Bridging TypeCarl to CarlZetterlund

April 10th, 2008 Posted in Personal

I have to confess that I have done a very poor job transitioning my old readers into this blog. I can make all sorts of excuses as to why I left readers hanging, but I don’t think that will do any good. I will try best to fill in what has happened between my last post on TypeCarl.com to the present moment.

Blogging on TypeCarl.com was a sort of experiment. I never saw myself as a writer especially someone who writes about himself. I actually used to despise people who had blogs, but that was during my more ignorant years.

Anyway, here’s a brief overview to help bridge the gap between my old blog, TypeCarl, to this new blog.

When I finally saw one of my niches take off, I knew this was the opportunity of a lifetime I was looking for. I forgot about everything else in my life to exploit it to the max.

What I did was replicate the site over and over and over again. It was hard work, but the money kept multiplying. As the holidays came nearer, the revenue accelerated.

This was the first time in my life I experienced first hand how quickly success comes. The internet is indeed an interesting place as if you find an angle that no one has exploited, it is quite possible for you to cash in big time without having to spend much more money since the marginal cost of an extra visitor is basically zero.

The emotions I was going through were quite strange. I’d been fighting the urge to think that I wasn’t going to make it, and now that I finally got what I wanted, it was all suddenly lifted off my chest.

I now felt free to do whatever I wanted. My original goals were to make at least $2000 a month so I could move out and possibly do something crazy like move to India. I ended up getting a lot more than that which gave me the feeling that this was my chance to really do something big without having to worry about my basic well being.

I had been talking to my friend who recently moved to India, and there seemed to be a great match. We both had big ideas and dreams and India seemed like a place that could meet them.

Without too many thinking, I decided to just do it as I had very little to lose. I was practically going insane living with my parents. I really felt I was degenerating as a person.

My parents are great, but they aren’t exactly the type of people who will take me to the next level.

There is so much more I could possibly write.

I pulled the trigger and bought the plane tickets. India was a fascinating place to with opportunities I can hardly imagine. It was also a chance for me to explore a different culture to give me a better perspective of how the world really is.

I know this only gives you a very high level view of what happened, but I think the rest of the pieces will be filled in by time.