8 Things I am up to

After having read Joanna Young’s blog post about the 8 things she is up to I first thought “My list will never comprise 8 things”. I sat down, took a pen in my hand and began to write.

When I was finished I had 8 things and I want to share them with you:

1. I am writing a book review for the Joyful JubilantLearning Blog. I don’t want to go into detail here, because I want you to read it – so keep watching the JJL  Blog. Besides you can find exciting book reviews there every day in March.

I never did a book review in my life, so this is quite hard work, and takes some of my free time.

2. I found out that I have to balance work, blogging and the world outside the internet. There are times at work when I can do some blog reading or looking at my wordpress stats, but writing blog posts must be done in my free time after work. But this free time is also important for meeting friends, taking walks and shooting pictures, and – doing the necessary household chores. There is a world outside the internet for me. On the other hand I also want to improve the quality of my blog. So I will have to do some thinking on how to get balanced.
3. Since February I have been putting up a monthly schedule of blog posts – doing the planning of posts at the beginning of the month. I use the “schedule” tool of WordPress which enables me to write blog posts when I have got the time to do it. However I found out that there must be also room for spontaneous posts (like this one, actually). How much can and should be planned? I’ve got to find that out.
4. I wrote the text for my “about” page more than a year ago. My blog has evolved since that time – I’ve got to adjust my “about” page.
5. Ulla Hennig’s Weblog now has a mixture of photos, drawings, music-videos and even short stories. Is this the proper mixture? Too less photos? Too many music videos? Should I write more? I’ve got to find that out.
6. Regarding photos: Up to now I went on a walk and maybe had the camera with me; I haven’t been on planned photo trips yet – bridges, parks, city life, the different districts. That would mean a lot more planning – do I want that?
7. Up to now I neglected SEO regarding  internal linking. I will go through my blog posts during the coming weeks and insert internal links.
8. I haven’t always assigned tags and categories – something which also makes it easier to find my blog posts. I will go through my blog posts and add them.

Well, there’s a lot of work which waits to be done…

Whoever reads this blog post can consider himself to be tagged: Think of 8 things you are up to!