Success in Sweatpants

I've been gone a little while…at least I've been gone from the "compose new post" page.

I've been messing with webby things

I'm not into computer settings. I like to use my computer the way it arrived in the box, only changing things here and there as time goes by. I don't like having to do stuff to my browser, just want it to work. Ditto my web site. Ditto my blog.

So it's taken me way more time than it should have to reinstate my domain mapping for Success in Sweatpants. Which bugs me, because folks trying to find the site or clicking on a link in one of my many listings out in cyberspace won't end up here.

Spending time on stuff that's not our forte is too frequent an occurrence for those of us working at home, trying to keep overhead costs down and to minimize the waiting periods that inevitably ensue when having someone else do stuff for us.

And even though the people asking us to pay them money so they can tell us how to run our businesses look down their noses at owners spending time IN their businesses, I think that there are times when doing so is called for. In this case, I need to know the little intricacies of domain mapping–it's really not that hard to master, only needs to be attended to once, and it keeps my company from being held hostage by the third party contractor who would take time and money to do it.

I save my spendable time and money resources for more value-producing stuff, like my bookkeeping (done wonderfully well by IAC Professionals). The web messing may eventually go to someone else, but for now I'm going to master it so I can manage it effectively when I outsource it.

Yes, I know I need to work ON my business, but I often end up working IN my business because I hate to wait for stuff to get done when I've given the work to someone else, and then have to pay them for it besides. 

And I don't need some supposed expert implying that success will not be mine because I do that. I don't believe that is true, and neither should you.