Too Many Baby’s, Not Enough Time
by Eric and Sean on June 3, 2009
in blogging
The Blueprint has been an interesting ride over the last 5 months. It began with a bang and then settled into a small, but close knit community. From our excellent guest posts by Sid Savara of SidSavara.com, Marc of WelshScribe.co.uk, Janice Hunter of SharingtheJourney.co.uk, Dan Miranda or CommandYourTime.com, Ali Hale of AliVentures.com and Janet Green of JanetGreen.net, to wonderfully genuine and in-depth comments we’ve received over the past months. We couldn’t be more proud of the bloggers/readers who took the time to read our content and share their thoughts.
Too Many Baby’s
We’ve always been busy with the business of blogging. Ever since our beginning late last summer, the two of us have been willing to burn the candle to nothing but a nubbin at both ends. The Blueprint was a wonderful way for us to pour concrete into our collaboration and become tangible friends in the offline world. Three-thousand miles might separate us from a handshake, but the sentiment is as solid as an ancient oak.
Our online offspring have multiplied. Both our various online ventures are now beginning to blossom with the true fruit we need to pull our families forward, and Eric has added a beautiful baby boy to his family tree. The two of us have struggled with what to do with our first collaboration. Our time for this particular project has been whittled to a whisper. After a lot of deliberation, we’ve decided to travel a different path with The Blueprint, one that returns us to cradle of where it all began.
Before there was the blog, there was the book.
Our Blogopolis Blueprint book and kit is a wonderful product that our lack of experience failed to properly promote. We are going to lay it back on the drafting table, take it to 2.0, and release it, along with a few surprises sometime in the near future. The Blueprint Boys will always collaborate, but this site will be best served as a static landing page. From here on out, communication will take place through our email newsletter.
The newsletter will be a conduit to all communication and early word on all we have in store. It’s been wonderful. We thank you all for joining us on the adventure.
Feel free to say good-bye in the comments. We’d love to join you in some final farewells!
Adios!
Eric and Sean
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Sorry to hear it fellas. This was a great project with some real potential, however, as I know only too well, there are not enough hours in the day.
Thanks for the great content and the laughs and I hope you can come back to this some day.
As one who has dialed down a blog and created another, I know it can be a bittersweet thing. I will miss those crazy videos, but I understand your time constraints. Best wishes on the many different paths you two will take together and separately!
What is with you guys and making me cry today – first Writer Dad, now here!
I completely understand your decision, though.
Thank you for letting me find my blogging voice in your comment boxes, and for publishing my first guest post. I’ll never forget it. Thanks too for a the email advice and the wonderful, friendly, cheery videos – they were a joy!
But thanks most of all for the friendships and connections you’ve helped me make.
I subscribed to Lori’s blog today.
Randi has a guest post on my blog today; I met her through you.
Tess won a book on my blog at the weekend.
Marc’s my Welsh hero.
These friendships and connections are your other babies. Thank you. I loved the Blueprint, but blueprints are just a beginning…
Janice! Awesome – I LOVED that last line. You are so right, blueprints are just a beginning.
Lori, bittersweet for sure. Awesome as well. Ironically, Eric and I had a lot of fun bantering back and forth about closing our doors over the last few weeks.
Dave, you selfish blogger you! There sure aren’t enough hours, but Eric and I have absorbed a massive amount from this project that we’ll be able to carry forth in everything we do.
Best to you all and THANKS!
Just found it, just lost it…. kidding. he he. Not really.
It’s understandable from what’s going on in the rest of your lives and other projects. Good example of when to let something go.
“When the horse is dead, dismount.”
@Dave: I know you understand. I appreciate you popping by for an official BB farewell. We enjoyed our British Cop cheap shots. We’ll miss those.
@Lori: Thanks for stopping by for support. There’s always Twitter…oh, and our other blogs.
@Janice: You’ve been a great BB contributor, janice!
From your guest post to your mini posts in the comments section. Always enjoyed hearing from you.
@Jared: Great quote and good way of putting it
Eric
I had a guest post waiting to be published here, at the BluePrint.
It was specifically designed to be published here, at the BluePrint.
And now… what will become of my hard work?
Nothing. Zero. Zilch. Núll. Iqanda. Ni. Thero.
No no no… I’m not mad. Really I’m not. It was just some of my life spent on making a great post. But now? What will become of it?
Yeah.
They do say that when life throws you lemons you must make lemonade.
Looks like I’m going to have to take a trip out to the Piggly Wiggly to get me some ripe lemons and cane sugar.
Because my post, which I worked so hard on is going to have to be made into lemonade.
I’m not mad.
Please believe me.
****
@Bamboo. You’re welcome to post it at Sharing the Journey any time. It won’t get as many vistors as it would here or on yours, but different voices make life interesting and I’m sure it would help, inspire or entertain whoever reads it. I’ll miss seeing you in these boxes.
Hey Bamboo, we’ll find a place for it, don’t you worry. Eric
You’ve both taken what you’ve learnt and built upon it, as Janice says that is the essence of a blueprint.
On one hand it’s sad to see the place go but on the other we’re not losing anything just gaining a better Eric and a better Sean.
I guess I have to go subscribe to that Motivation site now, what’s it called…Zen something
There’s an even better one called DailyAikido.com
Nah. Met the guy in real life. He’s a weirdo
I think it’s called ‘4hourWorkWeek’.
Eric
Wow – I am just starting out myself, but already you guys popped onto my radar (and unlike many others!) stayed there. Good luck, have totally loved your approach, and had taken you both for ‘old hands’! You definitely must be doing things right. ; )
What are you planning for this blog?
If you are planning to sell this then please notify us about it so that we could have a bid on this.
too many women and not enough time, i’ma cool cat, but i’m on life nine.