How much time do I put into them after launch? Not nearly enough. ;) Here lately I’ve been getting sidetracked a lot by visiting forums, reading blogs, etc., rather than working on my sites. It’s fine to take a break every now and then, but lately it’s been to long of a break. NiceStylesheet only gets updated once a week, so not to difficult there. I do have plans to expand a little though. KentuckyGolfing gets updated at random times, usually whenever I come across some news or play a new course that I can write a review for. And you know how much my blog has been updated lately. :)

The new site will be a logo inspiration gallery, similar to that of NiceStylesheet, only for logos. Logogala.com is the site although you won’t find anything there yet.

Yeah, outsourcing some of the maintenance would be great, but not sure I could afford that financially. I’ll just have to play it by ear and see what happens I guess.

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How much of your time do you put to each of them after launch? I guess if you can outsource some of the maintainance, you could be a “site planter” kind of person behind the web sites you like to start?

And… what’s the new project about? :)

@Nimic: Great thoughts! I agree that building expertise in a new field isn’t the easiest thing to do – and I’m far from calling myself an expert in most of my interest so far.

I guess, I can safely say that I’m somewhat of an expert in software development (althouh, with experience comes the understanding that there is always more to learn). On the field of writing, I have started my walk towards expertise (I read in GEO that writers are at their best at the age of 53 – IIRC). And then there is business, where I have so much to learn…

Something more about expertise is that it doesn’t always mean that you need to do the thing for money. One dear hobby of mine is (artisan) baking, but at least right now, while I want to learn more about fermentation, crust, and all the things related, I have no interest in becoming a pro – just an expert ;)

Thanks for the insightful comment! You made me think.

@UltraRob: Rob, I think you’re right – there are many people who are afraid to try multiple interests. But what do you think, are they happier when they stick to the one thing that they are specialized in than they would be doing multiple things? Or are they just giving up on the possibilities because they want a safe life?

And yes. I think curiosity is the very thing that drives us to find out about all these things… I just wish I had a bit more patience to go with it – so I could become an expert before moving to the next thing I want to know more about ;)

@Lauri: Yep, my list is long too – and just like Rob mentioned, the innate curiosity brings more items to the list all the time.

I agree that you need to concentrate to what you’re doing in order to get it done. But what do you think, should you concentrate fully to one interest, let’s say, for a year, and then move to the next one, or can you have multiple hats that you’re switching daily, or even more often?

I’ve been trying to go with the latter approach: during the days, I’m coding, and the rest of the time is split between a few interrelated, but still separate activities: blogging, freelance writing, affiliate marketing, building my own morning ritual product. Sometimes I work on one thing for a day, but sometimes I even switch the hat after an hour or so.

When you grab onto your interest and do what it is telling you to do – read books and learn new things, you develop a passion out of it. And it is passion that makes life worth living.

Sure there are people who can be passionate of only one thing for their whole life, but for the most of us, one thing isn’t enough. We want to experience so many things… my list of things I want to do during my life is at least 100 items long.

I sure want to do them all during my life, but I can’t do them all at once. I think the key to true success and achievement in all areas of life, is to focus on one thing at a time.

How does this apply in Internet business? I think the same rule applies here. Focus on one carefully outlined theme, a niche, at a time. Don’t spread all your interests on one website. Instead, keep the focus clear and do other sites for your other interests, one at a time.

I feel I’ve become an expert with a few things. Other things I’ve just wanted to learn a little about to satisfy my curiosity. Knowing about a lot of things really can help you come up with new ways of doing the things you really care about.

I liked the way you chose the word “diversity” when describing your multiple interests. Because that’s really indicative of the advantage people who hold multiple interests have – they are diversified.

Would you want to invest all of your money in one investment? Put your eggs into one basket? Run a company that only sells one product?

It’s odd to me when people expect you to have only one expertise. It goes against everything we are taught is essential for long-term success.

Back to the first statement… Are you kidding yourself or us? Of course not. I’m an expert in multiple fields. My day job is far different than my night job (blogging, small affiliate marketing attempts). I have FAR more respect at my day job than at my night job. I begin to doubt myself because I am outgoing and don’t receive much in return sometimes… But truth be told, it took so much time to get established at my job. So success in one field doesn’t carry over to the next right away, so that can be a little frustrating. But persistence should pay off.

Although to be fair, I shouldn’t call anything I do a job. The moment I dread waking up in the morning, is the moment I realize it’s time to do something new.

Sorry for the unorganized book :) Very insightful post Jarkko!

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