As many of you know, we are trying to reach the goal of posting 460 blog posts this June. I just noticed that we have posted 399 blog posts. That made me so happy! It also made me think about posting my next blog. I realized that if I wrote and published my next blog post really quickly, I would have the 400th post! But, that would be breaking one of my own secrets of blogging. I'm sure by the time I finish this post and put it aside for a little while, another blogger will have already posted #400. Who will it be?
This brings me to my next point about numbers. Early on in this challenge, one of our keen members brought something to my attention. (You might want to sit down for this.) The MyEC blog record is actually higher than 460. In fact, 580 blog posts were published on MyEC in July 2013! D'oh! How did I miss that? Maybe the numbers weren't updating properly the day I published our challenge. Or, maybe I just missed that one (but there were two other months higher than 460 as well). I've always been better with letters than numbers.
This put me in a bit of a pickle. I wasn't sure if I should tell our bloggers about the real number to beat, or not. After all, I didn't want any of our bloggers to get discouraged and give up. Would members like Mishaikh have continued with the challenge if they knew how difficult it would be? Mishaikh has published over 30 blogs, by the way. (I'd write the exact number, but he has probably posted another by now.) And what about members like Expector? Our blog moderator has been writing so many motivating posts and reminding us that we are still on target. Would he have given up by now?
And so, I decided to wait until now to reveal the real number to beat: 580. Though I don't think it's fair to change the goal for June this late in the game, I do think that we should still try to beat 580 at some point in time. For now...let's get 60 more posts written and beat our June challenge.
Get blogging!
PS. If you're running out of ideas, try the "My Surroundings" theme that some of the bloggers have picked up. Write about the surroundings you see when you are blogging. You could also try some Writing Prompts.
Other Impressive EnglishClub Numbers
17,963 MyEC Blog Posts in Total
423,063 Views of EC's Happy Birthday Song on YouTube
Comments
We need 100 blogs to go to reach 580. Wow.. Seeing these wonderful bloggers, I guess it's POSSIBLE. Keep writing, guys. ^^
Dear Tara,
Now I guess we can beat for more than 500 blogs. Just guess. :D
@Mishaikh
Tara might be helping re-check the number 580. We should keep blogging, even though it turned out the number was wrong (statistic errors).
Enjoy!
I also checked the number of blogs in June 2013 580, but like others (Mary) I assumed may be some technicality involve in it. Maybe there was no challenge was involved. Anyway, I am trying to settle my PANTING. Lets hope........................ I have already posted 32nd blog of mine.
Wow, really? 'Big deal', though.
I should have checked the number, but I failed to do that. 580 blogs a month is really a thing - I wonder how come we made it in just one month.
The new goal may inspire our active members here to write even more rather than deter them. I'm sure we can make it. We're still on target. I just enjoy this feeling: anybody's guess.
Thanks, Mary. I'm sure a few bloggers noticed! I like your idea! Let's do that. :)
Tara, you can still 'adjust' your challenge to MyEC Blog Record FOR JUNE:
439 blog post were published in June 2013, so... you just have to adjust your challege to that goal! It's also closer than 460 :D
(Btw I also noticed that about the 580 blog posts but I didn't want to say anything for not being a party pooper haha)
No problem, the important is to write!