Chapter 4. Take Your Time

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Have a glass of lemonade, put your feet up, and flip through this chapter in a leisurely manner. These projects will take a while, but where do you have to be? You’ve got all the time in the world.

61. Collect the greatest hits

So your blog gets Slashdotted one day when you’re in bed sleeping off the flu. You’re barely staying hydrated, let alone keeping up with your site. A few days later, you realize that, when your traffic spiked by 20,000 readers, your top post was a two-sentence throwaway about the awesome sneakers you just scored. (On sale!)

Crap.

Traffic, and life, are unpredictable, so once you’ve built a healthy ...

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