Almost two weeks since my last post, and I’m missing the familiar buzz of publishing content. The commentators, the familiar faces in the avatars, the friendly emails.
It appears that web-design has the tendency to suck every available bit of time you have. Fueled by enthusiasm and good spirits I find myself designing and coding most of the time, being left with no time to blog.
I know, I should post regularly and be consistent with the quality, but the project I’m working on is quite serious, and has a potential to earn good money in the long run. I cannot rely on a free WordPress theme and had to start to completely overhaul a simple theme to fit our requirements. We’re doing everything in-house: the content, the graphics, the coding, and you can imagine what amount of energy and time this requires.
This is a blog about blogging and internet marketing (roll your eyes here), and obviously as a serious entrepreneur I’m going to undertake several projects once in a while. And a logical conclusion is that I’m going to have these sort of blogging breaks unless I outsource the time-consuming tasks. I am going to do this, but later on, when I will assemble a team of trustworthy freelancers and have a bit more money in my pocket.
Last three days we rented a bunch of movies and didn’t turn on anything with an Internet connection. This move allowed our heads to clear up and this post to see air.
Enjoy what you do, and see you around.
- Alex
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Good for you, Alex. Unplugging is a great way to recharge your batteries, gain perspective. I’ve been in web development for 12 years and it’s easy to find yourself working crazy hours when it’s something you love. Stepping back for even a little bit to enjoy family and friends can do a lot of personal good and it’ll eventual show in the work. Another blogger (Ariel Meadow Stallings - http://electrolicious.com/2008/01/52-nights-unplugged) has committed to 52 nights unplugged this year. Not a bad idea.
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Great idea, Randy.
I don’t like the commitment thing though. Once you commit to something, you will be stressed over it at one point or another. I’m for just knowing that it is OK not to go online sometime, and have a beer instead.. or watch a movie with the family.. etc..
See you around!