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Time goes by so fast. It’s already a week since my last post about Are you capable standing out from the crowd? I finally came back from my 3 months travel to Taiwan. I was used to the biological clock in Taiwan. Now I have to adjust my time for the Phoenix Sunny day. I am a little bit tired in the past few days. That doesn’t mean that I did not make any progress on my business or the new blog adventure.
I have a life to live on!
I was so addicted to blogging and stumbling great photos in the past few days. I worked very hard and was sitting in the StarBucks in Taipei Taiwan. I was also planning my new business model. I was also having some great time to spend with my almost 80 years old parents. Now I have traveled very far and back home.
I felt guilty!
I was unable to post more in the past few days due to my busy schedule. Yeah. That was not the excuse of my guiltiness. I felt guilty because I was away from home and my primary business for 3 months. I felt guilty to leave my wife at home alone. Although I felt guilty about my absent, she was very happy enjoying time without me. !@#S#@!
I have excuses not to post anything on this blog, which make some of my readers wondering around.
- Working on adjust my jet lag.
- Clean up my yard, this has grown into a gigantic weeds museum.
- Spending wonderful time with my lovely wife, who was left behind at home for 3 months.
- Making new blog that bring the joy to the world. The happiest blog at Smiles That Make My Day.
- Pay my bills, read junk mails
I have made some progress on my things and more on my primary business. It’s time to get back on track and do what I have to do.
Work Hard and Play Hard!
Just like my blog tag line says. I want to make good living by working very hard, I also want to enjoy my life and play very hard. To get back on my previous fancy life style, I have to get back to the way I live as consultant.
- Spend more time with wife
- Work out in the morning
- Eat less but healthy
- Go hiking over weekend
- Watch DVD at home. My old but nice 5.1 channel audio system has been silent for a long time
- Do all the yard work
- Get back to BBQ schedule. I have not had home made BBQ salmon for a long time
- Shopping for cool gadgets
- Watch NASCAR racing
- Take my SUV off road
That’s all about play hard. I guess I have to evaluate my progress before I can do all that. I have to work hard.
- Need to lost few pounds
- Need to work only 8 hours a day. Work smarter!
- Get my blog traffic boost again
- Get the happiest blog in the world out to the public
- Restructure my business strategies to boost sales
- Making the lemon juice for my new business and bake the bread for the profit
I feel energized. There are some obstacles in front of me, but I am exciting to jump over them. Life is not all about making money or blogging, but also about enjoying healthy and happy life.
I felt guilty to walk away from my office desk for 3 months, but I am exciting to come back with more energy. I think that taking some time off can actually make more progress.
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I’ve learned pretty quickly that blogging can wait, and life can’t. Get out there and enjoy the things that you are doing, before you aren’t able to do them anymore.
@Bryan:
Nice to see you back here. I am glad that you are with me. I live to enjoy our life, not for work.
Great post Terence. Nice to have you back and blogging. I am also happy with your resolutions. Here is wishing you all the very best to achieve all that you have listed out. I have no doubts that you will get there.
@Dining Tables:
Thank you for the kind words. My life is all about learning, achieving and enjoying. Life is short. Without enjoying my life, it will be a very long and boring journey.
Hey Terence!
Great to see you back and with wonderful renewed energy!
Make sure you don´t want to do too much at a time!
@Mirjam:
You are right. Do too much at the same time is not good. Keep a healthy body is my first priority.
Terence – GREAT to see you back! Such a nice post I just had to Stumble it
@Mark:
Thank you for the stumble. I am sure we will all play very hard in the near future. Being away from home is a good thing. It gives me a chance to adjust my paces and figure out some great stuff about life.
You really know how to enjoy urself..
I’ve never gone anywhere Terence! I have your blog in my Rss reader and I check it often. I just don’t comment as often as I’d like to be able to. Not going anywhere though
Terence I’m glad you’re home safe and sound and with such excitement in your post! And I’m glad your wife had fun without you, hehe!
Your Happiest Blog is amazing, well done….of course I’m a little biased, you know. I hope your week is a great one, Terence.
@Keeyit:
Thank you for visiting. Life is very short. Enjoying your life is what all your life about. It’s not for working for sure!
@Bryan:
Thank you for coming back! I was wondering what you are up to with your Internet adventure. Your blog doesn’t tell me anything more than your coming book. Just wondering how your niche sites are doing?
@Stacey:
I have been very busy in the past few days cranking up my happiest blog. It took me a lot of time to get my collections of smiles up. It’s been a great experience and it keeps me happy everyday so far! Thank you for the support!
Hey Terence, Welcome back from your trip. This blog in my link is my second blog. Please email me back if you have a few minutes to chat about some ideas.
I can feel your pain of travelling. I travel to Asia atleast once a year and it really takes the life out of me.
Ajay
The niche sites are doing great. I have 38 of them now… about half of them haven’t achieved any real results yet because they hit the google sandbox rather quickly. The other half range from $5 to $80 per month in Adsense income, and they serve the double purpose of building a list for various niches out there that I can pitch products to later.
It’s pretty profitable for something that isn’t very time consuming!
@Ajay:
Sorry .. I could not remember your other link. You know where to contact me. Shoot me email about your idea. I love travel, but I am just getting tired.
I think it has something to do with my age .. 
@Bryan:
That sounds great! I am glad that you are making more than I do on the blog.
How come it’s not time consuming to manage 38 niche sites? Are you doing some automatically script to grab content? 
This is my first visit to you blog. I am glad I saw your avatar on my Mybloglog page otherwise I may not have stumble upon you. I have often wondered if I could walk away from my blog for an extended period of time, and the answer for me right now is no. I am still in the process of building a strong readership base but I have stop posting as often and I do feel guilty about that.
I will visit your blog regularly to see how you get back in the grove of things, in fact I am adding you to my RSS reader right now. I hope you stop by my blog and visit as well.:)
@Debo Hobo:
Thank you for visiting! I was not sure how I got your site. Your blog domain caught my attention. Just subscribed yor FEED.
Yeah. I think the blogger relationship is kind of a weak relationship. You have to keep it up!
Nice post, working smart and play hard. There are also other important things than just blogging.
Need to work only 8 hours a day. Work smarter! – This is a great goal.. I’ll try doing this as well
Terence,
I understand the jetlag problem. Overcoming jetlag can be hard for me but easier for my husband.
The beauty of being your own boss (an entrepreneur) enables you to leave your work desk empty for 3 months. That’s really nice. You have a good plan to balance work and play. Thanks for sharing.
LOL, your wife enjoy her own time doing things she like without you which is a healthy separation.
@Sebastian:
You got that right. Blogging is to relax and enjoy your time in front of computer. It’s not a day to day job. I blog for fun. Enjoy our life is the top priority. Thank you for stopping by.
@ChiQ Montes:
Just to make sure that you are smarter than yesterday and don’t make the same mistake. Of course, it’s easier say than done, it takes time to build up your intelligent.
Thank you for visiting.
@Jesie:
I think I finally got my biology clock corrected. I don’t have this problem after 7 months traveling to China in 2006. I think my age issues starts kicking in.
It’s mutual, I got to do something on my own without wife to be a back seat driver!
After all, it’s so nice to come home with wife stand beside me. 
Great post. We must strive to simplify and enjoy the beauty of each day ~
@Houseonahill:
Thank you for stopping by. I think enjoy life is what we were born for. So take our life to where it suppose to be and enjoy it.
That’s some pretty good advice. I have found in my life it truly is the simplest of pleasures that are the most rewarding. Great post.
Hey Terence, thanks for checking out theNetFool.com once again. I really appreciate your visits
After looking around this blog, I really like your content and I have added you to my RSS reader. Keep up the great work!
Hi, I really like your title: work hard and ply hard, that’s my motto.
@Jim:
Thank you for stopping by. Life is just too short. Without working hard, we won’t be able to play hard. Without playing hard, it make no sense to work hard. I am glad that you like my blog. I have not updated it for few days already. I was playing really hard on my other blog as hobby. I think you already know what that blog is. Don’t u?
@Franca:
Thank you for visit too. I would love to hear from you how you play hard? What do you play?
No need to feel guilty for letting your work fall back a few days to rest your mind and body, like you say, work hard and play hard.
If you are pondering your work at a deeper level you will have a plan and be able to get ‘er done efficiently once you do get back to work.
Great to see you back, by the way, although I can’t imagine why you’d return to Phoenix just in time for the hot summer.
@Easy Witchcraft:
Thank you! Well. I love hot summer. I am very out door type of person. I hate raining day. Yeah. It’s very hot in Phoenix, but most of the time we just commute between our garage, home, car and shopping mall. They all have air condition. We camp at high country, which is much cooler too.
I may have another trip to Hong Kong later this year, which will be very nasty. The weather over their is just hot and humid.
Terence… it’s been a while since you blogged this post. I hope you are still going to be blogging, as I’ve enjoyed reading your posts. And as a fellow Internet Entrepreneur, I can sympathize with choosing working hard versus playing hard. Jump back in the saddle! You can succeed with continuous effort in this blogging game
@Gormandy:
I don’t remember I ever seem you here, but you are welcome to stay as long as you want. Good luck to your journey!