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A Little Dream Coming Real Before My Eyes….

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My 200th Blogging Milestone
My 200th Blogging Milestone

Whoot! Whoot! You don’t say! My 200th Blogging Milestone post is in!

I feel like floating out of my seat and singing loudly and off-key too!

I didn’t set out to hit this mark so soon just after hitting my 100th blogging milestone on the 8th of September, but I just did it!

I am truly surprised because according to the timeline/goals that I had set for myself, I expected to get here by the end of the December.  Naturally, I expected to gain a few more blogging friends as I went along, but I have managed to exceed my own humble expectations.

I personally don’t like putting too much expectation out there and wearing my heart on my sleeves; that way, I won’t feel particularly disappointed or perturbed if things are a bit slow.

To have started this 5 months ago and happily sustained a tempo is what really makes me glad. I had expected the fascination to wane a bit, but not yet! It has only grown stronger by the day.

The desire to write solidifies more and more.

I take a closer look at my posts and found that in September alone, I had churned out 86 posts and this month 29 posts so far! I firmly believe that Blogging University contributed a grand deal to this scheme and I would like to encourage anyone having second thoughts to give it a shot.

I also look at my stats and yes I am pleased to bits. I try not to check it too often – maybe once a week to decipher which day or what article came out strong.

Compared to my 100th post which took me 3 months from May to September to arrive at and my stats stood at:

I am celebrating my 100 posts, my 192 blogger friends, my 4,247 followers and my 5,220 stats on this blog.

TODAY:

I celebrate, my 200th blogging milestone, my 435 blogger friends, 6,556 followers and my 12,327 stats! More than a double jump in a month and 5 days!

To say the least, I am very happy! No! my bank account did not swell from blogging and that has never been the reason why I started blogging in the first place; if it comes as time goes on, of course, I will celebrate that too.

Have a cupcake with me, its virtually fat-free
Have a cupcake with me, its virtually fat-free

I like to dream realizable dreams and though this might not mean much to some big bloggers, it means a lot to me!

I will not despise my little beginnings, because we all have to start from somewhere.

The magic that it holds for me is that I got up from dreaming about it, to actualizing it! Well that’s a little dream come true for me!

My heart swells from meeting so many of you. To some of you, I have already imagined who they are in real face time based on our exchanges and their blogging voices and I so hope, that maybe one day in the future of WordPress, we may be opportune to encounter in real face time.

To all of you, I do say thanks. Thank you for the encouragement. Thank you for the smiles. Thank you for adopting me in this community of well meaning individuals.

I Thank God most of all for the sustenance and Grace.

Now let me go and hoot my horn and make some noise in my house 😉

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

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A wordsmith with a vivid imagination, an eager mind and a burning desire to carve out tales. As I journey with my muse to that land of all possibilities and self discovery, I hope my personal evolution will serve as a beacon of inspiration for anyone who chooses to stop by.

87 thoughts on “A Little Dream Coming Real Before My Eyes….”

  10. Wow!! That’s a very big milestone! Although I’m not surprised…not many people publish as many posts as you do each day. Congrats girl…at this rate, maybe you might hit the 300 mark by the end of December!!

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    1. Sis, I think I practically arm-twisted most of my Facebook friends to like, follow and share. I synchronize my Facebook with my blog and I used to do little posts there before I started my blog in May. I have 2,000+ Facebook connections (and it gets longer each day) and a lot of them have been generous in sharing my posts on their timeline. I also have a couple of follower on Tumblr and Twitter. Still learning how to use those two. In WordPress, I am honestly surprised that I connected so fast with a lot of bloggers. With every blogger busy doing their thing, I didn’t really expect people to have time for me 🙂

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  17. Congrats dear Jacqueline! 😃I think you attract such a following because you have a very warm, self-deprecating, quirky personality!! But also because you are consistent and that breeds loyalty. And the other reason… Cos you don’t write tomes but easily digested, easy to read, full of colour blogs! We all feel we know you… a little. 😁 May you continue to blog to your and our hearts content!!😁😁😁

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    1. My dear Sir Reuben, this is the most informative and concise comment that I have read. I truly, truly appreciate your candid observation. You have actually helped me understand a lot more. I love colour naturally and I love to laugh a lot too even at myself and I do love meeting you 🙂 Bless you so much.

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    1. Thanks my dear. When you click on your stats, look up at the headings and click on insights which will give you a detailed breakdown of your statistics. Scroll down and you will see the list of followers towards the end. Happy discovery 🙂

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      1. Thank you. 🙂 What’s the difference between blogger friends and followers? ☺️ Pardon me for asking so many question.

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      2. No worries at all 🙂 Followers are a combination of all those that tag behind your blog, from Facebook, Twitter, WordPress, Pinterest etc. While blogging friends are other bloggers on WordPress; and possible other blogging sites too 🙂

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    1. Oh I love your exclamation! It plastered an immediate smile on my face. Thank you very much Leannenz. I personally don’t see the sense in following other bloggers and simply ignoring them while I sit and expect miracles. I just try to reach out to connect and understand as best as I can, which is what really makes it enjoyable for me. Connecting and learning from others 🙂 Thank you for visiting today. Do have a lovely day 🙂

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  24. I believe we started our blogs like in the same week or so…….maybe, anywho, I am glad to see you have our cupcakes all ready to celebrate with you! AND the best part is, with all your many many people you take the time to come back and see us little ones and comment and encourage and for that GOLD STAR for You 😀 Enjoy your party, and thanks for sharing in the great blogging sphere here

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  31. Whoop whoop! Your enthusiasm is so infectious. XD

    Well done Jacqueline, I love what you do and the way that you do it. That you’ve achieved so much in only 5 months, shows real dedication. I am very inspired.

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