Proof of Consistency

Consistency is a buzz word these days.

But do you know what it means? And I don't refer to the dictionary definition.

It means repeating a simple action or a more complex routine for a long period of time.

The action or routine can have a positive impact on you and your goals, or a negative one. Consistency can work both ways. And obviously you should aim to develop positive consistencies.

Here's an example of positive consistency: being physically active every day.

Here's an example of negative consistency: eating sweets every day.

Consistency is mostly important to yourself. You get the dopamine boost when you hit the target. It can also work in teams.

But you don't necessarily need to make your goals public. When you do that, you make yourself accountable to those who see or hear your goals, and who may (and sometimes should) remind you of them. Publicly sharing your goals usually increases your determination, consistency and will to hit your goals.

With this in mind, some time ago I told you I was surprised to notice that I haven't had an entire month of uninterrupted posting, despite having many weeks of such streaks.

But that changed in August, all while posting activity dropped in the Steem ecosystem overall. Here's proof from SteemitBoard.com:

While we are here, in July I posted about my Steem goals for 2018.

Let's see how those are going:

1,500 SP by the year end

At the time of posting, on July 20th, I had 824 SP. Now it's up to 1,371 SP. This one will be completed way before the end of 2018. Steem price helped... a lot.

Minimum 300 posts

Currently I have 206 posts, up from 161 at the date of the goal setting.Definitely on target, since I have the habit of posting once a day.

At least 1,500 comments

I haven't been following this closely, but apparently I did well, all by natural engagement and interaction. I hoped for more engagement on my own posts though, but well, if it's not, it's not.

Started at 787 comments when the goals post was published in July and boosted them to a surprising 979. That's almost 5 comments per day.