A few days ago I shared the successes and failures of my goals for 2010. I also offered some reasons why I think it’s important to look back and review what you have and haven’t accomplished. Today I want to share some goals for 2011 and offer thoughts on why setting goals is important.
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For the last few years I’ve been ending December with a look back at the year that was and then starting the new year with the goals I’d like to achieve over the next 12 months. Given that this post will be the last one I publish this year, a look back at 2010 is in order.
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For the last few months I’ve been writing some posts for other sites. For whatever reason I keep forgetting to let you know so you can read them if you’re so inclined. Here are 6 of those guest posts, 2 each for 3 different sites.
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Last week I mentioned some issues I was having with my web host in regards to certain WordPress files using too much server resources. I also mentioned how my immediate solution was to move the site to a VPS. I’m happy to say the move is complete and wanted to give you a quick update about what I did and something I’m still planning to do.
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A few weeks ago I published a post here on WordPress dropdown menus and began a small bit of promotion. I tweeted the new post, submitted it to a few design sites that ask for community news, and passed the word to a few friends. I went to bed proud of myself eager to check my stats the next day and see if I noticed an uptick in subscribers.

I awoke to find my site down, disabled by my web host. Oh joy.
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