Ed Earns

I will be traveling to Manila tomorrow because I will be attending a couple of events to support fellow travel bloggers. Aside from that, I figured I’ll maximize the time that I’ll be there to interview other people for my podcast sessions. I’ve already confirmed a few people and they’re willing enough to support me with this project which is what I’m really happy about.

I’ve lesser time time for blogging – I can’t believe I’m saying this. Actually, I’m focusing myself on other areas of work which requires me to concentrate on other ventures that will be beneficial for me in the long run.

I’ve been stagnant for awhile and I haven’t been able to update my other blogs as much as I wanted to. Been pretty busy (as usual) with work and my other work. I don’t even have time to go out and travel anymore. I’m still saving some cash which also explains the hiatus to taking a hiatus.

I’m not a pro when it comes to Web Design. I’ve come across so many templates and I don’t want to meddle with them as I’ve other important matters to attend to in blogging. However, I badly need an overhaul. I’m preparing to migrate my main blog to a new host and there are a number of changes on the backend that I have to work. Mainly it’s my URLs and Permalinks to make it more SEO-friendly and efficient.

Been counting the money that I’ve earned as well as the amount of bills that I have to settle. Darn it, I’m actually on a negative at this moment. I guess not having enough freelance jobs is what’s causing this.

My main blog needs a major overhaul. I should be able to work around making sure that the change and migration is seamless as it’s really crowded with personal entries that don’t really serve their purpose anymore. Darn it. Will have to take time for this one first.

No work for this month. Been trying to catch up on my other websites and blogging in order to create write-ups of my trips in Hongkong and Macau as well as in Boracay. I need to do this fast as I have a couple more trips I need to prepare for in the next months.

and I’m pissed.

I contacted my hosting provider and they said that they lost all my data while recovering and creating a back up of my site.

I don’t know how many cuss words were running through my head as the representative just said “We’re sorry, we lost all your data and we don’t have any back up available.”

I have 4 friends who resigned from work in order to pursue careers in blogging and freelance. These people all worked in a prestigious contact center and they were all my colleagues. I even started blogging before them and I influenced a couple to start sharing their thoughts online and earn some income at the same time.

I just had a conversation over lunch with a fellow blogger/colleague and we were talking about our jobs. We’re running 4 years within this business process outsourcing industry already and we have come a long way from being classmates back in our product training class. Although we haven’t reached our peak, it seems that the years have passed by so fast. Funny at times that we wonder what will happen once we reach the 5 years if we’re going to opt for an early retirement or we’ll pursue other careers.