These last months I have been working pretty hard trying to get my company’s going and getting everything done that I have planned. Last week I put in a lot of work and got a lot of work done, at this point I am very very very happy with what I have archived and the statuses of my company’s, but I want more.
Last week I was starting to get burnt out, last thurs-friday-sat I didn’t feel like doing shit, not one thing… so I pretty much took those days off haha. I got back to work on sunday and today and will be working all this week (like normal). Its not fun getting burnt out, you dont feel like doing anything at all.
But anyways, as I mentioned in this blog post, I have big plans and I hope to get my backend done and ready for Oct 1st, and I am actually on track for that.
Below are a few things I need to complete:
1. I need to get that null script done, its not giving me an errors but its not 100% done yet
2. developer-hut.com backend needs the view order pages updated, same with the add orders
3. I need to add 4 ssl certificates to some websites
4. I have maybe 4-5 errors throughout my whole network I still need to fix, but that amount is so much lower then say a month ago.
The above list isn’t very big at all, that amount of work will take 1-2 days to complete, so I get to take it kind of easy for the rest of the month. I have completed so much work this month that I wont even try to list all the updates, this month I have worked my ass off and its starting to pay off, all the company’s are running pretty smoothly and semiautomated. Besides the support and marketing they pretty much take care of themselves, which was my overall goal.
I actually haven’t been marketing to much, I have been more focused on building up the backend aspect of the business and I kind of let the marketing part down a little. I mostly focus on repeat customers and word of mouth, but I know as soon as I get the marketing up full blast then I should be bling blingin’. And to be completely honest, having that thought in the back of my mind really really motivates me to work even harder (imagine if you company was doing good and you were not even marketing to much), so I have been working extra hard to get the backend parts done so I can work on the fun stuff… marketing.
I dont think I will be able to start stocking my own products this month, I still haven’t started doing my research into the USPS api (which looks totally awesome!). I looked at it a little and it seems to be a basic api, the 2 tools I will be using is the shipping label printing one and then the one that you can ping USPS so they will come to your business or home and pick up your packages. If I could incorporate those 2 tools into my business so everything works automated then I should be sitting pretty good.
I still need to do my research into that however, but I have a question for you readers, what is your input on:
Should I use USPS api or are there better options out there?
One of my buddies did link me to a website were you can lease or rent a professional shipping label printer and some of the gear plus the software for a fee, I am not 100% sure on what the benefits for using that compared to programming my own USPS api tool? My long term goal is to make everything in the business networked together to create a efficient business structure, I am in favor for the USPS api tool, but I would like to know your input 
I hope you guys don’t mind the new blogging style, I don’t have time to sit down for 4 hours and write helpful blog posts. This is my blog and I feel it should be more like a journal then a make money online site, so that is what you will probably be getting from now on haha.
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You work too hard. I get up at ten, have a smoke and a half an hour break just before lunch, then lunch, then work til about 4 before another smoke and I’m finished.
Are you doing any exercise Jon? Just an hour a day to run, cycle, play tennis – even just go for a walk – really helps to prevent burn out if you work from home.
Maybe you should take one weekend off to some trip and make little break. That could charge your batteries again.
im actually going to phoenix next week
I imagine you may get back to writing a couple of how-to’s in the future. This blogging style is fine as well however, since it does keep me motivated to plug away at all my projects, including the day job.
Although this is not a case study, you show that you have a list, and then .. tick .. tick .. tick… Knock each item off, one at a time. Get the work done. It is still helpful.
Both tips about exercise and a quick getaway are excellent. Good luck and keep it up!
look like you can create an ebook with your skill and i will very happy to be the first one to download the book…lol
Actually, you can create e-book from your theme related so that every person easy download this book and take more benefits..
Well Jon,
I would say fun & help can definitely go hand in hand. I think it’s doable & would sound fun in your free-flowing style of writing.