Capturing Chaos

Some days, it’s incredibly hard to focus. Even with a Plan, temptations constantly drag me away, or problems come up that have to be solved before I can take the next step. Part of the distraction is the Stumble! button on my Stumbleupon toolbar. But it’s also such a rich source of information that I have to take the risk of distraction almost every day.

I’m planning to start building Squidoo lenses once I have my two new websites fully tweaked and running smoothly, so It was a moment of serendipity to stumble across Captain Squid , a blog by a guy whose lifework seems to be building Squidoo lenses (he has about 500 of them so far — boggles the mind, doesn’t it?) and making a very substantial amount of money doing it. I’ve bookmarked the blog for future reference, but I’m also trying to tear myself away from reading more than a couple of posts.

Just one more, and then I’ll really get back to work. I promise. But I’m writing this post between peeks, so maybe it’s not such a distraction after all.

And the problems. Always the problems. I’m trying to figure out how to create subpages on my website, and the instructions from the tutorial just aren’t getting me anywhere. Those pages are completely screwed up, and I know I’m not going to get much of anything else done until I figure it out. I think I may know what the problem is, but I’m so ticked off with frustration right now that I can’t deal with it. I want to write, not hassle with a website. That’s exactly why I chose a drag and drop host, but it seems that problems will follow you anywhere. Virtual reality is supposed to be real life with the nasty stuff picked out of it. There goes another fantasy.

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