November 2008 The First Mid Life Celebration Blog Posts Were Officially Written

Mid Life Celebration Blogs Use WordPress Twenty Ten Theme

Ever look back to the humble beginnings of something you did that has since turned out to become part of the fabric of your life? jeff noel’s very first blog post ever is captured here. Note:

  • Length of noel’s blog post
  • jeff’s promise to continue the story the next day
  • noel never wrote another blog post

jeff unintentionally abandoned eBlogger, never to return. Serendipitously, he discovered WordPress…

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Sad That jeff noel Fails. Exciting That He Doesn’t Quit.

Really? Do They Really Think They Can Wipe Obesity Off The Map?

October and November (2011) should be the craziest and most interesting blogging months jeff noel has ever anticipated at Mid Life Celebration.

This month (September) has been a warmup. After 4,600 posts, jeff noel has his sights set on helping others in a different way. Same goal, unique approach.

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Am Not Quite Ready For This Type Of Blogging Success

How do we judge our (blogging) success? Is there a universal metric? Does 4,300+ blog posts make one a prolific blogger? Does volume equal success? What about blog visits, website hits, page views?

Twice this week GoDaddy’s site analytics showed 5,000+ daily visits.

I’m still playing around with a landing page and am not quite ready for this type of blogging success.

Have You Hugged An Organized Person Lately?

Flying Delta, at 35k feet, reading Seth Godin’s Linchpin in 2010, snapped this note, never knowing it’d come in handy today.

While there can be dozens of reasons to not finish writing a book, there really is only one. Organization. Or maybe it’s passion. Or, um, decisiveness. I’m not sure.

Bottom line (for real this time) why a book doesn’t get finished: The writer quits.

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Top 10 Reasons It’s Hard To Finish Writing A Book

Top 10 reasons it’s hard to finish writing a book:

  1. Life gets busy
  2. Timeline too aggressive
  3. Business partner leaves
  4. New plan takes time to develop
  5. New timeline is too aggressive
  6. Publishing options keep changing
  7. Travel
  8. Exercise
  9. Meditation
  10. Writing 5 daily blogs

Be easier to walk away from these poor odds, wouldn’t it?

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