I'm a total slacker

Maybe that's not being fair to myself. But I started uberasp.net in early January, blasted up some articles and started linking to newsworthy ASP.NET stuff. Then it stopped.

It stopped for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is the contract gig that is sucking the life out of me. Add in the volleyball coaching (my girls come second only to my wife), the planning and accounting for two forthcoming CoasterBuzz Club events, nice weather, the last episodes of 24 and Alias, a small site development contract and a super-secret project to replace one of my other sites (oh, and I still want to do a junior Olympic volleyball community site), and you can see where my time goes. Now I've got my book to write as well.

The difference in this site is that I need to feed it regularly. Sites like CoasterBuzz, with 10,000+ visitors every day, feed themselves with contributions from its community.

All this stuff interferes with other things too. My diet is at a stand-still since I started this job. I'm not concentrating on eating right or exercising. I'm not cleaning the house regularly like I should be (a problem for marital relations to be sure).

There is an upside though... I'm not one of those people who pours 50 hours a week into that job. Billing hourly, I do the 40 hours and pursue the other things I enjoy. It'll be interesting when they decide to offer a full-time gig, to see what they offer. My other pursuits are finally starting to generate a little revenue, and I might decide to instead pursue those so “the man” is me. Exciting times!

3 Comments

  • Shame, it was shaping up to be a really good site, some of the articles cover stuff better than I've seen anywhere else...

  • I should add that I'm not abandoning it... I just don't think I'll have time for another month or two to get back to writing it.



  • I hear ya man....I read your post and thought "hey! That's me!" I've got a long list of writing projects, books to read, code to write, etc, but that whole "making a living" thing always seems to get in the way.

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