Screaming Target

Introduction

This is a nothing post. I always feel if I tell people I have done well that I am bragging and showing off. I wrote pieces for my 150th, 200th, 500th and 600th posts and for my 3,000th read and here I am again talking about numbers.

It is always good to have goals and targets and for Vocal, my next three targets are a thousand posts, twenty thousand reads and five hundred dollars from the Ambassadors Program. This has been the most lucrative part of my engagement with Vocal and you can read what I do with it below.

Where Do I Go From Here

This is a post I will probably only share on Twitter as making money on Vocal is frowned upon in some quarters. This is also a post in my run-up to my 666th Vocal story. I suppose that is therefore another target to aim for, This one will be hit soon unless I suddenly pop my clogs.

Re the money I think everybody signed up with the thought that they could win one of the lucrative Vocal Challenges, I certainly did but then discovered that was highly unlikely. for many reasons, not least being the sheer number of entries into the challenges, though one day I would love to be a runner-up.

Although I am very disorganised, have no discipline, and suffer from intense imposter syndrome and paranoia, I still set things to aim for, especially if I am trying to help and be there for others.

Keeping On Keeping On

Even this post is going towards hitting a goal. I know so many people who get writer's block, or even when they have ideas can't put pen to paper, or rather finger to keyboard, but I always manage to come up with something.

I listen to music, look at art, read books, go for a walk, anything to get the little grey cells doing what they are supposed to do and eventually something comes out. I do sometimes go for periods not writing but if I feel like writing then I just let it flood out.

When I came out of hospital I didn't write for two weeks, although I did let ideas pile up in my head ready for when I actually hit a keyboard once more. It’s always good to have methods to make release your creativity.

Targets For All

Sometimes getting out of bed is a target or goal, catching a bus or getting to work. Targets do give you a reason to do things. Some things I find a hassle, like actually getting up in the morning, then getting washed, shaving and having a shower. All of those are things that I have to do, so effectively become goals or targets for me.

Write down a few of your own, they can become a template for your creative endeavours. You always have to make a start and sometimes setting your goal is that start you need to make.

Concluding This Screaming Target

I don't know if anyone else hits this problem, but once I have set a target, it mentally starts screaming to me if I don’t work towards satisfying it. At the moment the target is quiet but it may start making noise in my brain at any time, although this piece will keep it a little quiet.

I will leave you with Knowledge and Numbers by the band "Screaming Target". Enjoy your weekend while I slave away writing for you.