Some time ago, I learned to stop talking when I discover people aren’t listening.
This practice served me well during the recent national and local elections. Both emphasized the futility of trying to persuade others to one’s point of view. I considered closing this blog as a result, as the lessons and attitudes we try to teach here merely add to the overabundance of information that assaults Web users each day (see Suspended. and Moving On . . . .).
Conversely to what I expressed in the recent post, Surprised By Income, one of the blog’s primary purposes is to generate a steady income stream through sales of books, home crafts and designs from the Store page, merchandizing links such as our Book List, and other revenues I’m contractually restricted from mentioning explicitly, though they’re well known to most people who use the Internet. The returns from these income streams simply don’t match the amount of effort we put into the blog.
That in itself isn’t problematic. What concerns me is the amount of time and effort I devote to the blog that could—should—be better spent on revenue producing projects, and other aspects of homesteading.