Squidoo is part of my online life and certainly flows over into my 'everyday' life.
I will see something in the world and think 'That would make a great Squidoo lens'. I'll even start writing it in my head.
Everyday, one of the first things I do is check my lenses - comments, lens rank, visits.
I constantly thing about how to improve on my existing lenses too...
In addition, in the 'slow times' I like to visit other lenses, read about what people are doing and thinking - participate in the Forum and other online squidoo communities. When looking for specific information, I use Squidoo as much as I use Google....
I've been caught in a web! The World Wide Web that is, and Squidoo is the perfect way to tie together each and every one of my favorite new web tools for Creative Self-Expression...
In just one place (Squidoo!) I can combine my blogs, Facebook, my Cafepress shops, my Etsy shop, and lots of new creative ideas--and earn a little extra money to boot. What a wonderful web, indeed!
I came to Squidoo very shy, and highly wary of sharing my writing publicly. It has always been something very personal for me and sharing it with my name attached was frightening.
Then I discovered what truly makes Squidoo the greatest place on the net. It's the community. Everyone has been so kind and supportive, they have encouraged me every step of the way.
I get to learn new things, meet new people, and read some excellent writing... but I stay because of the community.
I'm no longer shy about calling myself a writer, and I owe that to Squidoo.
Squidoo is an amazingly important part of my online life. It brings a smile to my working from home face almost daily, which matters because working from home can be a lonely thing.
It's also a bit weird - why should it be so important? From a business perspective I probably spend too much time there, certainly now that I'm a squidangel and spend so much time looking at fresh lenses. But I love the atmosphere, and I love being able to promote some of the great lenses I come across.
Well, if you ask me, I would say pretty much. Now, if you ask my husband, he would probably say... too much! ;)
Squidoo is my flight into totaly different world and I mean it literaly. As I'm from Croatia, I found Squidoo excellent opportunity to practice my English on daily basis (not like I have many English speakers in my life...). It's also one of best way to meet new people and see how different we are, and similar in so many things.
Why Squidoo? Probably because it drove me first! I have never ever thought about writing in English (or writing at all) before I encountered Squidoo! One of reasons is language and second: I'm no writer! My real life and my on-line life are so different! Here I can be what I want to be and decline what ever doesn't suit me. In real life I'm playing roles I have to play. Some gladly some because I feel obligated.
I would say that is a big part of my life. Even during the past few months when I wasn't making any new Lenses, I was staying connected with Lensmasters through Twitter & the Squidoo Chat Room.
I was also constantly thinking of what topics I would cover when I did start making new Lenses.
I think my friends and family were getting a little sick of hearing me talk about it, even though I had made nothing new in a while.
Incredibly enough, 2 of the 3 Lenses I published this week, weren't even ones I had planned on before, so the well certainly hasn't gone dry yet.
(Anyone not familiar w/ Loyalis' Squidoo Chat Room: it can be found at the Captain Squid Blog, or right a Squidoo Lens by thefluffanutta titled "Squidoo Chat Room")
Squidoo is a huge part of my life right now. My life at home revolves around my husband, my kids, and Squidoo.
When I signed up for a Squidoo account I was in a hypo-manic bipolar state, so for the first 3 days I was all over squidoo reading, writing my first lens, and over in the Squidu forum. I didn't sleep much my first few days on Squidoo, so I learned so much.I have been hooked on Squidoo since.
Squidoo has become so much a part of my life that I don't know where I would be if it were not for Squidoo. Before joining Squidoo I was very lonely, and I felt very suffocated in my life. It was not that I hated my life, but I knew something was missing.
What was missing was a creative outlet that I loved, a hobby that could evolve with my mood changes, and friendship. I found all of that and more at Squidoo.
Squidoo has become part of my Bipolar therapy. It gives me something to do when I can't sleep. It allows me to interact with interesting people who don't judge me for having a mental illness. Squidoo is set up to bend and evolve, and it's the only thing I have found that I can stay interested in as my moods change. Squidoo is also a place where I feel accomplished and that helps my self esteem, as it is effected when I plunge into a depression or make a mistake with money when I'm manic.
Squidoo has been a place where I can set goals and achieve them. It has opened up doors for me, and I see it as a way to earn an income at home in the future. I am going for Giant Squid right now, and I am more focused on this goal than I have ever been on any other one in my life.
The Squidoo Community has been a blessing to both me and my family. I am using it to improve my quality of life, and with an increased quality of life I have experienced more mood stability than I ever have. I'm sure my family would step up and thank Seth for his ingenious creation, and every lensmaster who has had an impact on me because each and every one of them has made a positive impact on my family's life. I have a better relationship with my husband and I have a better relationship with my children now that Squidoo has joined my life.
I originally joined Squidoo to promote my gallery. But I became hooked. I love the site, and I see the potential for where it can go in the next few years.
I spend time on Squidoo or on Squidoo related items every single day, unless (gasp!) I have no internet connection. I have come to find satisfaction in the dialogue between lensmasters, and readers, and the wonderful friends and acquaintances that I have met so far.
Squidoo has already broadened my life, and I have learned so much about the internet, and about promoting myself online. I can't wait to teach what I have learned to others so that they can use the opportunity for whatever it is that they dream about.
I'm afraid to answer. Mostly because I still have pizza sauce on one hand. I joined Squidoo three short months ago and I've been reduced (happily) to eating dinner in front of the laptop while working on lenses.
I feel like Squidoo has become my microscope. I scour lenses and forum posts and related blogs, soaking up information to help me succeed and then Squidoo flips the scope back on me and makes me inspect my own faults, my own perspective and opinions, where I can change, how I can be a better person. It's become a sort of life coach in the form of a community of experts and helpful souls. I've never felt so personally challenged to stop taking the easy road and to start putting some deep, meaningful thought into the direction of my own life.
Squidoo is part of my online life and certainly flows over into my 'everyday' life.
ReplyDeleteI will see something in the world and think 'That would make a great Squidoo lens'. I'll even start writing it in my head.
Everyday, one of the first things I do is check my lenses - comments, lens rank, visits.
I constantly thing about how to improve on my existing lenses too...
In addition, in the 'slow times' I like to visit other lenses, read about what people are doing and thinking - participate in the Forum and other online squidoo communities. When looking for specific information, I use Squidoo as much as I use Google....
Yep - Squidoo is an integral part of my life...
I've been caught in a web! The World Wide Web that is, and Squidoo is the perfect way to tie together each and every one of my favorite new web tools for Creative Self-Expression...
ReplyDeleteIn just one place (Squidoo!) I can combine my blogs, Facebook, my Cafepress shops, my Etsy shop, and lots of new creative ideas--and earn a little extra money to boot. What a wonderful web, indeed!
Squidoo has become my hub. I have learned the art of self expression because of Squidoo and the many resources that I've found because of Squidoo.
ReplyDeleteI now write more than I ever did. And I mean write. From the inner depths of the darkness I used to hide from. I attribute this to Squidoo.
I paint my life as it is and happens now. That is Squidoo.
I am me. That is Squidoo.
I came to Squidoo very shy, and highly wary of sharing my writing publicly. It has always been something very personal for me and sharing it with my name attached was frightening.
ReplyDeleteThen I discovered what truly makes Squidoo the greatest place on the net. It's the community. Everyone has been so kind and supportive, they have encouraged me every step of the way.
I get to learn new things, meet new people, and read some excellent writing... but I stay because of the community.
I'm no longer shy about calling myself a writer, and I owe that to Squidoo.
Squidoo is an amazingly important part of my online life. It brings a smile to my working from home face almost daily, which matters because working from home can be a lonely thing.
ReplyDeleteIt's also a bit weird - why should it be so important? From a business perspective I probably spend too much time there, certainly now that I'm a squidangel and spend so much time looking at fresh lenses. But I love the atmosphere, and I love being able to promote some of the great lenses I come across.
Well, if you ask me, I would say pretty much. Now, if you ask my husband, he would probably say... too much! ;)
ReplyDeleteSquidoo is my flight into totaly different world and I mean it literaly. As I'm from Croatia, I found Squidoo excellent opportunity to practice my English on daily basis (not like I have many English speakers in my life...). It's also one of best way to meet new people and see how different we are, and similar in so many things.
Why Squidoo? Probably because it drove me first! I have never ever thought about writing in English (or writing at all) before I encountered Squidoo! One of reasons is language and second: I'm no writer! My real life and my on-line life are so different! Here I can be what I want to be and decline what ever doesn't suit me. In real life I'm playing roles I have to play. Some gladly some because I feel obligated.
I would say that is a big part of my life. Even during the past few months when I wasn't making any new Lenses, I was staying connected with Lensmasters through Twitter & the Squidoo Chat Room.
ReplyDeleteI was also constantly thinking of what topics I would cover when I did start making new Lenses.
I think my friends and family were getting a little sick of hearing me talk about it, even though I had made nothing new in a while.
Incredibly enough, 2 of the 3 Lenses I published this week, weren't even ones I had planned on before, so the well certainly hasn't gone dry yet.
(Anyone not familiar w/ Loyalis' Squidoo Chat Room: it can be found at the Captain Squid Blog, or right a Squidoo Lens by thefluffanutta titled "Squidoo Chat Room")
Squidoo is a huge part of my life right now. My life at home revolves around my husband, my kids, and Squidoo.
ReplyDeleteWhen I signed up for a Squidoo account I was in a hypo-manic bipolar state, so for the first 3 days I was all over squidoo reading, writing my first lens, and over in the Squidu forum. I didn't sleep much my first few days on Squidoo, so I learned so much.I have been hooked on Squidoo since.
Squidoo has become so much a part of my life that I don't know where I would be if it were not for Squidoo. Before joining Squidoo I was very lonely, and I felt very suffocated in my life. It was not that I hated my life, but I knew something was missing.
What was missing was a creative outlet that I loved, a hobby that could evolve with my mood changes, and friendship. I found all of that and more at Squidoo.
Squidoo has become part of my Bipolar therapy. It gives me something to do when I can't sleep. It allows me to interact with interesting people who don't judge me for having a mental illness. Squidoo is set up to bend and evolve, and it's the only thing I have found that I can stay interested in as my moods change. Squidoo is also a place where I feel accomplished and that helps my self esteem, as it is effected when I plunge into a depression or make a mistake with money when I'm manic.
Squidoo has been a place where I can set goals and achieve them. It has opened up doors for me, and I see it as a way to earn an income at home in the future. I am going for Giant Squid right now, and I am more focused on this goal than I have ever been on any other one in my life.
The Squidoo Community has been a blessing to both me and my family. I am using it to improve my quality of life, and with an increased quality of life I have experienced more mood stability than I ever have. I'm sure my family would step up and thank Seth for his ingenious creation, and every lensmaster who has had an impact on me because each and every one of them has made a positive impact on my family's life. I have a better relationship with my husband and I have a better relationship with my children now that Squidoo has joined my life.
What a great question.
ReplyDeleteI originally joined Squidoo to promote my gallery. But I became hooked. I love the site, and I see the potential for where it can go in the next few years.
I spend time on Squidoo or on Squidoo related items every single day, unless (gasp!) I have no internet connection. I have come to find satisfaction in the dialogue between lensmasters, and readers, and the wonderful friends and acquaintances that I have met so far.
Squidoo has already broadened my life, and I have learned so much about the internet, and about promoting myself online. I can't wait to teach what I have learned to others so that they can use the opportunity for whatever it is that they dream about.
I'm afraid to answer. Mostly because I still have pizza sauce on one hand. I joined Squidoo three short months ago and I've been reduced (happily) to eating dinner in front of the laptop while working on lenses.
ReplyDeleteI feel like Squidoo has become my microscope. I scour lenses and forum posts and related blogs, soaking up information to help me succeed and then Squidoo flips the scope back on me and makes me inspect my own faults, my own perspective and opinions, where I can change, how I can be a better person. It's become a sort of life coach in the form of a community of experts and helpful souls. I've never felt so personally challenged to stop taking the easy road and to start putting some deep, meaningful thought into the direction of my own life.