Today I read an article from the New York Times about how blogging is causing a lot of stress and may have even lead to the deaths of bloggers Russell Shaw and Marc Orchant.

So what about blogging is stressful and can lead to sleep deprivation, weight gain/loss and even heart attacks? The root cause is creating new content in real time to match their readers’ needs.

The problem from the reader perspective is we sometimes feel it is necessary to know everything that is happening pertaining to our industry in real time. For example in my case I am involved in the internet startup scene so I read Techcrunch and Gigaom multiple times per day and I receive notifications come in as new posts are made.

But not anymore!

I realized after reading the New York Times article that I do not need to be hooked into those or any blogs 24/7 because I am only fueling the fire. Knowing that Facebook is now valued at $15 billion or the Wireless Spectrum was purchased by Verzion really does not affect me. If anything it just throws me off focus!

If you think my points above make sense try boycotting your favorite blogs for a day and see if you become more productive and are able to live without them.

I do not really have a lot to say tonight so I thought I would show you a picture of what a Rhinoseptoplasty does to your face

Hopefully it doesn’t scare you away!

To perform a rhinoseptoplasty they place you under a general anesthetic. While you are unconscious they break the septum (cartilage in the middle of the nose) and reposition it so it is straight. This helps correct a deviated septum, which is what I had, which made it hard for me to breath. This could have caused more problems like sleep apnea and deprivation of oxygen if it was not corrected.

Recovering has not been bad at all. I have no pain except on my front teeth and upper gums which still is not that painful. My biggest issue is I can’t taste food cause my nose is completely blocked at the moment.

Imagine over Easter weekend not being able to taste anything. That has been my only pain… not being able to enjoy food.

Yesterday was the day of my surgery and everything went smoothly!

I can’t say I am in any real pain but my entire face is swollen and I have pretty color bruises under each eye. I would post a picture but I might scare some of you away.

Anyway I have a question I would like my readers to answer in the comments. I have been thinking about raising the price to help speed things up. I am thinking of setting the minimum price to $5 to $10 per keyword.

Please let me know your thoughts in the comments so I can make a decision in the next 24 to 48 hours.

That’s a mouthful!

Tomorrow I will be undergoing a pretty minor surgery on my nose called Rhinoseptoplasty. Sounds like I have a rhinoceros horn they need to fix

Actually my nose was injured a few years back and did not heal properly. In just the past 8 months one side of my nose has been completely blocked off. At first I thought it was just a minor inconvenience that did not really need to be fixed but then found out it could lead to other problems like Sleep Apnea and lack of oxygen which can cause a series of problems.

Luckily this procedure will hopefully fix all of that!

With that said I will be undergoing a general anesthetic so will not be able to blog on this website for at least 2-3 days. But do not worry I do have some marketing stuff in place to be launched on the 20th and 21st. So hopefully when I get back I will see a whole bunch of sales.

Wish me luck!

P.S. - I hit the $2,000 mark today and now have 300+ friends (I kept forgetting to include Twitter in my total)