Stop Your Credit Addiction! Who Quit Problogging? @ The Roundup

by Silicon Valley Blogger on June 8, 2008

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  • Mighty Bargain Hunter: Here’s more commentary on the poor real estate market. With a bit more patience, you’re bound to snag some fantastic deals in the property market.

  • No Credit Needed: You can do it! You can break your addiction to credit, and this piece right here explains how it can be done.

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  • My Dollar Plan: Have you got a new grad in your life, or are you one? Celebrate your new milestone by following these money smart tips!

  • Brip Blap: I feel Steve’s pain (and joy!) when it comes to trying to work with two small kids in the house demanding your attention at all times. But Steve has decided to quit his problogging experiment while I am determined to continue down this road.

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1 MillionDollarJourney June 8, 2008 at 9:51 am

SVB, i’m curious, how do you balance your family life and pro blogging? Do you have an office outside the house? We have a little one here, and I can’t imagine working from home and being able to effectively write without being interrupted time and time again.

2 Silicon Valley Blogger June 8, 2008 at 10:48 am

FT,

My kids attend school for part of the day, so that gives me some focused time. I may have also mentioned I have extended family who “hang out” at our home on a semi-regular basis, who help with watching the kids! We also have a separate office for work (important to get that home office deduction!) but our kids find us in there often — can’t help that… :) But I also do a lot of my work after 8pm when everyone’s asleep, and sometimes end up napping during the day when kids are out.

Talk about serious flex-time going on here…but for the most part, I try to ferret out pockets of time to do the job.

3 theWild1 June 8, 2008 at 12:39 pm

Thanks for the link, much appreciated.

4 David June 8, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Thanks for the mention SVB, appreciate it! And I hope you don’t quit problogging!

5 rocketc June 8, 2008 at 9:08 pm

You’re the best! Thanks!

Pro-blogging is the “holy grail” of the internet. I hope you can keep at it!

6 Silicon Valley Blogger June 9, 2008 at 4:49 pm

@David, Rocketc,

Yeah, I’m planning to hang on to my “new job” as long as I can! :)

7 Brip Blap June 10, 2008 at 7:02 pm

Yes, I’m a quitter :( But you hit the nail on the head about school and family. We have neither, which means that my wife and I are the sole caregivers on a daily basis for two kids. I imagine in a few years both of our kids will attend day care/pre-K and then it might be possible to work at home, but having only weekend visits from relatives and no “kids out of the house” time it’s tough, tough, tough to work at home. So good for you - I know even WITH all of your ‘advantages’ it’s still not easy to carve out time, so kudos.

Plus, I’m not nearly as successful at blogging as you are, SVB. :)

Steve

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