One of my blogs,
although I don’t allocate
much time to it,
spins off okay advertising revenue.
I believe that,
if I applied myself,
I could make some solid money with it,
not I’ll-never-have-to-work-again money,
but solid.
It is my back burner project.
I have bigger opps now,
(the I’ll-never-have-to-work-again money projects)
but if I ever run out of ideas,
it is there,
waiting for me.
I work on it
when I need a change
or
while I’m mulling over another problem.
It maintains itself
with a couple of weeks work
every year.
Why don’t I delegate
my back burner project
so it can grow bigger faster?
Because the real benefit
of a back burner project
is the fearlessness it inspires.
I go out and try my crazy ideas,
taking risks with my projects, and career,
knowing that if my world truly goes to shit,
I can fall back on this back burner project.
I’ll have something to do
(the fear of every doer
is running out of things to do)
and maybe some cash flow.
This assumption may be completely wrong
but it gives me the confidence I need
to be successful in other areas.
Confidence is important.
Do what you need to do
to maintain it,
even if it means keeping a project
simmering on the back burner.