Baby, I’m Back
Hello! I’m back. Phew, it’s been a busy few months.
Coming back to a blog you’ve barely updated is a bit like coming back to a house you vacated a while back and simply left, with mail piling up on the floor, dust bunnies gathering, wilted plants and a general feeling of unlived-in-ness. Right now I feel like I’m speaking in an empty auditorium, which is how I felt when I started blogging, but I’d built up readership of this blog to more like 500 readers a day. I hope there is still someone reading; if so, leave a comment, say hi!
So what have I been doing? Well, I’ve been in the one place and doing a three-month contract. That meant a lot less time for blogging (time for writing, but blogging really involves reading, chatting, and all those other things that give a blogger their je ne sais quoi). Anyway, the contract is now over, my bank balance is looking very healthy and it’s Christmas holidays! And also New Year’s Resolution time, but I might leave that for the next post.
Highlights of this year for me included:
- A massive amount of travel, including a three-month stint in New York. So much fun!
- Moving back to my hometown, Wellington NZ, after 13-ish years away. Nice to be home.
- Learning how to make money online, even if it was just pocket money for the most part.
- Learning how to grow a blog from a Blogger clone to a more, you know, kinda grownup one.
- Doing quite a big job for quite a big company these past few months and earning some good $$, while making some good contacts and new friends.
- I even opened a retirement fund and made a big lump sum to start it off - finally! Now if only I could stop spending money on silly clothes I really don’t need.
It wasn’t a perfect year - there were certainly a couple of low points - but overall I’m pleased with progress and looking forward to next year. I have many plans! What were the highlights of 2K7 for you?
Happy holidays and see you on Jan 1, 2008.
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I’m still here! Glad to have you back!
December 26th, 2007 at 11:49 pmSo am I. Hope you have as good a 2008!
December 27th, 2007 at 12:11 amstill here minx, glad to see you back, can’t wait to hear what you’ve got in store for the new year
December 27th, 2007 at 4:04 amYour readers are very loyal. Welcome back. Sounds like an amazing year.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:32 pmWelcome back! Yippeee! Happy to have some fun things to read again on the web. You were missed. See you next year on the blogosphere!
December 28th, 2007 at 5:12 amHi.
December 28th, 2007 at 6:12 pmYay, I still have readers! Thanks guys.
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December 30th, 2007 at 7:56 amLooks like had a pretty busy year, minx. Hope you continue posting on this here blog. And wish you all a Happy New Year.
December 30th, 2007 at 5:29 pm20 days sitting here clicking refresh finally over. Happy happy and all that sort of stuff.
December 31st, 2007 at 8:18 amhi
December 31st, 2007 at 9:42 amHehe. Careful, Jon, you’ll get RSI!
December 31st, 2007 at 10:04 amHey look after the new post that your subject should be intresting , so that u can gain many traffic. Because doing the same that had all done will not be a good means to get traffic.
December 31st, 2007 at 4:48 pmHey Shona… glad to see you back. Hope you had a happy holiday.
I also wanted to let you know that I re-purchased One Man’s Goal, and I’m blogging there again. He offered a discount, I snapped it back up! Come hang out!!!
January 1st, 2008 at 12:35 amHi Bryan, you continue to surprise me.
Nice job!
Who wants to buy RichMinx.com and then sell it back to me at a cheaper price? C’mon, you know you want to.
January 1st, 2008 at 9:47 am