Blogocentric Formulations

2015 in the rear view, 2016 on the horizon

Once again, I'm following in Elle - on hiatus 's footsteps and listing some WdC accomplishments over the past year. It was actually a "down" year for me on the site, and I haven't been nearly as active as I have in years prior. My reason for wanting some stats on 2015 is so I can find a baseline for some realistic and achievable goal-setting in the new year.

Here's my WdC 2015, by the numbers:

          Activities: 5 organized | 6 participated
          Writing: 2 short stories | 3 essays | 0 poems | 27 newsletters
          Reviews: 31 given | 160 received
          Awardicons: 3 given | 8 received
          Merit Badges: 156 given | 71 received

You might notice a green check mark next to the Merit Badges stat above. The reason for that is simple... the new goal I've set for myself is to end every calendar year giving more than I get in terms of badges, Awardicons, and reviews. I want to send more reviews than I receive, hand out more Awardicons than are handed to me, and deliver more Merit Badges than are delivered to me.

I have a side goal in 2016 of quantitatively improving each of the stats here (which shouldn't be too hard to do), but my main focus is going to be making sure that I'm being as generous with the members of Writing.Com as they are with me.

Here's hoping 2016 is a more productive year!