Well, the holiday season is almost over and most of us are enjoying the final few remaining days before returning to work and all that other fun stuff that we do when we’re not over-indulging and spending vasts amounts of money for a few weeks every year.
My pockets are lighter and my clothes are certainly tighter but the bright side is that I got to hang with some friends I hadn’t seen in a while and see my family too, so it’s all good!
Of course it’s also the 2nd day of the New Year which means that most of us are two days into the resolutions we set that will probably only last about another week or so, so hopefully y’all kept the receipts for those running shoes and hula hoops that you fooled yourself into thinking you were actually going to use. Funny cause it’s true.
2011 will be my second year of actively pursuing some residual income online and I think I have come a long way and learnt a lot. I sold a few more domains this year, I received my first ever Adsense cheque, but I couldn’t have done most of it without the help of a few fellow domainers.
What I love about domaining, apart form the fact that you can make money doing it, is the community of people that I’ve met or become acquainted with, even if in a strictly virtual sense.
Guys like Shane, Morgan, Sully, and Elliot, just to name a handful. Of course there are loads of other guys who contribute to the community include the big players like Schwartz et al who I have the utmost respect for, but the core handful of daily, consistent contributors are the ones who I really admire for their sheer determination, effort and friendliness which is just great to see in an industry which is still so often frowned upon and bitched about. So guys, I thank you and all of the other guys and gals who I may have omitted.
Now, I’m not going to list my domaining goals like a lot of other domainers have because I just want to keep going and keep progressing in this game without imposing too many time limits and rules on myself. I know where and how I can scale and what I need to focus on and that’s all I give a shit about. It’s up to me to implement them and put in the effort, so posting goals really has little consequence in my personal opinion.
Domaining for me is still very much a hobby and not a business at this stage and I have other things that take priority over it, like my day job and my music, so I don’t intend to post an awful lot unless I feel I have something of real value to contribute.
One thing that is for sure however is that I do look forwarding to keeping abreast of the news and developments within this lovely little community and seeing what my efforts and indeed yours yield in the coming year.
So, Happy New Year, Thanks and Peace.
