Winter 2017 Quests

Making goals for myself wasn't really working. With all goals you get something for achieving the goal, but I've been in a somewhat gaming mood lately. So instead of making some goals, I thought I'd make a few quests - goals with rewards - and see if I can actually not embarrass myself this round.

Post 1 blog & 1 vlog a week for 10 weeks = website & blog upgrade 

What this means is, if I can post one blog and one vlog each week for 10 weeks, I get to get the website I've been thinking about, and this would include upgrading this blog. Why am I not just getting the website and upgrading the blog? Because I need to prove to myself I can do this each and every week and not cheat myself or you. I also don't want to pay for a domain name if I'm not going to keep it going. I need to concur that voice in my head saying "don't bother it will never work." 

Post 10 book reviews = new tablet I've been looking at getting a new tablet for a while now, and thought it would make a great reward for one of my quests. Why? Because my current tablet is so old, it seems to have trouble supporting the Kindle app as it keeps crashing. This makes it difficult to read. Once I have it open and get into the book it's usually fine. But getting it open and getting in a book is the hard part. I need a new tablet so that it won't take me 20 minutes before I can start reading. Before you go suggesting I leave it open once I get in a book, that doesn't work either. When I return to the tablet, which I've also left on in sleep mode, the app will still crash. 

I do also have a stipulation on this quest. There are a few times where I love a book so much, I want to post a review on both my YouTube channel, and here on the blog. If I do this, the review will still only count as one review.

Write 20 pages = new phone

I want to write more. Sometimes I find it hard to keep myself awake to write those scenes playing in my head to paper and actually finish a story for once. I'm just hoping my phone can last so I can write 20 pages. Just in the last few days, it's been having trouble charging. I will use the charger and I'll get a message to use the charger that came with the phone...I am using the charger that came with the phone.

Read 10 books I own = subscription box

I had trouble coming up with this quest. Not the reward, but a realistic quest. I want to try to focus on reading the books I already own. I keep borrowing from the library, or getting a new audible book because I listen to books while at work or taking care of housework, and don't read the ebooks or physical books I already own. Realistically though, there are books I will not be able to keep myself from getting when they are released and likely reading or listening to them right away. One of these books would be Echoes in Death by J D Robb, which I already pre-ordered from audible. So, allowing myself those books that I will not be able to stay away from, for the books to count for this quest they must be books purchased or received as a gift in 2016 or before. 

Write 40 pages = 2 items from Amazon wish list

I'm not sure I'll get there, but to keep myself writing once I hit those 20 pages, this quest will keep me striving to continue writing.

Let's see how many of these goals I can complete before April. I imagine some of these will be recurring quests, but the rewards may change. Obviously I'm not going to be buying a new phone every few months, or getting multiple tablets. These also aren't set in stone as being the only quests I will take on, I may add more as I discover new quests to take on.

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