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I took a long break

xhjregina

Published on November 3, 2017

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I was running against a wall. My posts were running out of topics that I could conveniently write about.

The whole process of research and write was also distracting me from focusing on things I needed to do. I cook 2 meals and care for 2 preschoolers on weekdays. To work on a site just meant no me time to blank out on weekends.

The main reason

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I have been doing some clearing of the baby stuff that we don't use anymore. I was using the time to sell them away because we don't have space in our apartment for them.

Most of them are now sold and I was finally able to keep the house a bit tidier.

I've been away for around 3 months.

In the meantime...

  1. Photobucket, my photo hosting provider, decided to stop us from linking for free. I have to copy all my photos elsewhere, probably Google or the Yahoo photo hosting provider.
  2. 3 people subscribed to my newsletter. I was not expecting this and now i have to write an ebook.
  3. I have been replying comments. Not many, but at least they come.
  4. The views and viewing duration of my YouTube videos have been slowly climbing up. Ad revenue is not possible anymore for now since I don't have enough lifetime views to qualify for ad placement. I'm halfway there, though.

Lots to catch up on, but this time I'll go slower.

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