It’s almost 8:30am, I am on my 4th coffee and scratching my head wondering how I got so sidetracked.

I quit my day job, in 2001, because I was tired of working for others and having no time for any thing other than work. For years my family suffered because I was a workaholic who had no time for anything else.

My goal was to start an online business and make a living where I could set things on auto-pilot and just go fishing. Instead I created a business that took up most of my time and instead of getting any freedom I just created myself more work.

I started by creating a web design business that soon had me earning good money which excited me, but I didn’t realize I had just traded one job for another.

I no longer take on new clients and have farmed out some of my clients to other companies and started to focus more on making money through blogging.

Blogging makes good money and after a year of blogging I again realized I was working my butt off with little time for myself.

Not sure how I got so sidetracked for so long but today it stops.

No I am not quitting, just focusing my efforts so that I earn the most with the least amount of work on my part.

Currently I have 22 blogs. Like I said I make my living online but out of those 22 blogs only 5 are making money, yet I keep working those that aren’t. What was I thinking.

What am I going to do now?

Put Working Non-Producing Blogs on Hold

First, I am going to put 17 of my 22 blogs on hold. I am not taking them down at this point. I will keep them active until I either drop them at renewal time or find a better use for them, but for now, no more work gets put into them.

Find Guest Bloggers

Next I will take those 5 blogs that are producing my income and make them better. I will also focus on backlinks and maybe even a few guest bloggers.

I have already put out a request for co-authors on my horseback riding blog. This will provide me with more content and allow me to put more time into the other 4 blogs. Of course I will most likely be looking for a few co-authors on those as well to lighten my work load.

Once I have all my ducks in a row once again I can concentrate on the blogs I have put on hold to rework them, start them over or dump them.

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