My lack of regular posting recently has not been due to any lack of motivation or ideas, rather a lack of time. Part of the reason for this is a consequence of blogging itself which has led on to other activities. Even the social networking aspects have had to take a back seat lately. I concentrate on Stumbleupon as a voting site, diigo for my bookmarking and belong to a few active Ning groups and forums. Digg has taken the back seat. I never really did enjoy using it so never put in the time necessary to make it work for me. One aspect I have regretted having to neglect is visiting and commenting on blogs I enjoy.
This blog has become my base in the online world, a world that has expanded greatly in the time it has been running. Membership of social networking sites aside, running and moderating forums, developing and customizing WordPress themes, starting up and running blogs for business and non profit sites and an increase in my website building jobs have been the main consequences of being a relatively long term blogger.
I look forward to expanding my involvement even further; making money from blogging itself is on my agenda too although this has been in the ideas and planning stage for quite a while now and I have yet to take more than a few tentative steps towards this. I resigned from my last remaining accounts job recently, a remnant of a former life, which means I must rely on income from web design and blogging. Wish me luck 
Please let us know if your blogging activities have led to extra activities too, on or offline.
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Good luck Sue! I wish you great success
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Good for you Sue.
Hope it all works out for you
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I’m sure you’ll make it, Sue.
Enjoy reading your post of ‘SN can be bad for your blog’. It’s a great reminder of being balance. Thanks for the tips.
Good luck Sue!
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I have been doing a lot of stuff with stumbleupon as well. Thanks for making the effort to make a post. I really appreciate it!
Good luck!
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Wishing you a lot of success in your online life Sue. If I hadn’t had certain setbacks, I would have liked to expand my online activities to another level too but some day I hope to do that though.. so I’ll hire you as my mentor
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Some times, correction all of the time it feels like there just is not enough hours in a day to do everything. I would love to get into social media more but just can not find the time. I have to laugh when people I know say I have an easy job working online from home
Good luck Sue!
wow. quite a lot of activity there. cool.
no offline activities yet related to blogging, but maybe one of these months.
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Good luck Sue,
And thanks for making the effort to make a post. BTW, I have a few offline activities too, so I have to left my blog for a while
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Hey Sue! Thanks for dropping by and with comments!
And what a coincidence – I was just looking into changing my blog theme! Goodie! Have bookmarked nd will be back longer after exams!
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This is an exciting time. I recently made a similar step. We will finally gain control over our schedules and be paid based on our work rather than the traditional employment method. Best wishes in this new phase of life!
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I’m curious about something, if you would mind sharing: Based on your experience with Stumbleupon, diigo, Ning groups, and forums, which have you found most beneficial, and how were they beneficial (e.g. traffic, backlinks, great ideas, etc.)? Your answer would be useful to others who are considering the best ways to invest their time from an RIO perspective.
I like to schedule posts. Getting the posts up there is the problem.
Getting to where I want to go needs to be in balance!
Thanks for the post. Wake up call!
Yes! My blog has led to meeting new people, making great friends, and me finding new interests. It’s amazing how you can do such great things, if you just put yourself out there. Share some of yourself, and you’ll be amazed at what happens!
I agree. In fact, it was because of Andrew’s blog that we became friends. It’s amazing how blogging brings the online world into a community.
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Good luck, Sue! I hope you will do it!
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Very cool. Congrats on this move Sue! I am sure you will extremely well!
It is so easy to get caught up in all of web 2.0. There are just so many social networks and social bookmarking sites that sometimes it can be overwhelming. I understand why you have been so busy.
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So happy for you Sue… Anyway, goodluck to you. I know you can do it.
Of course I will wish you good luck Sue!
With your social ability as well as blog design and content capability, I’m sure you’ll have great success.
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Fortunately I’ve only been blogging for a few months and I still have a lot to blog about. But I just try to write about things I enjoy. That way it is easy to write.
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So far for me, it’s actually been the other way around. I started out with my main website doing photo restoration and enahncements and eventually expanded into creating fantasy fairy portraits and then to blogging about the work I do. Now, my blog is in entering a new stage, an expansion in what I’m blogging about. I think now that I’m more comfortable in the blogging world, it will lead me into even more activities. I hope so, so far it’s been a blast!
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Blogging is how it all starts. After some time you find out that all you think about is new web projects or posts
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I’m glad for you, Sue! I can only say Good luck!
all the best, you have great blog here!
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Good Luck to you Sue dear. Hope you come out with flying colours on all your endeavours.
SARA.
I stumbled upon your blog a few minutes ago. Nice to see someone following their heart in life! It sounds like you are making some positive changes in life, something we all should consider.
Best of luck to you!
Julia
There comes a point where anyone’s blogging expereinces makes them more discerning about the tools and sites they engage with. Time is precious and it should be used to achieve most value. Value, now there’s a word, a million meanings for a million people. That’s one reason I have a problem with so much of the prescriptive ‘you must’ ‘you should’ in the blogosphere. Having a specific purpose is a necessary focus for your blogging activities (oops I’ve just commited my pet hate)That purpose is highly individual.
Yes I would say that it has lead to outside activities, it has lead to new opportunities as I have been contacted by some people to do business with, as they really enjoyed my personal website.
Till then,
Jean
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Wow sounds like I am going to thru the same thing. Good Luck and I wish you the best
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