I have been contemplating and have finally accepted that I have to join the Hub Challenge, 30 Hubs in 30 Days.

There are several challenges that have been issued and I have considered them. However, I don’t think I have what it takes to write 100 quality hubs in 30 days. In fact, I’m not certain I have what it takes to write 30 quality hubs in 30 days. Therefore, the challenge certainly applies.

I hereby decree - to all of my fans that you are empowered to ensure I write quality hubs!!

If you are of a mind, you can assist me in this process by making me accountable. If you think I am writing hubs that are not up to snuff, please feel free to let me know. In fact, I encourage you to comment and let me know. I hope that by asking for your honest feedback, it will keep me on the straight and narrow.

I started looking into the how and why of this 30 / 30 challenge on several occasions.

I have heard rumors that participating in this challenge often brings more traffic to your hubs which is something I would be grateful for.

Greater traffic may provide the opportunity for an increase in revenue. I am a doubting Thomas myself. But increase in money or not, I want to do this.

I just want to challenge myself to do this well which may be difficult with a full time job.

I hope you will join me on this journey, or at least part of this journey and help keep me on track. Pull me back if I'm starting to write gobbly gook.  There are many years of accumulated knowledge, interesting facts, observations and questions that have been resting quietly in the back of the brain.  It's time to pull some of those out and see where it takes me.

In Da rules and stuff, Ryan Hupfer talks about the fun of it. It's listed there twice. So, I am going to try and have some fun with it. Because I can, and because I think, if it's done well, others can have fun with it too.

I watched my inbox being filled everyday with others who have taken the plunge and accepted this 30/30 challenge. I try very hard to keep up with them all.

But I do wonder, Is there a better way to manage the volume of emails? To answer this question, I had to find out if I could change my preferences somehow.

Which led to my next question, how will I be able to keep up with my fans? I certainly don't want to loose sight of what they are doing.

My solution - I thought - was to change my email preference to "never" and try to keep up with them through the Hubtivity button. But, since I don't want to give the impression of not wanting to know what my friends are all doing, and upon the suggestion of Ivorwen, I think I will choose the daily digest and the Hubtivity options. The best of both worlds I think. A manageable number of email and Hubtivity provides the opportunity to find other great authors I might otherwise have missed.

My next biggest concern is - am I capable of writing quality hubs under pressure? I think we are about to find out, and I hope we have some fun doing it!

What are the Rules? I don’t know about you, but I’m not all that brilliant. If things are laid out for me step by step, hmmm, yes I can usually get things done. I read the forums, and other hubs and as far as I can tell these are the basic rules.

• When Tweeting - Tweet using the #HubChallenge hashtag
• Write blogs and posts everywhere to tell why you are doing this
• Have Fun
• Use the pictures when writing your blogs
• Tag each of your Hubs with Hub Challenge
  
• Write quality articles
• Have Fun
• Post your Hubs in the Forum for best exposure
  

Where do I sign up for the 30 / 30 challenge??

You don't need to sign up anywhere. This is a challenge for YOU. You meet the challenge because you want to. It's a good idea to post your intentions and your hubs in the Forum. You can get answers and encouragement when needed.

Unlike most of you I’m sure, I tend to get side tracked easily. There are so many excellent Hubbers here and so many wonderful articles, that it doesn’t take me more than 5 minutes before I find some hyperlink in one of the blogs or forums that I simply must read. And voila! I’m side tracked and completely forget what I set out to do. I could easily blame it on the age thing, but that's just not the case, at least not this time. There is simply so much here.

For myself I will have to learn discipline, ignore any hyperlinks I find here and limit my time on the forums until I get it done!

Ok, that was a test.
Did you pass?
If you are still reading this, congratulations!
You managed to avoid the “Hyperlink Pull”, which is one of my biggest personal challenges.

I am going to be positive here. As you can see from the activity chart above, not much traffic hits my Hubs. Especially when you see some of the others who do such great work here.

So, for the record, I have taken a snap shot from this morning. At the end of the challenge, I will take another.

Here's hoping I don't embarrass myself altogether!

Wish me luck dear fans! I'm thinking I could use all the good Karma I can find. :)

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