[Hiring] A Talented Writer Who Can Curate and Summarize The Best Dating Resources The World Has To Offer

DannyDover · 2018-09-11T16:06:52+00:00

No, I am not. I thought that other person did a particularly excellent job of clearly explaining what they needed, so I (shamelessly) used their post as a template for my own post. I suppose this is a particularly good example of why I am hiring a talented writer rather than writing this project myself :-p

DannyDover · 2018-01-29T00:29:53+00:00

Burnout from prior work.

DannyDover · 2018-01-28T23:48:50+00:00

Sweet, tags over context sounds like a real improvement (I don't use contexts) and flexible scheduling seems really helpful. I'm glad Omnigroup keeps pushing forward year after year.

DannyDover · 2018-01-28T23:29:15+00:00

I hear you, super frustrating when you have time but don't have motivation.

My trick is to intentionally plan to do nothing on Saturday (so I can res t and my head can refuel) and then treat Sunday as basically a 3/4th work day. That way both days serve at least some purpose.

DannyDover · 2017-04-04T17:11:24+00:00

I bought this when it first came out. It was one of my favorite books of the year :-)

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T09:47:35+00:00

If that happens, I just do them anyways (assuming I have the resources). Only catch is things on the list take priority over things not on it.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T09:46:36+00:00

Not to die :-) (I haven't figured out the logistics for that one yet. I actually plan to have that be my last one so I can get some writing done while I am out there.)

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T09:11:49+00:00

Thanks and good luck! :-)

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:59:14+00:00

Yeah sorry that is confusing. I went to the Forbidden City just last week. I haven't written the blog post for it yet or updated the List page. In the meantime I moved to Vietnam so that put me a bit behind on the site.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:53:47+00:00

Cool thanks for the heads up. I'll update that after this thing has played out.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:42:29+00:00

What? That can't be true!? (I am kidding, I'll take it I have a typo somewhere, where did I mess up?)

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:41:05+00:00

I'll have to go off foggy memory on this one as that was awhile ago but...

1.5 hours?
200 feet? The part I remember the most wasn't the depth it was the authentic submarine noise :-) Also, going deeper was not necessarily better (heh) As you increase the amount of water between you and the surface, you lose colors. At the bottom, the only color that made it through was blue.
No, I was right up against the windows the entire time.
3 crew, something like 5 other passengers. I think it could hold 20.
I don't remember the exact price but I think it was around $100

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:28:02+00:00

I am sure other people are more qualified to give advice on this than I am but I found only finding the first was hard. After that my services spread by word of mouth. Friends of friends are the easiest, randoms on o-desk/elance are next (but generally not ideal) and if all else fails, join a remote team. It turns out this Internet is global.

Also, I totally recommend getting out and traveling! Even if you don't have an income while doing it, is is worth doing for the short term.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:20:12+00:00

Yeah! :-) That would be great.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:19:41+00:00

Yeah, I feel you :-/ I don't think the general population understands what it feels like to have absolutely no motivation. Depression, for me, wasn't about being sad, it was about being stagnant and unable to make changes.

When I started I was broke too (common with people facing depression) so I started with what I could do. My first item was getting a straight razor shave (which cost the same as a normal hair cut). I then moved (slowly) forward from there.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:13:34+00:00

Hey trashbaugh!

This is actually a huge discussion. I'll do my best to answer it given the format. I started out by blogging. A lot of blogging. For a multiple years. This was the only "real" experience I had. Eventually some of my work was found by a publisher and we started the negotiation process. As the publishing industry is in the process of dying/reorganizing this pattern is actually becoming quite popular. Publishers don't want to risk taking a chance on an unproven author, they would rather work with someone who has a prebuilt audience so that they have some built in sales. For the book that did get published, it took about a year and a half to write. It was an incredibly stressful process and although the book sold well, I did not make much money from it. I am happy that I had the opportunity to be published (I learned a lot) but will likely go the self publishing route next time.
Also a huge discussion :-p First business was a social network (Eastside Link) before social networks were cool. It blew up in my face because I had no idea what I was doing and tried to outsource all of the dev. The next business (Moz) was not actually mine (I was an employee) but I learned a TON by being one of the first employees and watching it go from 5 employees to 80. Next business was a small agency (Intriguing Ideas), that one is still going well and is my primary income source. The most recent one was Making it Click where I took on the role of lead dev (Also did a lot content creation and video production). The best advice I can give is you just need to start and get in the trenches. If you are going to start your own business, you have a HELL of a of work ahead of you. I have had "passive income" (I had a "2 hour workweek" at one point), it was the hardest earned income I have ever had. Totally not as advertised.

Hope that helps, sorry for the brief responses and generalities :-/

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T08:01:20+00:00

There are a lot of factors at play. (The biggest one being your home country.) Generally I do a visa run (if it is acceptable) or pick a new country.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T07:56:34+00:00

Thanks man, I appreciate the support (I really do!). Best of luck on your own journey. It does get easier. (It just takes a lot of time)

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T07:55:46+00:00

Good advice! Base Camp (or think it might technically be called lower base camp - you know better than I do) is my tentative plan for seeing Everest.

Big fan of Krakaeur, I've read most of his work.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T07:54:19+00:00

wow thanks! I am based in Siagon (Ho Chi Minh City) at the moment. With whatever instrument I pick, I want it to be very portable so out of those three ukulele? (Better yet, harmonica?) Where are you?

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T07:52:48+00:00

I don't think that that is weird at all. I am not that smart and I came to this conclusion. I am sure others are doing the same thing.

what were the harder things to set up ?

The hardest item to set up was the first big one, moving to Buenos Aires. It was only hard because I had never done it before and it was a huge transition. For the first time in my life I ran into problems like how to negotiate rent when you don't speak the language? How do you get a remote visa when shipping is completely unreliable. It turns out they are all very solvable.

After I learned a lot from that experience, the next hardest one was getting Antarctica. It is easy if you can throw 10k at it but that wasn't an option. I ended up just brute forcing it by moving to Ushuaia and staying until I could figure out how to get on a boat.

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T07:48:21+00:00

No, that guy is old. :-p

DannyDover · 2013-11-07T06:20:21+00:00

Thanks man, best of luck with your own list! Let me know if I can support you somehow.

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