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Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Oktoberfest Over - Contest Over

So October is over, and that means the Quitting The Day Job October contest is over as well.  While the contest did not bring as many linkbacks and subscribers as we wanted, I would rate the contest a success nonetheless.  Ok, so here we go with the results.
Thanks to all the blogs that linked to [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

September Recap and October Goals

If you don’t remember, here are my September goals for QTDJ:

15 posts - I plan on making at least 15 posts this month.  I think my total was 10 last month, which is not enough.  If QTDJ is going to get popular and get some Search Engine traffic, then we need to have content, good [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Lessons Learned in September

Wake me up when September ends…
Seriously! What a month!  Financial ruin and economic despair!  Partisan politics and election turmoil!  If only I could see Russia from my house instead of that stupid double-wide!
Last month as Quitting the Day Job was getting off the ground, I decided to use September as “bust my butt” month.  My [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

Is Your Job Toxic?

This is a question of a book on career changes that I partially read.
At the time I was eating my lunch, alone, in my car.  My answer was a resounding yes.
The question was asked in the context of “Should you quit your job?”
I went down the usual list of yes/no type of questions but stopped [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

QTDJ September Goals

Well, I can’t speak for Cube Warrior, but here are my September goals for Quitting The Day Job (QTDJ).

15 posts - I plan on making at least 15 posts this month.  I think my total was 10 last month, which is not enough.  If QTDJ is going to get popular and get some Search Engine [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

One Month Progress Report

So Quitting The Day Job (QTDJ) is one month old.  Cube Warrior and I told ourselves we would look at the progress we made after one month, and decide if we should continue or not.  Well, not to frighten anyone away, but we are going to continue for at least another month.  Here are our [...]

Saturday, November 29, 2008 10:16

The Countdown Has Begun

If you notice the new addition to the blog, there is a countdown in the top right hand corner (no longer up after the first design change, but it will be coming back).  Cube Warrior and I started this blog on August 1, 2008.  We will be going full tilt on this blog for 3 [...]