You are a part of a growing community
It seems that this is your first time to my blog. Welcome! In this blog I will share my ideas on how you can make a living in a way that feels good to you, your family, your environment and everyone around you. If you want to know more about me and this blog, check out my about page. And if you want to stay updated on my new posts, subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for stopping by!
If you’re a blogger, just looking at the above graph will tell you more about my feelings today than this post ever could.
For the rest of you: The graph shows a snapshot of the amount of people subscribed to my full RSS feed throughout the almost three months that I have been running this blog. As you see it has had its ups and downs, but the trend has been a growing one all the time.
And yesterday I finally reached my first milestone: 100 subscribers (103 to be exact).
So, as you can imagine, yesterday was a big for day to me.
And you are the ones I need to give my thanks to. Thank you all for your continuing support!
A growing community
Although it feels great to have 103 subscribers, that’s not what makes this number so great.
It’s the community behind the number.
A community of likeminded people who share similar values and interests.
A community of 103 (and actually even more, because not all of you are using RSS) likeminded people.
If we all get together there is huge potential for meeting people with inspiring stories and interesting ideas, getting to know people from all around the world, and chatting about things that are important to us.
Although I am doing most of the talking by writing these posts, that’s not how it has to be. I encourage you to use the comments form you can find at the end of any of my blog posts for chatting with each other just as much as with me. If you have something to say about the topic in the post, that’s great. But if the discussion goes a bit off the track, it doesn’t really matter - it just means that there is something more interesting to chat about.
Also if you have an important question you’d like to ask from the community, or if you want to share your ideas by writing a post, drop me some e-mail and I’ll organize it so that your thoughts will get posted.
Will the real subscriber please stand up?
Okay, enough me talking for today. It’s time to hear what you guys have to say.
If you wish to remain an anonymous reader, that’s fine with me. But if you want to let other readers know about you, now would be a great time to step up to the microphone and introduce yourself.
Starting a conversation couldn’t be any easier than this: In this case a simple “Hello, World!” is already considered a great comment!
Once more, thank you! I hope you are enjoying the ride because this is where the fun really begins!
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August 8th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Jarkko,
It’s nice to see that you stopped by my site. I really appreciate it!
Congratulations on breaking through 100 rss readers, that really is an achievement to be happy about. From here on I bet things will just continue to grow for you!
I’ll be honest i’m not an rss subscriber yet, but after i’m done writing this comment I will be.
hello readers, I’m relatively new here… I’ve been reading for about a month now. nice to “meet” everyone
Keep up the great work, and yes Heinz is the best ketchup. Hunts and the rest of those second hand ketchups can get out of here!
August 8th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
Hi Rashid, nice to meet you!
What else can I say: Heinz rocks! :)
August 8th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Hi, I’m Lynoure and I subscribed because your points on overtime seemed so valid. Sometimes overtime is not too bad. Curiousity is a great and fun motivator.
August 8th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Jarrko,
Congratulations on getting over 100 sub bump. That feedburner sticker with # of subscribers will look much better.
I was glad to see you visited my site. Let me know if you have any comments or feedback. I would love to hear from you in order to improve further.
There, I stood up and said it ;-)
Abhishek
August 8th, 2007 at 9:20 pm
Hi Lynoure and Abhishek. It’s nice to have you here, and it’s great to “hear” your “voice”!
Abishek, I subscribed to your RSS feed so I’ll be visiting you again soon :)
August 8th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
I am not actually a subscriber, but then again, I’m more than a daily visitor. Congratulations to Jarkko for running his blog successfully and I wish you a bunch of inspiration and probably, in the future, a whole book (should I add an ‘e-’ prefix?)
Great job!
August 9th, 2007 at 3:25 am
Hi Jarkko Laine,
I’ve been visiting your blog for two weeks since I mistakenly found it. And since then, I’ve been a frequent visitor. I’m subscribing to the RSS feed. Thank you for all the great articles.
August 9th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Thanks, guys! I hope you’ll enjoy the things that are coming up as well :)
August 9th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Hey Jarkko,
If you’re checking your stats, I’m tuning in from Washington, DC and/or Arlington, VA. Reading your blog is my “mini Sabbath” each day.
Cheers!
August 12th, 2007 at 11:36 am
Congrats man! I hope to be able to do this within the next couple of months. That is really awesome you have stuck with it and are now reaping the benefits. Way to go!
August 12th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Brian: I’m glad that this blog helps you relax :)
Josh: Thanks mate! I’m sure you’ll get there soon too!