What will I take away from this blogging challenge? This post is week 8 of 8 in the 8 Weeks of Summer Blog Challenge for
educators.
One thing I loved about this challenge was not having to
think of things to blog about. It was
tough at times, but it also proved to me that I still have lots to write
about. All I need is a little discipline
and direction.
But at the same time, I’ve taken some time to reflect about
blogging and the world of Teachers Pay Teachers. I don’t talk much about the business end of
things here on the blog, but I’ve realized I’ve been putting quite a bit of
energy into a lot of areas of the business:
- SEO for my blog posts
- Making my pins perfect
- Video creation for marketing
- Instagram community building
- Facebook prompt ideas
- Looking into the possibility of an Email list
And guess what? As
busy as it’s kept me over the past couple years, I’m just not enjoying it.
So I’m going to take a step back from the marketing. Don’t get me wrong; I’m glad I did it. I hope it pays off for me over the next
year. But when I think back over the
last 10 years of blogging and TpT, the thing I enjoyed most was making fun items for my class. So when I have creative time THAT is what I’m
going to do.
So I think this exercise in writing for someone else's prompts made me
think about what I wanted to write about and in a greater sense what I want to
DO. I recently read a great article
about setting 3 goals at a time each day (no more than that; and they can be
carried over to the next day of course).
I think that spending time creating 1 fun product at a time will be 1 of
my 3 goals each week. One of my goals
will relate more directly to my class, and the third will be a personal/family
oriented goal. I think this challenge
helped me focus and prioritize on where I’ve been and where I want to go next
year. So thanks for a great challenge,
HotLunchTray!
