Nursing A Squidoo Addiction
ADDICTION...Or are you an addict? In the dictionary it says "enslaved to a habit or dependent on something habit forming." Well you just might be an addict. You love to wake up every morning, turn on your laptop, hit the bookmark icon and head to Squidoo.
You love to see what has happened on your Dashboard overnight. "What are my latest lens rankings, did I sell something, did someone leave a comment or add some stars?"
While you're doing that, a great thought for another lens flashes through your mind, so you set up the lens, but wait...there are ten others that you still haven't published (well, not really started on and they were great ideas too!).
Hold on, let me check my e-mail and see if there are any answers to that new topic I started on the Forum, SquidU. Uh huh, wait, there's another great topic they're discussing in there. Okay, back to my Dashboard - still no comments, stars or any more traffic. Well, it was only about a minute ago I checked...
Back to my e-mails. Ah! Someone, wants to join my Group...that reminds me, I've gotta update that too!
Does this sound familiar? Are you addicted to Squidoo? If so, you're addicted to Squidoo when...or if...?
YOU'RE Addicted to Squidoo When...?
Or If..?
If you are a Lensmaster at Squidoo, tell the world what being addicted to Squidoo means to you!
You actually try to stay up to see the lensrank update.
(This of course depends on your time zone - but I more...4 points
You interrupt conversations to exclaim, "I could make a LENS about that!!"
(Oh yeah, I'm guilty!)3 points
You wake up at 3 a.m. to go to the bathroom and stop and check your dashboard on the way back to bed.
2 points
You respond to threads on other forums...
with a link to one of your lenses because you have more...1 point
You keep your laptop on the kitchen table so you can tweak all day long.
(true story)0 points
The site goes off-line for maintenance and you stay up all night clicking refresh so you can be the first one to see what's new.
0 points
Your insomnia doesn't bother you anymore
because you stay up all night making lens anyway!0 points
Is This Your Story?
It started out innocently enough. I began to think and talk about Squidoo at parties now and then to loosen up. Inevitably though, one lens led to another, and soon I was more than just social Squidoo-ing.
I began to Squidoo alone - "to relax," I told myself - but I knew it wasn't true. Squidoo became more and more important to me, and finally I was Squidoo-ing all the time.
I began to Squidoo on the job. I knew that Squidoo-ing and employment don't mix, but I couldn't stop myself.
I began to avoid friends at lunchtime so I could read Advanced HTML for Squidoo and Squid-Stats. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, "What is it exactly we are doing here?"
Things weren't going so great at home either. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my husband about the meaning of Squidoo. He spent that night at his mother's.
I soon had a reputation as a heavy Squidoo-er. One day the boss called me in. He said, "Bonnie, I like you, and it hurts me to say this, but your Squidoo-ing has become a real problem. If you don't stop Squidoo-ing on the job, you'll have to find other employment." This gave me a lot to think about.
I came home early after my conversation with the boss. "Honey, "I confessed, "I've been Squidoo-ing..."
"I know you've been Squidoo-ing," he said, "and I want a divorce!"
"But Honey, surely it's not that serious."
"It is serious," he said, lower lip all aquiver. "You Squidoo as much as Hub Pagers, and Hub Pagers don't make any money, so if you keep on Squidoo-ing we won't have any money!"
"That's a faulty syllogism," I said impatiently, and he began to sulk. I'd had enough. "I'm going to look at my dashboard," I snarled as I stomped out the room.
I headed for the computer, in the mood for some SquidU. I rushed into our home office and frantically pulled up the chair to the computer screen...no ISP connection. My internet was down.
As I sank to the carpet clawing at the unfeeling computer desk, whimpering for My Favourite CSS Tricks for Lenses, I turned on the radio for some soothing music and a commercial caught my attention. "Friend, is heavy Squidoo-ing ruining your life?" it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Squidoo-er's Anonymous poster.
Which is why I am what I am today: a former recovering Squidoo-er. I used to never miss an SA meeting. At each meeting we would share experiences about how we avoided Squidoo-ing since the last meeting...but it didn't work. I fell off the Squidoo wagon.
Life just seemed...harder, somehow, as soon as I stopped Squidoo-ing.
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ElizabethJeanAllen
I'm an squid-addict. Unfortunately work gets in the way. I fixed that. "I can't come in today, I'm sick..." Posted June 01, 2008 |
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girlfriendfactory
Oh Wow, I've been here three days and already I qualify as an A D D I C T! Is there a support group? If not, maybe I should start a second lens! lol Visit me at The Girlfriend Factory if you get a chance! :) Thanks! Posted May 14, 2008 |
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spirituality
Funny - and since I'm reading this before breakfast, and woke up to tweak one of my lenses, I guess I qualify. Posted April 25, 2008 |
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NightSquid
Very nice lens Posted April 24, 2008 |
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DOUA
Thanks for the laughs. Excellent and well written lens. Posted April 22, 2008 |
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