Progress Update; I'm Closer Than I Was Yesterday
steemit·@n4zriofficial·
0.000 HBDProgress Update; I'm Closer Than I Was Yesterday
 <center><a href="http://bocawatch.org/">Picture Source</a></center> Hi Steemians, I've decided to make an update every single month to keep in track with my progress of achieving what I'm envisioned by the end of 2018. For those who read my article that I wrote 2 weeks ago, I have 2 objectives: - Reach at least 2000 followers - Have at least 100 views on each post After discussing much with some of the Steemians a week ago, I've made an additional objective that I would like to accomplish: - Reach at least 750 Steem Power by the end of 2018 Of course, reaching 750 Steem Power might be easier for some people but not for me. Not every single earning that I made in Steemit will be invested into Steem Power. It will be dependent on my financial status for that particular months and if it is good, I'll be investing a whole lots of Steem into my Steem Power pool. I've decided to make this progress review to remind myself each month that I have some objectives to accomplish and there is no time for me to feel sorry for myself or give up. It's a constant reminder to put a little bit of effort and willpower in order to achieve something, no matter how small, each and every month.  # Followers <br> 2 weeks ago, it was 400 and the number keeps on growing. I'm quite satisfied with the increment and even if the number of Steemian who follows me increased by 1, I will still considered it as my own achievement.  The numbers are closer to 500 and I will be completing 1/4 of my first objective which is 2000 followers soon. The graph below shows the amount of followers I received skyrocketed starting from 3 days ago.  <center><a href="https://steem.makerwannabe.com/@n4zriofficial/followers/1">Picture Source</a></center> On that day, I published an article entitled **"A Tale of A Mother; Why We Shouldn't Take Them For Granted"**. This can be one of the factor which caused a significant increase in the number of followers (niche and how I wrote the article).  If I'm consistent to my objectives, I think, I will be reaching 600 followers by the end of February.  # Steem Power <br> I've mentioned this on multiple occasion, like any other Steemians, I started my journey in Steemit platform with the free 0.5 Steem Power given by the platform as a sign up bonus. For each and every articles which are rewarded with decent amount of post payout, some of it were converted and invested into Steem Power.  As you can see, finally, I've reached 100 Steem Power today. This thing is big for me as I struggled to accumulate SP to ensure better rewards for other Steemian who gives a valuable feedback and comments on my articles or any other Steemians, who produced a top quality articles (especially new Steemians). It's not much but I'm slowly climbing up and if I could achieve a total of 750 SP by the end of the year, I would be delighted. It will be much faster if I could invest every time I'm being paid, but I don't have that luxury. Let's hope I can make it.  # Post Views <br> It's difficult to get a 100 people to read your article when you are just a plankton/minnow. Therefore, having an objective to reach 100 views on each post is really challenging. This will depends on my reputation, Steem Power, niche, tag that I used, writing style etc. So many criteria to fulfill but it is possible.   Both of the articles that I published for the past 1 week have received approximately 40 views which are closer to 50 views (obviously). It will be hard to reach 100 but as time goes by, my followers will increase and surely enough, so will my post's view. All it takes is for me to be patient.  # Overall Progress  Nothing will stay the same if we focus on bettering ourselves. This is a reminder for me and for all of you to keep pushing forward. Sure you will lose some as you go along (follower, upvote value, post's view) but I can assure you, you will gain something in return. Let see if I can stay consistent for the months to come.  