Important note: to keep receiving new posts from Anywired, please subscribe to the feed for Skelliewag instead. I am moving future posts there (it’s my oldest blog and the one I’m best known for). There, I will be posting more often than ever before on self-employment and entrepreneurship (go check it out). To repeat: this blog is not closing down but instead merging with Skelliewag. Same topics, same style - more often!
I’m returning to my roots, and if you enjoy Anywired, I hope you’ll come with me.
Start with the most recent post, which I think you’re gonna like:
Find Your ‘Flow’ and the Money Will Follow
How come?
As you might have noticed, my blogging activity has picked up lately after a period of dormancy. I’ve launched back into both blogs and redesigned them, and intended to update each blog three times a week. Then I discovered two things:
1. It is really, really hard to write 6 long posts per week. Some bloggers can do it without breaking a sweat, but I’m no Leo Babauta circa 2007 (and I think Leo eventually discovered it was really hard too). I decided to settle on two new posts each week, or maybe two on one blog and one on the other. I can manage this much writing, but then I realized that…
2. People who blog and use social media are often really interested in self-employment and entrepreneurship. And self-employed people and entrepreneurs are often really interested in blogging and social media. A lot of the content I post on Anywired would be thoroughly enjoyed by Skelliewag readers, and vice versa. All in all, I suspect that both blogs are read by the same sorts of people - creative people who want happiness, flow, freedom and self-determination. It no longer makes sense to me to split this group of readers down the middle.
I know some of you reading this follow both blogs. Firstly, thank you - you’re awesome and I would love you to introduce yourself when you’ve got a spare moment. Secondly, this should make things more manageable for you. One blog is easier than two to keep up with!
What does this mean?
When I first created Skelliewag in 2007 I was full of energy for blogging, cranking out five long posts per week. From now my aim is to write 3 - 4 times per week, with content spread evenly between freelancing and self-employment, entrepreneurship, social media, blogging and personal branding. Even if you don’t blog at all, I will make sure each post relates to you. And if you’re willing to learn, I’ll also show you the methods I used to create a lucrative freelance business fed entirely by a blog. No hunting for clients, no accepting work I didn’t want to do, and no crappy rates.
The main benefit of this move is that my writing will (hopefully) help the largest possible number of people. The down-side is that some people won’t make the switch over, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It means the people who do make the switch are active and engaged - the best kind of readers.
What about Anywired.com?
For now I hope people will continue to find the blog, read this post and look for newer posts on Skelliewag. One day I might do something cool with this domain. And if you’re lamenting about me changing things so soon after a redesign, it only took a few hours of very enjoyable, flow-inducing work and a pre-made $25 theme (’Convergence’ from the wonderful ThemeForest). Not a huge loss, and nothing says I can’t use the design for something else in a pinch.
One last time: if you want to keep following Anywired posts, please subscribe to Skelliewag if you aren’t already. You’ll be in good company - I’m very excited to have over 6,000 subscribers today, my first day over 6k.
See you on the flipside!
Post image by katmere.
