Hello everyone.
Firstly – I’d like to apologies for the timing issues. Noor lives in Pakistan and they didn’t change their clocks like us lot in the UK! It’s nobody’s fault – just one of those things that happens – sometimes and because I was at work I didn’t realise! Normal service will resume this week and #socialbloggers will be at 6pm GMT as usual 🙂
This weeks topic was all about passions. Things you love, goals you have and how you get to them.
My main passions are blogging and running.
The thing I love about blogging is writing. I’ve always been a bit of a writing nerd – I started many novels as a child, wrote short stories and in my teens I went through a phase of adoring poetry – both reading and writing. I was writing all the time and spent a lot of time reading and critiquing/praising others poems and short prose. I guess blogging feels natural to me as I’ve had some form of online journal nearly all my adult life. Whether it be a blog, a diary thread on a forum of the journal function within Deviant Art.
I work hard at blogging by creating content – both writing about things I enjoy and writing things for the benefit of others. I love that feeling of publishing a post I’m really proud of.
My ultimate goal is to make enough money consistently every month that I’m able to go part time at work, so I can spend more time blogging. Although I am realistic and realise this goal might not be reached in a matter of weeks or months.
My ultimate goal with running is to run a marathon. But I have serious doubts about my ability to do this! Mainly because of the time takes to really train for one. My goal this year was to run three 10k races, which I completed yesterday by running the Leeds Abbey Dash.
Next year, I’m aiming to run the same 10ks again, plus Leeds half marathon in May. Oh God, I’ve announced in on my blog so there is no going back now.
Half marathon.
I’m going to do it in 2015.
Doom.
Tell me about your passions and goals 🙂
Q1: what are some things/fields you’re totes passionate about?
@Noor_Unnahar Well I love writing 🙂 #socialbloggers
— Ella (@EllaWasHereblog) November 15, 2014
@EllaWasHereblog @Noor_Unnahar Me too! I love writing my thoughts and feelings out, feels great! #socialbloggers — Areeba Siddique (@areebasiddique) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I love music and writing
— Zoe (@ZoesSecretStyle) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar #socialbloggers body shaming! I hate it! — Jenn PhotoJennic (@jennifrost) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar A1. life, passing on information and advice to others from my own experiences #socialbloggers
— A South Wales Blog (@AWelshBlog) November 15, 2014
Q2: in what ways have you’ve worked for your passion?
@Noor_Unnahar I studied journalism and now have a blog so writing is pretty much my life. #socialbloggers
— Ella (@EllaWasHereblog) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I write songs, preform them at “end of the year” shows and occasionally record them! — Zoe (@ZoesSecretStyle) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I would have loved to be an air hostess but I am too short 🙁 #socialbloggers
— pao wong (@paowong1) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar A2. I use my blog a lot to share my passion with the world #socialbloggers — A South Wales Blog (@AWelshBlog) November 15, 2014
Q3: Is there any goal you think you need to achieve concerning your passion?
@Noor_Unnahar I need to be more consistent & aggressive. #socialbloggers
— Carsla Peyton (@connectedcloths) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I would love to write a little more than what I currently post #socialbloggers — pao wong (@paowong1) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I’d just like to find a job where I can be creative and where I can keep on learning new things! #socialbloggers
— Ella (@EllaWasHereblog) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar A3. I don’t put pressure on myself to do anything from fear of not enjoying it #socialbloggers — A South Wales Blog (@AWelshBlog) November 15, 2014
Q4: if you could do anything to achieve your desired goals RIGHT NOW, what would it be?
@Noor_Unnahar probably not, i think the wait and work is what makes achieving so sweet #socialbloggers
— Fashion Worked (@fashionworked) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I would be 100% self-employed through my own business, travel the world, scribble a memoir or two. (: #socialbloggers
— Carsla Peyton (@connectedcloths) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar A5. I’d stop being ill, start writing some posts on women, healthy body image and things to change opinions #socialbloggers
— A South Wales Blog (@AWelshBlog) November 15, 2014
Q5: is there anything you learned while working for your goals and things you’re passionate about?
@Noor_Unnahar goals change, you can do other things and change #socialbloggers
— Fashion Worked (@fashionworked) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar I learned that I’m more patient than I thought, but get frustrated if someone gets my goal before me! #socialbloggers
— Dee (@PromptsByDee) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar it sicks at first but if you keep at it, it will get better. #socialbloggers
— Apoorva (@tea_and_music) November 15, 2014
@Noor_Unnahar A5. Don’t stop, you can do anything if you work hard and put your mind to it #socialbloggers
— A South Wales Blog (@AWelshBlog) November 15, 2014
Great post!Thanks for sharing!
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What a cool accomplishment with running awesome pictures.
I only tick with fake people.
This is great. Super accomplishment, I don’t like running, haha. My passions are Art, music, travelling, activism, love and just creating really. Happy Monday doll xx
Haha, I have a love/hate relationship with running to be honest!
enjoyed reading this..funny also.
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That explains to confusion over time then!
I have tried running but I hated it, just not for me. I have a huge passion for reading, used to have a huge cupboard full of books back in Malaysia, I donated all of it when we migrated. I do hope to find time to read again but I think that will probably happen only when the little one is older. My recent goal is simple, believe it or not, it’s to join one of the twitter blogger chats. I’ve tried but so far the little one and sometimes hubby always asking for attention at that moment. LOL!
Reflection of Sanity
haha oh dear – hope you manage to get a to a chat soon!
It’s so cool to learn more about you. Writing has been my passion since I was little too! I love your site and hope you accomplish all your goals! xx
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Very cool, You are very courageous for trying the hald marathon nest year! Hope you’re gonna make it!
Or really stupid 😀
Great post! I don’t really enjoy running so setting goals is perfect! x
Sara Wallflower
Thats awesome, I want to run it one day but I def need to train lol
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Tyana
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I love painting, that’s my passion, but I also love all things beauty, so I’m a professional make up, hair and nail artist so I would love to have my own business of making other people beautiful!!!
I’ve love to be good at painting!
Good luck in reaching your goals, how amazing would it be to have more time to blog? My goals are finishing my make up college course, be hired by a make up company and hopefully get my blog off the ground and maybe even reach 1k followers!
Oh I know! I’d love to have more time, I don’t really get a lot of down time because I’m either working, blogging or exercising.
I love these social blogger posts – I think that these area great way to get to know other things about bloggers. My passions are definitely books and blogging.
Lizzie’s Daily Blog
You should go for your dreams of running a marathon!
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Loved this post! And how cool is this!
I would love to focus more on some of my passions ^^
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Novelstyle
You have done so well with your running I really need to do more exercise, scrap that any exercise. God did I admit out loud that I don’t do any shame on me. I think it is good to have goals and ambitions Lucy x
Haha!
Wow, this is so cool 😉
Lovely greets Nessa
This is such a good post! It’s so important being passionate about things and spending time on them! It really shows you love blogging as you always create amazing content and upload often (daily!!!)
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Thank you!
Having goals to work towards definitely goes along way keep us motivated. Good luck with yours!
Pao Wong’s tweet made me giggle! I love this post. Every single one of our dreams is achievable. If we were to give up on them, we would just be floating…and that’s even more pointless than moving forward towards dreams – even if you didn’t end up achieving everything exactly as you planned!
Your writing is amazing, so coherent and concentrated, and I always look forward to it! You always publish things that are useful for others, too. Which can be a pretty big sacrifice. I actually read a great quote yesterday, it went:
“If it’s easy to read, a lot of effort went into writing it”.
Which I think is so true! And it’s something which a writer really needs to learn to be humble about before they can expect to be truly content with what they write + what they hear back about their writing.
And haha I totally relate to you – I’m currently in my ‘adorning poetry’ phase! Maybe it’s the heartbreak…or maybe it’s because I’ve always been a bit like this too. Either way, it keeps me sane and I love it!
Have a great week <3
Ha, poetry is wonder, it’s a great thing when you find a poem that just hits the right notes!
Ooh I’m in this! Lol. x