Comments on: Estimating How Many Hours I Work in a Month http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/ Backpacking around the world on my income from the internet. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:04:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cecilia http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-803 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:56:57 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-803 After bumming around so much from blog to blog...site to site, I felt I still wasn't ready to start. Thanks to Kirsty's planned trip to the Philippines--that gave me the push to start somewhere last weekend. It was like walking on quicksand, minute to minute, wondering what would happen next. It's exciting though to see tid bits of ideas slowly manifesting in print, very rewarding despite the many hours of looking at the never-changing screen glaring back at me. It's encouraging to know what others go through, thank you all. After bumming around so much from blog to blog…site to site, I felt I still wasn’t ready to start. Thanks to Kirsty’s planned trip to the Philippines–that gave me the push to start somewhere last weekend. It was like walking on quicksand, minute to minute, wondering what would happen next. It’s exciting though to see tid bits of ideas slowly manifesting in print, very rewarding despite the many hours of looking at the never-changing screen glaring back at me. It’s encouraging to know what others go through, thank you all.

]]> by: Beijing http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-798 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:20:45 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-798 I would hate to think the time I spend on my sites, reading forums and blogs but I love it so much that I never think of it as work. I know I am not always productive, but as long as I keep doing new stuff everyday I dont mind. I did one of those "do you like your job" type surveys the other day and I came out on top for every question. There is no way I could have answered it like that in my last job. Fortunately, the things I don't like doing I can get other people to do or try to set up some system to get it done. The nice thing is I can spend the day at the beach whenever I feel like and spend time "working" in the evening, even while watching a movie. I would hate to think the time I spend on my sites, reading forums and blogs but I love it so much that I never think of it as work. I know I am not always productive, but as long as I keep doing new stuff everyday I dont mind.

I did one of those “do you like your job” type surveys the other day and I came out on top for every question. There is no way I could have answered it like that in my last job. Fortunately, the things I don’t like doing I can get other people to do or try to set up some system to get it done.

The nice thing is I can spend the day at the beach whenever I feel like and spend time “working” in the evening, even while watching a movie.

]]> by: Neale http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-796 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:03:02 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-796 This is a good topic to bring up every now & then to remind us of the work thats involved in this buis, add to this the fact you will see little financial reward for those 73hrs in the forseeable future. Unlike most work in life where one gets paid within 1 -30 days you can wait months & occasional years to see rewards on the web. The saving grace on this is If you are allready established on the web making a few bucks, this delay in getting paid will probably not bother you to much as you know your work will be rewarded royaly at a later date, then on for many moons. The other good thing is this system of getting paid & in the begining only earning cents is not many people will make it. I have likened this buis to MLM, Insurance, Timeshare, Realestate many times as it takes a lot of determination to be one of the few that make it if anything its harder cause first pay days are still a pittance. Luckily though your expenses are zilch & you dont have to give up your day job to get started you just have to work 60-80 hrs a week for a few years :) This is a good topic to bring up every now & then to remind us of the work thats involved in this buis, add to this the fact you will see little financial reward for those 73hrs in the forseeable future. Unlike most work in life where one gets paid within 1 -30 days you can wait months & occasional years to see rewards on the web. The saving grace on this is If you are allready established on the web making a few bucks, this delay in getting paid will probably not bother you to much as you know your work will be rewarded royaly at a later date, then on for many moons.
The other good thing is this system of getting paid & in the begining only earning cents is not many people will make it.

I have likened this buis to MLM, Insurance, Timeshare, Realestate many times as it takes a lot of determination to be one of the few that make it
if anything its harder cause first pay days are still a pittance. Luckily though your expenses are zilch & you dont have to give up your day job to get started you just have to work 60-80 hrs a week for a few years :)

]]> by: Lissie http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-794 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:12:40 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-794 Thanks for this post - it is dose of reality rarely mentioned in blogoland! It also explains why i never got anything done when I was working - Iwas also spending 20 hrs a week dancing so no wonder I never got anywhere with the websties! Thanks for this post - it is dose of reality rarely mentioned in blogoland! It also explains why i never got anything done when I was working - Iwas also spending 20 hrs a week dancing so no wonder I never got anywhere with the websties!

]]> by: Gustafson http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-793 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:48:40 +0000 http://www.nerdynomad.com/2007/10/31/estimating-how-many-hours-i-work-in-a-month/#comment-793 I look forward to seeing your new site. I avoid looking back at the number of hours I have put into my sites, studies, and structures. I think it would make me cry! Definitely worth it though as it is how I escape. My full time hobby takes up 20-40 hours a week on top of my 40 hour "day job" in addition to very fulfilling married life. After spending the last two and a half years primarily developing structure to make publishing easier, I am finally onto developing content. Which means I finally am starting to have something to show for my labor. I am curious what kind of hours others like us take on to get to achieve their dreams/goals... -- Gustafson http://www.theviewfromhome.com I look forward to seeing your new site.

I avoid looking back at the number of hours I have put into my sites, studies, and structures. I think it would make me cry! Definitely worth it though as it is how I escape. My full time hobby takes up 20-40 hours a week on top of my 40 hour “day job” in addition to very fulfilling married life.

After spending the last two and a half years primarily developing structure to make publishing easier, I am finally onto developing content. Which means I finally am starting to have something to show for my labor.

I am curious what kind of hours others like us take on to get to achieve their dreams/goals…

–
Gustafson
http://www.theviewfromhome.com

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