You Would See the Biggest Gift Would Be from Me...

I had a file on my old (pronounced "broken") computer that was simply a list of quotes. The topics were as varied as the orators. One of the quotes was from the great Gary Vaynerchuk*. I unfortunately do not have this file any longer and cannot remember the exact wording of the quote, but it was something to the effect of, "If even one person reads what you have to say and gives a crap, you should be ridiculously happy."

For months I've been rolling this around in my head, trying to figure out how to write this post, and I've decided I just need to do it. I will never have something that I feel is good enough. I just need to say it.

Thank you.

You have no idea how much each and every one of you mean to me. I find it hard to find words to express how flattered I am that, of all the blogs on the internet, you choose to read mine. Every time you choose to read one you passively choose not to read another, and I'm flabbergasted and humbled that you're reading mine.

For a long time I found it difficult to update regularly**. I was getting single digit hits each month, so I wasn't concerned about it. One day I wrote a post and added links on Facebook and Twitter. The next morning I got out of bed and checked to see if anyone had read. I had 12 hits! I refreshed several times to ensure that I was looking at this right. Traffic had absolutely spiked! I had to do everything that I could to keep these numbers up!

These days it's no longer uncommon to break 40 hits a post, with my previous post being my first to ever break 50. Furthermore, I'm on pace to break 400 hits this month, a milestone I've yet to achieve.

All of this is great, but it's not ultimately about the numbers. I love to see that people are reading, but what I really care about is each of you individually. Every time that someone comments or mentions to me that they read a post (or even better, enjoyed a post), it makes my day.

Whether you're my sister, a friend from high school whom I've not seen in years, a friend who lives directly above me whom I talk to several times a week, a tobacconist from Milwaukee whom I've never met, or someone who falls in between, you mean more to me than you'll ever know. Thank you.



*In many ways Vaynerchuk inspired this post. He has one of the best understandings of how the internet is changing our mindset that I've ever seen. If you are unfamiliar with his work, do something about that.
**Some would say I'm still not as regular as I should be, but we will not regard that right now.

I had a file on my old (pronounced "broken") computer that was simply a list of quotes. The topics were as varied as the orators. One of the quotes was from the great Gary Vaynerchuk*. I unfortunately do not have this file any longer and cannot remember the exact wording of the quote, but it was something to the effect of, "If even one person reads what you have to say and gives a crap, you should be ridiculously happy."

For months I've been rolling this around in my head, trying to figure out how to write this post, and I've decided I just need to do it. I will never have something that I feel is good enough. I just need to say it.

Thank you.

You have no idea how much each and every one of you mean to me. I find it hard to find words to express how flattered I am that, of all the blogs on the internet, you choose to read mine. Every time you choose to read one you passively choose not to read another, and I'm flabbergasted and humbled that you're reading mine.

For a long time I found it difficult to update regularly**. I was getting single digit hits each month, so I wasn't concerned about it. One day I wrote a post and added links on Facebook and Twitter. The next morning I got out of bed and checked to see if anyone had read. I had 12 hits! I refreshed several times to ensure that I was looking at this right. Traffic had absolutely spiked! I had to do everything that I could to keep these numbers up!

These days it's no longer uncommon to break 40 hits a post, with my previous post being my first to ever break 50. Furthermore, I'm on pace to break 400 hits this month, a milestone I've yet to achieve.

All of this is great, but it's not ultimately about the numbers. I love to see that people are reading, but what I really care about is each of you individually. Every time that someone comments or mentions to me that they read a post (or even better, enjoyed a post), it makes my day.

Whether you're my sister, a friend from high school whom I've not seen in years, a friend who lives directly above me whom I talk to several times a week, a tobacconist from Milwaukee whom I've never met, or someone who falls in between, you mean more to me than you'll ever know. Thank you.



*In many ways Vaynerchuk inspired this post. He has one of the best understandings of how the internet is changing our mindset that I've ever seen. If you are unfamiliar with his work, do something about that.
**Some would say I'm still not as regular as I should be, but we will not regard that right now.

You Would See the Biggest Gift Would Be from Me...