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This Is Why I Don’t Click On Your Blog Posts

/ Stuart Danker / 246 Comments

dont-click-no-priscilla-du-preez

So the following post is based off my time spent in the WordPress Reader which, in the past couple of years, total up to 15,000 blogs visited (average of 20 blogs per day).

And through that time, I’ve since developed a taste for the type of posts I’d click on and enjoy.

Here’s a quick disclaimer though: I’m just one person in a very small niche, particularly in writing and self-improvement. So take the following points with a grain of salt.

But also know that if you can attract—or repel—one person, you would probably be able to do so for the rest of the WordPress community, so keep that in mind as you scroll through the list!

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I Finally Got COVID, So I Might As Well Share The Lessons I Got Out Of It

/ Stuart Danker / 166 Comments

Man in orange sweater and mask

It’s finally happened. No, I didn’t become a New York Times bestselling author. I have instead contracted COVID, after two years of dodging it like Neo in The Matrix.

But you know what I always say: when something bad happens to you, at least you’ll get a story out of it. And that’s what brings us to today’s post, my account with the virus, seven days in.

So sit back, put on your masks, and enjoy the lessons I’ve learned from this weird, weird week I’ve been having.

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5 Love Tips I’d Love To Give My Younger Self

/ Stuart Danker / 74 Comments

Love Advice Couple - Clay Banks

You know how I started my blogging career? By writing about my heartbreaks. This was during the Geocities days where you had to manually write each page’s HTML through Notepad.

You know what would’ve happened had I been lucky with the girls? I wouldn’t have had any reason to share my collection of cringe-rants. And I’ll tell you, my posts were so emo they could’ve fronted for My Chemical Romance.

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Can Unfinished Tasks Worsen Your Procrastination?

/ Stuart Danker / 86 Comments

Someone writing their to-do list in a grid notebook

You know that feeling when you see a grimy spot on the wall but you never get around to cleaning it?

What about when your stash of oats is running low, yet you always delay your trip to the supermarket?

Or my personal favourite, knowing you have work to do, yet somehow being able to fill your time with useless crap like YouTube and Instagram?

Welcome to the world of attention residue, or more specifically, the reason why you get that nagging feeling to complete unfinished tasks and why it can worsen your procrastination.

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How Running Is Like Writing, And Why You Should Embrace Them Both

/ Stuart Danker / 112 Comments

Woman running on a foggy day

Six years ago, I wrote a post connecting the two wonderful worlds of writing and running, and a lot has changed since then.

For starters, I’ve actually maintained a steady schedule for more than a year now, compared to the sporadic posts I used to put up when I was ‘in the mood’. Also, I’ve started running a lot more.

That’s why I feel that I’ve garnered the necessary experience to revisit this topic, which means you get to be the judge on whether or not I’ve actually grown in the past six years.

So scroll ahead and enjoy version two of this post. Go on. Run along now.

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