2016 is here!
First of all,
happy new year to you all!
I
was supposed to post right up until the end of December, but I didn’t. I’m
sorry, but I’m back now, and ready to kick off 2016! And now we’ve finally
entered the New Year, I wanted to discuss some changes I am making to this page
and talk about what I want Stay Blogitive to become in the year ahead.
SCHEDULE
CHANGES
I
have decided to stick with doing at least two posts a week. The reason I say
“at least” is because I am going to be posting on any combination of Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. Sometimes, I will try and put up a post on all three days
each week, but most of the time it will only be two. I’ll explain more about
the content of these posts below.
LIFE
UPDATES
I
mentioned at the end of last year that the format of my life update posts would
be changing this year, and now I’m going to explain exactly how they’re going
to be different from now on. Previously, they were divided into sections named
“blog”, “placement” and “other”. For me, this format doesn’t really work, so I
am going to try a new, question-based style instead. This will involve talking
about the who, what, when, where, and why of what’s been happening in my life,
which I think will allow me to share more information with you guys than ever
before.
THEMED
MONTHS
Following
on from the Blogmas month I did in December 2015, I have realised how much I enjoy
doing themed posts and series. Because of this, I am going to be doing themed
months throughout 2016, with several different topics coming up. The full list
of themes hasn’t yet been finalised but as soon as it is finished, I will share
it with you all. As it is January and a new year, this month’s theme will be “New”
and over the next four weeks, I’ll be posting about all sorts of ideas around exploring
new things in 2016.
TRENT’S
TRACKS
In
addition to my series and life updates, I am adding a new weekly feature to
this page, again inspired by the Blogmas challenge from December. Over the
month, I counted down my favourite Christmas songs and I really enjoyed being
able to share some of my musical tastes with you. So, I want to make this a
regular thing and give you all one song recommendation every single week, with
a playlist being created over on my Spotify page (link at the end of this post)
where you can listen to the full list. These songs could be from very popular
artists or ones you might not know about. They could be old, they could be new.
I aim for the list to be an eccentric mix of different artists and styles,
based on the wide range of music that I listen to.
The
first Trent’s Tracks post will be out this Friday, January 8th, so keep
an eye out for it!
BLOG
GOALS
Less
than a year ago, I started this blog as a way of doing something pro-active and
positive with my life and sharing my voice with the world. On the final day of
2015, I checked my stats for the final time of the year and this is where it
was…
I
just want to say a massive thank you to you all and I seem to do this a lot,
but it means so much to me that my little project could achieve so much in so
little time. Now, I want to aim high for 2016 and say that this page can reach
10,000 pageviews by the end of this year. I know that this is a lot to aim for,
but I am confident that it is possible because you are all such awesome people
and we’ve come so far already.
I’m
also hoping that at some point this year I’m going to get the chance to write
guest posts on other blogs, or to have other people guest post on this page. If
anyone is interested in writing a guest post or featuring as part of one of my
themed months, please contact me via Twitter, the link for which is at the end
of this post.
And
so, there we go! That’s the end of my first post of 2016. If you have any
feedback, you can leave it in the comments or let me know your thoughts via my
social media links below. My next post is due out on Wednesday, so keep up to
date with me for more information on that and until then, remember to smile, remember
to be happy and above all else, remember to keep believing!
TRENT
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
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