Hey, Hivemind! Soliciting Advice on My Website

Originally published at Am I the Only One Dancing?. Please leave any comments there.

I have made my thought process on the development of my website pretty transparent since I launched.

• It has an overriding theme instead of a subject, and I have a goal of writing at least one ‘content’ post per day.
• It is a commercial site with the eventual goal of supporting my family.
• It has as its main idea ‘Personal happiness is valuable, achievable and extendable to the world.’
• It honors a sense of fun without meanness.
• Each article comes from a place of compassion even in anger.
• Personal life affects professional life affects political life affects personal life.
• Shopping is fun and providing ways to find deals on line is a service I enjoy providing.
• Giving away stuff is also fun and something I enjoy doing for my readers.
• Alerting people to situations where their help can make a difference is important.
• Every post should add value to readers’ lives.
• I want a community to form around this website that shares these ideals.

So, to put it mildly, I have some ambitious goals around this website, which run into two primary barriers: available time and organization of ideas. And of course, limits on talent, but I do what I can with what I have.

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