Keith Goodrum

Here’s to a joyful, prosperous & safe holiday season.

Thank you for reading & commenting on this blog. It has been a lot of fun & I appreciate everyone who has come to this little spot of the blogoshpere.

Just got back from my local polling place, and I was surprised to see hardly anyone there. According to the “Media” there have been reports of people waiting in line for hours. So, I was expecting to have to stand in line to vote. My wife & I were out in about 10 minutes

I’ve voted in every presidential primary & election since I’ve been old enough to vote… so, I’m familiar with what the polling place looks like on election day. I know I’m repeating myself here, but I was surprised to get through so fast.

Some people will get through fast, some will have to stand in line for short period of time and some will stand in line for hours. But, each will get to make their voice count. We are so fortunate to get the chance to pick our leaders. Many people through out history were never given this privilege. In fact, many people through out the world don’t get this opportunity even now.

My advice is to ignore the media, the polls & get down to your polling place today. The past two elections have proven that no matter what the pundits say… it’s not a fore gone conclusion. Remember, the presidential polls were wrong in 2000 & 2004. This is a very important election, and now is the perfect time to get down there and make your voice known.

There has been a lot of complaining about how the way things have been run the last few years… Well, get down there and make your opinion count. I don’t care what your politics are, or who your party is.. this is the time to take part in this awesome process.

Go VOTE TODAY!

And if you are too lazy to get down to your local polling place to vote, then stop BITCHING!

Today is the 21st post of my getting back into the habit of blogging thing. I started this whole odyssey back on the 22nd of September in the blog post Let’s Break Some Rules… The rules were pretty simple:

So, I’ve decided to get the momentum back, and I have a plan. I’ve read many times that you can make or break a habit in 21 days. It’s pretty simple to explain, and tougher to follow through till the end.

Here it is in a nutshell: Any good habit you want to start, you just do it for 21 straight days. At the end of those 21 days you will have added that new habit to your life. Likewise for a bad habit. Just cut it out for 21 days & will be gone from your life.

So, I’m going to blog for 21 days & get back into the habit of writing. Not going to make this overly complicated with a bunch of rules. Just going to write a post & publish it… simple.

It took a little longer than 21 days because I skipped a day early in the challenge. So, I decided to start again from day one, and commit to finishing. It would have been easier to catch-up by writing a couple posts & publishing them one day. But, I wanted to create a habit of blogging daily.

I did learn a few things the past 21 days…

1. Setting a goal to blog for 21 days in it’s self is not a very good idea - I jumped into this with only the plan of writing daily. There was no purpose other than to write, and that made it difficult to get this done on several days. There was no master plan, or direction to the blogging. As I look back over the posts… they were all over the place.

2. Traffic increased by posting content - Once I did start posting on a regular basis the traffic started to return. I watched the Alexa score drop from just under 200,000 to 132,000. Even with the lack of focus there was a return of traffic. I wonder what the traffic stats would have looked like if I had narrowed the subject matter.

3. Less participation in the comments - Except for a few posts. the comments & emails have been less frequent per post. Once again I can attribute the lowering of participation to the subject matter of the posts being scattered.

What am I going to do with this information?

This is something I’ve been thinking about over the past few days a lot. And I’ve decided to spend a few days to put together a plan for this blog. It will be related to online marketing… I just haven’t decided the exact direction. But, it definitely be more focused than the past few weeks.

Feel free to leave your thoughts, or comments below.