Since leaving home in January I’ve been a serial slacker, only doing the bare minimum to keep my sites alive and keep the money rolling in. Fortunately, the nature of this business means that I can get away with it. Sweet.
The only problem with my slacker ways is that if I don’t eventually put some work in, I won’t ever get ahead. I’ll be stuck in a rut with the same sites, no new content, festering problems that I never seem to fix and eventually my little empire will start to crumble. It’s nice to have the option to take it easy from time to time, but putting in such a pitiful effort from February to April did nothing to get me ahead.
So now I’m here in Beijing, have a decent work space, a good internet connection, all the time I want, and no excuses not to produce. Well I’m not looking for excuses because now my problem is that I’m working too much! I seem to have skipped right past the fine balance of work and travel that I was hoping to strike and lately I’m spending all of my time chained to my desk, typing away, motivated and full of new ideas.
I’ve got three sites on the verge of completion and a time limit and that’s turning me into a bit of an obsessive workoholic. It scares me but I like it. I can’t imagine this will last for too much longer so I might as well enjoy the productivity while I have it. I’d better get ready to slump into a routine of website neglect from July onwards, especially since I’ll be either volunteering or going to Mongolia in July and embracing all things Olympic in August.
This new level of productivity is great news for my sites, but not so good for my travel and social lives. I just hope I don’t end up regretting not spending more time exploring Beijing.
Do you guys have phases where you just go for it and work all the time or are you more balanced in your approach?
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