As I suspected, people are only interested in things that concern them. Therefore there's no need for secrecy. I like being open. This way I have a wider reach. As a writer it is always good for us to aim for the top of the mind share.
In this case my top of the mind is you, Chedet and a few loyal followers. They are the spillover from Dreams of Mirrors.
The general population won't be interested. Even if they do, they won't stick around. Thus I am still microscopic in my pool of readers.
Much like selling eBook, my Blog is only a tiny grain of sand on the beach. When I published my eBook, Lose Fat Stay Fit, it had to compete with 4.5 million other eBooks in Kobo Rakuten alone. Imagine how many blogs I have to compete for an audience. Certainly in the hundred of millions if not billions.
My objective is not high traffic. I just want a presence. Much like having a small apartment in a very crowded city. Same thing with the eBook. My satisfaction is in writing, not really about making money from my Fruits of Labor.
There're two types of people in the internet; those who want to make money from it and those who want to liberate knowledge. I belong to the latter.
Honestly, I don't care much about how much money I have. I used to make millions and I used to be as poor as a church mouse. Either way, money doesn't define me. I am equally happy in both situations.
Now that I am no longer working for money, I need even lesser of it. Would you believe that with RM500 a month OPEX, I manage to buy almost anything my heart desires?
The key is not to work for money but let money work for you. To do that you need to leverage on your financials. But the real trick is to live below your means. Eat less, travel even lesser and definitely NO indulgence. If you can do that, you can retire much much earlier.
Even when I retire I still work. However this time I don't work for money. I work because I am a productive person. My joy is writing. Thus I write even i[s] it is for free. It is after all a Labor of Love.
Find the thing you love doing and everyday your vocation becomes a vacation.
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My ambition is to hopefully attract the vital few to read my Blogs. To get to them I got to sieve through the trivial many. It's like those who mine for gold. They have to sieve tons of gravels before they hit the mother lode.
Two things must happen for us to strike the riches. There is gold and those looking for it take informed action. Otherwise it's a lost opportunity. I am not an aggressive player (never been in the first place), nevertheless I am a player in this information age society. I am not merely a consumer. As long as I make the effort, I shall produce result. It's the Law of Cause and Effect.
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Dear Chedet,
The fox knows many things while the hedgehog knows one great thing.
In Dreams of Mirrors I am the fox. On the other hand, here I am a hedgehog. In Sharudin the Hermit, I try to capture my conversation with Sarah my Soldier Wife (Jihadun Nikah). It is a covert relationship. Thus here I am the Wordsmith and she is the Alphabet Nymph LOL. As I write she will respond back in cryptography (those letters I highlighted in blue are actually her encryption).
Whaddaya know Chedet, this relationship had been going on for 3 years and she had been my Cyberspouse since 2017. Not surprisingly I had been in contact with you since 2016.
Time flies Chedet.
Sine cera,
SJ
MSC 0072
16/4/19
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