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Taking Break for 2 Weeks - Happy New Years - Haven't Seen Sister in 10 Years

Mikepawlik

Published on December 30, 2017

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What, Why?

So this is a massive excuse-ridden post, so if you're not up for excuses, you can simply pass this one.

However, my sister is down from Germany and the last time I saw her was when she was 9 years old, and she is now 19.

I was 20, and now I am 30.

Most of my time is being devoted to spending time with her, my dad and his fiance, not to writing articles because, surely, these articles can take a back-seat to a very important life event.

I Need A[nother] Break

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However, one would argue that time still exists in-between to pump out a couple of articles especially since I can bang them out with relatively swiftly but the whole point of this break is to also offer myself a mental break from what I have realised to be a very mentally fatiguing endeavour that is running a website.

From the amount of time spent obsessing over traffic generation, SEO, the next content piece, how I can improve my site, and on and on and on . . . I mentally can't handle it in this exact current moment.

2018 is Going to be a MASSIVE Year - and I needn't Obsess 100% of the Time.

I have tons and tons of content planned for the new year, and I know my website is going to take off and offer me the lifestyle I want which is to be financially free enough to support my current life to start off with, then ramp up and scale to a comfortable monthly income as the site grows.

When it comes time to take a break I feel as though the break is more beneficial than continuing to obsess and become mentally drained. This way, one can get back to work refreshed and really ramp things up to 120% when the break is over.

Happy New Years and Holidays to All

I hope you guys have been having a great holiday season so far. I also wish everyone the best new year's party of all time!

I see a few people continuing to write throughout the holidays and work on their sites - and that is truly commendable and good for you!

My admittance to taking a break is somewhat shameful as I really know I should never stop writing but this time, I am okay with it.

There's tons of time to ramp things up and cranking out 5 articles a week will be effortless.

Take care guys.

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