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 I Decided to Stop Tracking Prizes (and it worked) 

How things have changed in this wonderful hobby of contest entering online! I used to encourage people to track their wins, and keep a prize tracking list and even helped people build their list! I shared my list and offered up a copy of mine for people to use and it seemed to work well...and then it didn't.

About a quarter way through 2024 I decided to stop tracking my prize wins! And something miraculous happened! I actually saw quite an increase in my prize wins! It's amazing how when you don't pile another responsibility on yourself the joy of the hobby is increased and you actually can spend the time you would be working on a tracking sheet on entering more!

Stopped Tracking Prizes, More Social Media Giveaways, And Less Hunting Down

Tracking Prizes

In 2024 I entered a lot more on social media platforms, I started accounts on the new social media platforms, I stopped hunting down missing prizes, and I stopped tracking prizes I win!

With life being as hectic as it is for almost all of us having one more thing to track or take care of just wasn't worth it. Not when that time could be spent entering a handful of giveaways on Instagram , X or even on Bluesky. So I scrapped my tracking list and just started enjoying the hobby so much more! And I saw that I was winning so much more often.  

When years weren't the best looking back at my tracking list and seeing only a few wins didn't do my spirit any justice or encouragement about the upcoming year. Positive thoughts and a positive energy is all you need to win prizes! 

Lets be realistic, we all use social media and share our wins on Instagram or Facebook so we can always look back at what we won. We don't need a tracking sheet to know our wins. 

Social Media Giveaways

I changed up the way I did things in 2024 and now in 2025 too. I enter website contests consistently but I also enter a lot more social media based giveaways too. Very specific ones but more. I made accounts on the newer platforms as well and have started entering there. Changing the way you do things can breathe new life into your prize winning hobby. 

I stopped Tracking Down Prizes

I used to track down a prize and make sure it arrived. I would email for months if I had to just to make sure I got what I fairly won. But in 2024 I decided no more of that! I stopped doing that! So far only 1 prize has not arrived and that is okay! I will not message I will not email  and I will not tag them in social media posts asking for my prize. I have decided to keep this hobby 100% stress free. 

I simply block the account that didn't send out the prize, or unsubscribe to their email address and make a mental note not to enter their contests again. 

To sum this all up, keep your contest hobby as simple and fun as you can. Life is hard for everyone right now. Contesting should be a getaway from life. Your escape to enter some fun contests and giveaways and win some prizes along the way!

I had a super amazing 2024 year of amazing prizes, and I ended the year with a Segway Electric Scooter win from the Owens Corning Think Pink Contest to put the icing on the cake! Consider throwing away your tracking list and just enjoying entering and winning again!

Good luck in everything you enter!