challenge, or a recap post}. If you're new to the challenge, but want to join in, link up your blog below {either just your blog or a post about the challenge}.

Post #10 of my 22-post challenge.

Have a blessed day friends!