While Procrastinating

24 March 2008 | Whatever | L

As a freelancer, working from wherever I choose, I usually have troubles explaining what I’m doing for a living. It seems difficult for some people to understand, that yes, you can work from your kitchen at night and be able to enjoy the day without too much hassle.

So, when I am tired from justifying myself, I say I am a procrastinator, a professional one.

And it’s not even a lie. I am a procrastinator, I’ve just chosen to make it an asset, not a weakness. I have my best ideas when I lounge around. Procrastination fuels my creativity.

Since some people has showed an interest in the subject, I decided to open two blogs. One about how to take advantage of your procrastination and one about the things I discovered while procrastinating. It was some times ago… Eh, I’m not a procrastinator for nothing.

So, when I saw the Ester Eggs Hunt on Caroline Middlebrook’s blog, I knew it was the perfect occasion to act. Think of it, what better opportunity will I have to explain my concept than by searching for Easter Eggs, hidden on Caroline’s blog? So yesterday, I spent an awfully long time doing just that.

Stupid? Not so much, because I will maybe win her first email course and I discovered some posts I missed when they were published.

And the hunt is a pretty clever way for Caroline to improve - again - the visibility of her blog. Indeed, the vast majority of the participants will link to her posts/pages to enter the contest.

So where were the eggs?

1. About Page
2. I’m Caroline Middlebrook, who are you?
3. How to Develop Money-Making Niche Sites with WordPress
4. The Email Course Project
5. 101 CSS Galleries for Backlinks and Traffic
6. Finding Product Ideas Almost Guaranteed to SELL
7. A Tour of the Warrior Forum
8. Stats & Analysis for February ‘08 - $2003 Earned!
9. Are You Remembering to Build Assets & Skills?
10. A Twitter / StumbleUpon Combo to Benefit the Blogosphere
11. An Ebook About Writing Ebooks - Metabook?
12. Encouraging Comments with the CommentLuv Plugin
13. The ‘Secret’ To Successful Blogging?
14. Case Study of a Niche Wordpress Site
15. Ebook Project: Releasing as a Torrent File
16. Thoughts on Marketing Via Email Lists
17. Yaro’s Blog Mastermind Review
18. 24 Do-Follow Social Bookmarking Sites That Actually Work (and how to bookmark QUICKLY)
19. Free Internet Marketing Related Ebooks
20. Zen To Done: Ebook Review
21. Do You Thank Your Stumblers?
22. So How Did I Double My Subscribers in a Week?
23. Embedding YouTube Clips Into Wordpress Without the Hassle!
24. Twitter Guide Part #7: Multiply Your Twitter Audience
25. Finding Good Keywords for Your Niche
26. WARNING: Don’t Overlook (Wordpress) Blog Validation
27. 11 Pointless Blog Posts that Waste my Time
28. Experimenting With Private Label Rights
29. Where do You Put Your Eggs? Focus or Diversify?
30. A Lighter Look at PageRank, LOLCATS Style

So, blog number two, the fun one, launched. Stay tunned for the one about how to become a better procrastinator.

L.