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Much Needed Time Off for Me

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Beware: This could be very depressing for anyone over 50…

For some reason, I just haven’t been in the mood to write much of anything. I guess it is a bit transparent with the haphazard way I’ve been posting lately.

I’ve been trying to muddle through telling myself how what I do is important and could be helpful to other people who have a Work at Home Business. But, lately, it seems I am just treading water. Running a Blog Carnival & providing helpful reads on Sundays and posting something I find in my surfing around the internet is just fill for what I should be doing.

To what purpose? It just seems that the losses are far outpacing the gains. It’s not about money, but a Lot more Personal.

Some of you may know that I lost my Mom on December 13, 2006. Two weeks before my Fathers birthday 12/25 which is Christmas Day and a big day in my family. Now Christmas is not high on my list of fun things anymore.

And I lost my Pop on March 20, 2007, Five days after MY birthday and Three days before what would have been my Mom’s Birthday. And it just happened to be 13 weeks to the day of my Mothers death. Birthday’s pretty much suck anymore, they just seem to remind me of my own mortality.

Just this past April, we lost K’s father (his birthday was in April). He and I weren’t close by any stretch of the imagination, but we both had to deal (and still are) with all the problems cropping up with his estate and her brother just happens to be fighting the Will for good measure.

This has all been quite taxing on our very souls. And it all seems to be so futile. Work your whole life to what end? A contested Will? Holiday’s that hold no meaning anymore? Families spread far and wide?

Anyway, I think I need to take a little time off. Not a vacation, more of a sabbatical. Just to recoup. My head has been spinning for a while now, I need to get my balance back.

No idea how long it could be, hopefully not too long. I will continue the Carnival and Weekly Helpful Reads, but I have no idea when I may be back on a regular schedule of writing.

Thanks to all of you who have been there throughout this ordeal (and you know who you are). I hope it’s not too long before things settle down and I can get back to Writing.

I’ll keep you posted.

Joe

August 27th, 2008 at 02:57pm | Posted by Joe | General | 12 reader remarks | Print This Post

This Weeks Helpful Reads… Week 121

 This is an ongoing series of interesting and helpful reads that I have come across on the Internet. I try to include the most helpful articles and links each week to provide the widest range of information for the home business entrepreneur.

10 Rules for Finding Good Domain Hosting by Jonathan Bailey (on the Blog Herald)… If you are serious about running a Home Business online, you really need your own domain. This list should help you in your decision making in finding the right domain host for your Business.

Enterprise 2.0 Startups - Know Your Market by Ben Yoskovitz… Do you have an online business that sells to other businesses? If so, you may want to take a look at these great tips for selling B2B online.

The Art of Being a Small Business Owner by Dawud Miracle… Do you live life for your small business, or do you have a small business to support the lifestyle you want for you and your family? That is a Big Question, you may want to take a look at this article by Dawud to help decide which way you are heading.

I hope you find some of these articles informational and helpful. I think they will be enjoyable reading nonetheless.

August 24th, 2008 at 06:05am | Posted by Joe | Weekly Helpful Reads | 6 reader remarks | Print This Post

Working at Home Blog Carnival-Ninety-ninth Edition

Welcome to the August 22, 2008 edition of working at home blog carnival. This weeks Carnival has, as always, some really good articles. So, Sit Back and Enjoy.

And Here We Go…

(These will be in alphabetical order due to an outage at the Blog Carnival Site, feel free to make up your own categories)

Alaia Williams presents Work-At-Home Productivity: When no one?s looking over your shoulder. posted at One Organized Life Blog.

Allison Nazarian presents Writing a newsworthy press release that hits the mark posted at Allison Nazarian.

Andrew Rondeau presents All Managers Are Customers Too posted at The GreatManagement Blog.

Carol Bentley presents story of your life? posted at Carol Bentley.

Cheryl Hines presents Article Writing For Dummies! posted at Internet Marketing With The Hines’.

Dawn Abraham Life Coach presents Can You Really Make Money With an Internet Marketing Business? Five Sure Fire Business Changing Tips posted at Qualified Life Coach.

Dr. Joe Capista presents How a Vision Statement Can Influence Your Business Success posted at The Success Triangle.

Heather Johnson presents 5 Tips on How to Combat Spyware posted at Web Tools and Tips.

Kathleen Gage presents The Power and Profit of Teleseminars posted at Street Smarts Marketing & Promotions.

Mary presents Forum Marketing – A Free and Easy Way to Promote Your Business Online posted at American Entrepreneurship.

Melanie presents How I Beat Radio Interview Nerves posted at Welcome to the jexbo® blog - Tips for self-published authors and entrepreneurs!.

Nesher presents 50 Questions you answer evaluating Website posted at Collection of the Web Freebies.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents 6 Ways We’re Managing Our Finances and Our Emotions While Starting A Business posted at The Digerati Life.

tabitha presents How To Acquire Students for Your E-tutoring Business posted at Scott Palat.

The Shark Investor presents How To Trade Domain Names And Websites posted at The Shark Investor.

Thursday Bram presents 5 Secrets About Passive Income posted at thursdaybram.com.

Will presents Making Money Online, Ten Things I Wish I Knew As A Beginner posted at Your Finish Rich Plan.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of working at home blog carnival using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page. If you would like to host one of my Carnivals, just use the contact form to make arrangements.

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August 22nd, 2008 at 06:05am | Posted by Joe | Carnivals, Work at Home | 1 reader remark | Print This Post