Here’s what I learned running a blog through 42 blog articles this year.
1. Learned how to start up and maintain a website.
2. Developed better writing skills.
3. Learned how to create content that adds value to 80% of the blog visitors.
4. Learned how to use web-based tools to increase security on my website.
5. Gained a better understanding of Google Analytics functionality.
6. Began learning the art of SEO management.
7. Realize that most people are online to either solve a problem or be entertained. (mostly to be entertained).
8. Discovered that gratitude is much more difficult to measure than accomplishments. Continue reading “8 things I learned During My Blog Start-Up”
Tag: escape velocity
Playing On The Tracks: The Origins of a Personal Escape Velocity
It has been exactly 30 years since we sold our townhouse in Skokie, IL, which we owned for less than a year, and moved to Massachusetts so that I could take a job in scientific sales & marketing. It was a significant risk for a “YUPPIE” couple that had been married for only a couple of years. mrsfromthebachrow quit her job for me to make the career leap to an area that would later become the biotech capital of the world. Did we comprehend the scale of picking up and moving in a very short period? Nope, didn’t have a clue, but the youthful exuberance and the quest to get out of a dead-end and toxic laboratory job motivated to act. After 30 years, I can now pause and reflect on parts of the experience since that risky repositioning. Continue reading “Playing On The Tracks: The Origins of a Personal Escape Velocity”
7 Easy Steps To Move Your Comfort Zone
Often times you might find yourself sitting in traffic on the highway stopped, just stopped, on the road that should be flowing steadily at 60+ mph. The stop-and-go process ensues. A few miles into it, the brake & gas foot/ankle exercise, you come upon what it might be. Usually, it’s the aftermath of a fender bender that has moved to the side of the road or a trooper with lights flashing giving a driver a “safety citation” to redeem in court at a future time. After that, things open up and traffic flows as usual. For me, as I mash down on the gas pedal and let all eight cylinders light up, and let the Challenger run free for a bit, I wonder why the hell people have to slow down and “rubberneck” the scene when in fact there is nothing left to see. A few events are happening in some linear order that created this mess in the first place. Continue reading “7 Easy Steps To Move Your Comfort Zone”