Here we go the first operation level up check in and to be honest I haven't had the best week. Things didn't go to plan at all with life distractions taking place and me getting swayed by the nicer weather. This isn't going to happen again though as I am planning on really locking in and knuckling down this week. Here is how last week went though...

Blog posts from last week

On here I managed to post a grand total of 4 times, which is more than I thought. I posted the intro post for this series, a post about how I want to change the home gym, a pay day wish list and finally a list of items I want to buy for the projects I am working on. Over on my football site I posted once which was a look at upcoming games and on the gaming site there was just the one post about what games I was playing at the weekend. 

Instagram favourites

I really slacked on Instagram last week and barely posted just due to a lack of organisation on my part.  This is changing this week though and I want to post just what I want rather than over analyzing everything.

What went well 

I guess the only thing that went well was the fact I got 4 posts on here posted. This beat my target of 3 posts and I actually really enjoyed working on each of them. I also got the one post done for the football site which is great as it is something I have been delaying for too long.

What went wrong 

The main thing that went wrong last week was that I didn't have my priorities in order and things like Instagram & TikTok got neglected. I let the nicer weather sway me away from what I needed to do and I wasn't as focused as I should have been.

What I can improve on 

This week the big thing for me to improve on is organisation. I know that if I am more organised I will be a lot more productive as I know what I need to be working on and when things need to be done by. I am hopefully that these few changes will lead to a super positive wrap up next Monday.

Things that happened during the week 

Nothing has changed due to my laziness and getting distracted. I haven't reached out to anyone for collab opportunities. I haven't upgraded any equipment just yet however, plans are in place for those to happen in the near future. I did manage a planning session on Sunday just so I could map out the week and what needs doing. Let's hope more happens next week.

How I feel about things going into the new week 

Honestly I am a little disheartened from last week, I feel I could have done so much more but as usual let other things get in the way. I need to do a lot better if I want things to start going in the right direction as I know I am capable of so much more. I feel so much more motivated than last week though so I am hopeful for a much better week ahead.

So here is a look at last weeks goals...

> Post on this website 3 times - I managed to beat this as I posted 4 times which I am super proud of as it is one of the only things that went well from the week.

> Post on gaming site 2 times - I only managed once on here and to be honest that was a very last minute post which I wasn't too proud of. I am hoping for so much better when it comes to next weeks wrap up post.

> Post on football site 2 times - I managed one post on here too however, I am happy with that as it means the motivation to post on here has finally returned. This site is the one I want to grow the most so I need to start doing so much more for it.

> Sort out list of equipment I want to purchase for content creation - I have made a start on this and made some good progress on finalizing a few purchases I want to save for. This is one I will be jumping in and out of over the next few months though as it is something I need to sort before the start of the new football season.

> Reach out to a brand about an EOTA collaboration - I didn't do this as I think I might be best off building a bit of consistency on the site and social media before shooting my shot collaboration wise. This goal was definitely set too soon but it is something to work towards.

> Show up on Instagram stories daily across all accounts - I was rubbish with Instagram last week and I am annoyed with myself as I was hopeful for a big push across all my accounts. A bit more planning and this will happen at some point

So that is what the series is going to be covering and I guess today is the starting point so to get things going here are the current followers stats for the accounts I am locking in on...

Personal Instagram 

Start - 911

 End of the week - 912

Personal TikTok 

 Start - 348

 End of the week - 349

Football Instagram 

Start - 642

 End of the week - 640

Football TikTok 

 Start - 212

 End of the week - 212

Gaming Instagram 

 Start - 955

 End of the week - 954

Gaming TikTok 

 Start - 66

 End of the week - 67

As you can see not much changed across the accounts, in fact in some cases things went in the wrong direction but that is what happens when you aren't consistent! Time to lock in now.

 So here are the goals I am setting for the week ahead...

> Post 5 times on here

> Post 3 times on gaming website 

> Post daily on my personal Instagram

> Post 3 times on TikTok

> Plan out all May's blog content for here

> Post twice on football website

I am really looking forward to seeing just how much I can get through this week as I am determined to make it much better than last week where I didn't do half as much as I wanted to. There is so much progress to be made so let's start making it.

See you soon

Lucy.