Why I quit Fiverr after less than 72 hours

Posted by on Oct 4, 2011 in Musings, Uncategorized | 1 comment

So on Saturday, I was reading Niche Pursuits and getting ideas for how to build up a niche URL I own, when I decided to look into the possibility of having content written for me. One of the sites I found for this was fiverr.com, which I signed up for immediately after browsing around for a bit. I liked the concept of the site and decided to test it out by listing a gig of my own before actually hiring anyone. I wrote a gig offering my...

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On work-life balance

Posted by on Jul 1, 2011 in Musings | 0 comments

I often find myself thinking that I work too many hours. And when I’m not actually at work, I am often thinking and worrying about work. In large part it’s my own fault because I’m a naturally anxious person who doesn’t have much of an “off” setting, but part of the blame has got to be placed on the high-pressure environment that exists when you work at a startup that’s growing by leaps and bounds. A...

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