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Blogging From My Wife’s Laptop

Posted on January 19, 2009

bloggingattable If you haven’t noticed, I haven’t been blogging on a consistent basis.  Part of this problem is due to the fact that once I go downstairs to work, I usually get distracted and blogging is the last thing on my mind.  But the result of this is that my blog, traffic, and readers all suffer – if there is nothing new to read, why would you come back, right?

So, I have decided to try this week to sit down before I go downstairs at the kitchen table and blog on my wife’s laptop.  There is no specialized software on here, just the basics, so there is little distraction for me to do other things besides blogging.

I guess I’ll have to see how it goes, but so far, this is the second blog post I have written today (I have about three blogs to write on that I should be doing consistently), so I guess I have made progress already.

I’ll give it a week and we’ll see how it is going – I am expecting some good results.

Taking a Much Needed Break

Posted on December 9, 2008

I find that being a work at home dad can sometimes be very stressful and tiring.  Not only do I have the responsibility of taking care of my children’s needs (my 10 month old and three year old are at home all day with me), but I need to take care of the business as well.

So, I try to make sure to leave some room in my schedule to make sure that I have some free time – too much work and no play drives me nuts.

This past weekend, we had my son’s sixth birthday party on Friday, my brother and his wife over on Saturday, and my wife’s parents and brother’s family over on Sunday.  Though we did have a good time visiting, I find myself tired out with a bunch of work to do.

So, I have decided to take a break to get caught up.  Sure, I can’t really take a break from the kids, but cutting all my connections with the outside world including shutting off Skype and Twitter frees up a bunch of time.

In fact, sometimes I wish it could be this quiet all the time – I might actually get a lot of work done.

Anyway, I’ll be back online full force on Wednesday – so don’t worry, nothing is wrong: I just need a break.

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