One problem with this that I am already noticing is that I will feel less let down with myself if I admit that I have assigned a probability of (which I have) .25 to actually meeting my goal. I hope this will not be a significant detracting factor.
In my experience, this is a very legitimate concern. What you might want to do instead is set sub-goals: reach 200 posts by Saturday, 230 by the Saturday after that, etc. That way, you’re giving yourself the chance to see now whether 4 posts per day is too much to expect yourself to handle, while at the same time making progress toward your big goal. And if you do find that that rate is too high, you can give yourself a chance to adjust your goal without just excusing yourself in advance for failing to achieve it.
I also suggest looking for high-rated posts about 10%, 20%, 30% etc. of the way from here to the end of the list, and writing their titles down as milestones. That way, when you reach those posts you’ll get a nice reminder that you’re making progress.
Well the dates are really the best reminder of progress. I can see I’m in a new month, or a new year, etc. Beside that, there’s the list of posts I linked to.
In my experience, this is a very legitimate concern. What you might want to do instead is set sub-goals: reach 200 posts by Saturday, 230 by the Saturday after that, etc. That way, you’re giving yourself the chance to see now whether 4 posts per day is too much to expect yourself to handle, while at the same time making progress toward your big goal. And if you do find that that rate is too high, you can give yourself a chance to adjust your goal without just excusing yourself in advance for failing to achieve it.
I also suggest looking for high-rated posts about 10%, 20%, 30% etc. of the way from here to the end of the list, and writing their titles down as milestones. That way, when you reach those posts you’ll get a nice reminder that you’re making progress.
Well the dates are really the best reminder of progress. I can see I’m in a new month, or a new year, etc. Beside that, there’s the list of posts I linked to.