A new month means new adventures and new Goals for the upcoming month, it’s goodbye August and hello September. I can’t understand where the past month has gone, especially as August is a five week month. I already know what’s coming as August wasn’t the best month, I know I haven’t been able to achieve them. I wasn’t able to push myself as much as I liked thanks to being super busy each week.
Today I will be reflecting on the Goals I set myself for August and creating some new ones for September. August has been such a busy month! Who said August is quiet? Not only has work been busy but I have been up to a variety of things outside, from visiting Red Bull Racing and spending the weekend at Silverstone, I have shared my adventures in my Monthly Favourites // August 2018 here.
Before I set myself some new Goals for September, let’s reflect on my August Goals!
Collaboration Month | I have a couple of collaborations lined up but unfortunately, not as many as I would have liked! I am happy with the collaborations I have organised but also some companies have contacted me after emailing them some time ago. I’m pretty excited about these, it’s always good to work with a brand.
Attend World Endurance Championship | Done! I was super excited to visit Silverstone for the World Endurance Championship. I have definitely missed this event and it lived up to what I remembered.
Plan August & September Content | Done! Thankfully I was able to finally get some ideas planned and written for August, now I’ve moved to September. I have a couple planned thanks to the collaborations but I still need more. I am hoping to have a good weekend of searching and planning soon.
Comment on Blog Posts | I participated in quite a few blog comment pods at the beginning of the month but unfortunately, even though I commented on what seemed like all the posts and then some, I didn’t receive much back. This is one of the only reasons I dislike the blogging community, I feel like you don’t have much in return. Throughout September I am going to continue this and hopefully, have some returned comments.
Increase Twitter Stats | My Twitter stats were a mixed page in August, overall I improved from July but not massively! I am in a healthy place with my Twitter and I am going to push myself, I would love to reach 3.5k followers soon. I have been wanting this goal for a while now, I am currently 26 followers away. If you’re not already following me, please do follow me here and I’ll follow back!
Increase Page Views | I wasn’t able to increase my page views to the desired number but thankfully I did achieve a similar number to July. The past two months have been hard and it’s definitely shown itself from my views. Over the coming months, I am going to push myself to be where I was May/June maybe even this time last year.
Let’s get to my September Goals!
Comment on Blog Posts | For me, sharing the love with fellow bloggers is important, during September I going to schedule some time to comment on posts. Instead of just flicking through Twitter or Instagram, I am going to head over to some of my favourite blogs and catch up!
Plan September & October Content | Content has really dried up for me recently, I am getting closer to having no content so I really need to sit down and just plan upcoming content. I am hoping to do that sooner rather than later as currently I only have content up to mid-September!
Attend British Touring Car Championship | September is another month I’ll be visiting Silverstone, this time around it is for the British Touring Car Championship. I can not wait to attend this one, it’s always a great weekend of racing!
Increase Twitter Stats | I had a healthy August and I want to continue this into September, it would be great to increase my followers as I mentioned above. At the same time of reaching a good number of impressions and profile visits, this in return should help boost my blog views which is something I really want to increase.
Spend Time with Family | Since moving to Aylesbury, I have hardly seen my parents, now they’re are over an hour away. During September I would love to try and spend more time with them but also my cousin and his family. There are quite a few birthdays this month, so hopefully we can all celebrate these!
Organise Photos | This year, thanks to living so close, I have been able to attend the smaller events at Silverstone. Meaning I have the opportunity to take photos in my role as an official photographer. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the time to go through all these photos, I am going to schedule some time to do just this! Then hopefully hand them over to Silverstone before they create the material for next season.
I hope you have enjoyed this post! What is the one thing you would love to achieve this month? Let me know in the comment!
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These sound like great goals Gemma. That’s so cool that you are an official photographer for Silverstone, I hope you manage to sort through all your pictures. Enjoy celebrating the birthdays with your family too! Hope you achieve everything you want to and have a lovely month! ❤ xx
Bexa | http://www.hellobexa.com
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Thank-you Bexa! I’ve managed to sort through one lot, but there’s still at least two more. Not even half way through September so I’m hopeful. I hope so, I hope you have a lovely month aswell
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Great goals. Love the one about spending more time with family. I think that’s important. My one and only goal for this month is to be my best instead of trying x
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Thank-youu! It’s definitely important, that’s a great goal for September, but also forever aswell
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These are some great goals! Being an official photographer for Silverstone sounds like a lot of fun, hope all goes well with organising the photos.
Megan // https://pixieskiesblog.wordpress.com/
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Thank-youu! I know right, I love it. It’s an amazing experience.
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I hope your goals go well!! I’m going to have to start setting some blog goals, to set my path a little more clearly
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Thank-you! Yes, they are very helpful. Let’s you know if you’re on the correct path.
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I definitely will 🙂
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These sound like great goals for September Gemma! That’s so cool about being a photographer for silverstone, if it’s the same silverstone my little sister and step dad went to that too xx
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Thank youu! I’m getting through them quite well at the moment. Yes Silverstone as in the grand prix circuit
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Yeah I think that’s what they did, the Moto GP is that right?
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Yup I haven’t been to Moto GP in over five years. Not really my thing bikes
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Good luck with your goals lovely! I used to take part in so many blog comment threads on Twitter and although I do love the blogging community and 99% of people are SO supportive you soon learn who just link drops and won’t actually return the comments. The best ones I’ve found are on @hellobexa on a Sunday and the @bloggerstribe ones!
Jess // foundationsandfairytales.wordpress.com
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Thank youu Jess! I really am pushing myself. Thank you for those recommendations! Yes I have definitely noticed that, which is a shame but totally agree with you on @hellobexa. I love participating in her blog pods, those are the greatest and I do receive good comments and have met some friendly people.
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These sound like fab goals. I like to set some too in terms of daily page views. I really want to try and reach 5K on Instagram by the end of the year but it’s such a struggle. So many people constantly following & unfollowing. IT’s very frustrating.
Roxie | thebeautifulbluebird.com
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Thank-youu Roxie! Aww, I have everything crossed for youu, massive good luck. I know that feeling, it seemed forever until I reached 650.
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I always love reading your goal posts, Gemma! Being an official photographer for Silverstone is amazing, and I can’t wait to see what collaborations you’ve got coming up. I also really need to sit down and plan some more content, getting so behind recently 🙈
Samantha | https://believeinamiracle.co.uk
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Thank-youu Sam! Glad you enjoy reading, I enjoy writing them. I’ve got some good ones lined up, all coming soon! Aww, I found just having one day to catch up was perfect. Thanks for the comment
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I love your goals! Hope you’ll do great this month 🙌🏻
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Thank-you, I really hope so too!
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Hope you’ve achieved all these goals. Can’t wait to hear about how you did on them all!
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Thank youu. My October Goals will be going live this week, stay tuned
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Okay awesome
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