Up To Here With Affiliating? Here’s How I Cleared My Affiliate Block!
Life Outside Affiliatedom Add commentsHey there guys and gals, and greetings from your newly rejuvenated affiliate blogger. On the weekends I usually spend a bit of time working out a couple of things that might be kinda fun to write about on here. This weekend it didn’t happen and I thought I’d explain why!
You See Doctor, I’ve Been Feeling Kind of Rotten…
After developing no less than 4 sites recently and then having the flu, or “death lurgey” as I called it, I was feeling like my affiliate mojo had sort of deserted me. I have 2 more new projects I need to start as well as keeping all of my sites fresh and updated and I just couldn’t get going properly.
So I Decided What I Needed Was… something diametrically opposed to the virtual world of affiliate marketing. Yes, it is a creative discipline but in the end I was left feeling it was just nebulous and that perhaps there wasn’t much point to it all. At this stage Duncan suggested an ambulance as I’d clearly lost my mind – but I had a better idea.
Doing Something “Real”
I decided to spend 4 days with minimal internet time (one of my issues is I never take a break from long internet sessions – regardless of whether its my “day off” or not).
Without banging on too much about it, if you feel jaded I suggest taking a total break from the online world. Go and do something real to get it all in perspective. My solution was to spend 4 days procuring and then distributing 8 cubic metres (half a tonne) of bark mulch on my front garden.
I started work again today and feel totally revitalised. I was able to pick things right up and tie off loads of niggly loose ends. Tomorrow I start the next two projects and I feel great about it. All it took was 4 days backbreaking garden labour, ha ha ha!
Try it 
P.S.
Here Are Some Piccies Of My Endeavours… Welcome To Affiliate Gardening World 
Before
After
August 4th, 2009 at 10:11 am
WTF is Duncan doing in the first picture? Is he “watering” your bush?
Good to hear you took time out! Me and Jane have been doing the same lately. I shifted 2 tonnes of earth and now have a vegetable patch which is odd for a 35yr old, but I’m well chuffed!
Too easy to plonk infront of a screen day in day out focusing on virtual crap instead of real life. I’m sure things will change in a few months when we all become frequent flyers with Virgin Blue
August 4th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Oh, ha ha ha I’d not even noticed the way he was standing. Maybe trying to kill off the roots?
Wow, that puts our half a tonne in the shade, doesn’t it?
Can’t wait to become one of Ricky Branson’s best customers
August 5th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Hahaha, I was about to say the same thing about Duncan’s particular style of garden watering as well! LOL
August 6th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
It is great to get away from the computer screen. I try to go out on my mountain bike for an hour every day to ‘clear the cobwebs’. I always love to see the pictures of your house/garden, it reminds me of what sunlight looks like lol
and it’s something to aspire to. Thanks for your informative posts
August 8th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Gorgeous garden!! Good call to get out in the fresh air for a few days!
Has Blokes Undies started to sag on you? You haven’t written anything lately about it.
August 8th, 2009 at 7:29 am
Cheers. Nah, Blokes Undies is going really strong actually. Still not sure of the effect of them bulk posts but it seems positive so far!
August 11th, 2009 at 2:58 am
Time for a gardening blog I reckon
August 11th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
That yard looks great. Do you do all the yard work or do you guys hire out?! I love yard work to a certain degree, but then have to get back to a computer soon to put all those new ideas to work I came up with while doing yard work.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:36 am
@ tye – once there’s an aussie affiliate programme for that I’m so there!
March 2nd, 2010 at 10:21 am
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