Self-Centered Syncopation of Stories, Maybe About You

I have been tagged in a Meme. 

Imagine my horror.

Not at memes, though the issue of timeliness often prevents me from participating. No, the horror is that I’m to answer five questions about myself. 

Because I never, ever, talk about my life, my attitude of gratitude, troubles, joys, or gossip about strange weeks, or anything of the sort, not in this blog.

Why would I do that when you can see me as some anonymous trouble maker on them internets, rather than an advisor, a business colleague, maybe even a friend one day?

All that sarcasm made me dizzy. Hat’s off to Heather at Home with Heather, who started all this madness in her birthday celebration (Happy Blirthday/Blogiversary!)  

Now, on with the Q’s and A’s.

(That was the letter Q, Morgan, not the letter T!)

How long have you been blogging?

My personal blogs go back as far as September 17, 2003, not counting forums that were set up as blogs in my old poetry sites. My business blogging goes back to July 14, 2004, with this site, which was once on another blogging platform, and on another domain. I have several other business blogs, but I only claim one in public, as the others really aren’t related and are infrequently updated.

What inspired you to start a blog and who are your mentors?

I was inspired to do some personal blogging by various passions I had. For professional and business blogging, inspiration came from the desire to lead by example.

Mentors. That’s a tough one. We’d be here all day and I’d forget someone really important. Check my friends list in Facebook and you’ll have a short list.

Are You trying to make money online, or just doing it for fun?

“Trying” is for punks! Sike.

I am making money online – my online activities have been my sole source of income since 2004 and at least 25% of my income since 1998. But that’s not Why I blog. It’s a healthy, welcome, side effect.

For example, this blog is for disseminating free information and fostering general good will with people I will one day work with, be associate with or smile at in the hallway when they come work for me.

Tell me 3 things you LOVE about being online.

1- No one can see the hideous doo rag on my head. In other words, my public image is under control of my best hair and makeup days.

2- Being able to reach people all over the world. ( I don’t feel like such a freak working nights if I log on, someone’s always on.)

3- Watching a movie every day during the more tedious parts of marketing my site.

Tell me 3 things you STRUGGLE with in the online world.

You mean besides the fact that it’s hard out here for a pimp? (Don’t act like you didn’t see that movie.)

1- Sometimes I work so hard that I look up, and a week has gone by. I have serious work vs home issues, and I think I’ll have to get another office set up out of the house.

2- Words are a very small part of communication. However good I am at them, however close we can get to the real thing, even with video, there are certain parts of communication that only translate when you are with people in person.

3- I tried to write a third response, but I couldn’t really get it together. After an hour of attempts, I’ll say this: most of the struggle I have with being online is the fact that I’m online.

Issues range from not being taken seriously by certain people to folks thinking that how well known you are translates to how big your shop is.

I could go on about various issues that have to how strange it can be to work online all day, so I’m going to stop here and tag some folks… here’s where the “maybe about you” part comes in…

 The five people I am infecting with the Me Virus are as follows:

1.  Maki
2. Andy 
3. Laura
4. Sherman
5. Suzanne