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	<description>Conquering the Business World &#038; Fibromyalgia</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why Its Ok to be Bad at Spelling</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/17/why-its-ok-to-be-bad-at-spelling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I find that being horrible at spelling and typing really helps increase my vocabulary. It doesn&#8217;t hurt that I&#8217;m also extremely hasty. For instance, I&#8217;ll usually just click through my spell checker. Every once in awhile I&#8217;ll see that I&#8217;ve accidentally accepted a word that I don&#8217;t even know the meaning of. If I left [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I find that being horrible at spelling and typing really helps increase my vocabulary. It doesn&#8217;t hurt that I&#8217;m also extremely hasty. For instance, I&#8217;ll usually just click through my spell checker. Every once in awhile I&#8217;ll see that I&#8217;ve accidentally accepted a word that I don&#8217;t even know the meaning of. If I left it that way I would be using very archaic words and look very knowledgeable until someone who actually knew what it meant came along. A girl can dream.</p>
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		<title>Do You Have to be Optimistic to Run a Home Business?</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/16/do-you-have-to-be-optimistic-to-run-a-home-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something I&#8217;ve often pondered. Even though I&#8217;ve been working from home running blogs and websites for several years I have made just enough to get by. Considering how bad my fibromyalgia is, this has been a major feat. When I first started out I was sure that I was going to be the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is something I&#8217;ve often pondered. Even though I&#8217;ve been working from home running blogs and websites for several years I have made just enough to get by. Considering how bad my fibromyalgia is, this has been a major feat. When I first started out I was sure that I was going to be the next big blogger.</p>
<p>Several years later with my new need for the <a href="http://www.anti-wrinklecream.net/">best anti wrinkle cream</a> from all of the stress sometimes I waver. I&#8217;ve branched out into a lot of different arenas and tried a lot of things that have failed. The one constant reminds: I will do whatever I can to make this work. It will work because I really don&#8217;t have any other options.</p>
<p>I think you have to be somewhat optimistic to be in this business. You also need to be realistic which is a careful balance. You need to believe enough to invest in your own sites or work for smaller companies who may make it big. You have to believe that the company you work for, your blog or just the Internet in general will survive long enough to make it worth your time. It takes a certain degree of risk and definitely perseverance. What do you think?</p>
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		<title>How Do You Organize Your Home Office?</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/16/how-do-you-organize-your-home-office/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is one of those areas where I&#8217;ve really had to balance fibromyalgia and my working life. I&#8217;m unable to work at a desk because no matter what configuration I try it ends up hurting my back. So I usually end up working on the couch. This makes organization difficult because I really don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is one of those areas where I&#8217;ve really had to balance fibromyalgia and my working life. I&#8217;m unable to work at a desk because no matter what configuration I try it ends up hurting my back. So I usually end up working on the couch. This makes organization difficult because I really don&#8217;t have a dedicated office space. Luckily, I do have a pretty pink laptop.</p>
<p>My biggest problem right now is what I call &#8220;cord mountain&#8221;. Scaling it would probably be a viable part of <a href="http://dietsthatwork.net/">diets that work</a>. It&#8217;s where all of my different chargers and cords are scattered. There is just no pretty way to decorate it or at the very least make it practical. I know that there are docking stations out there but I need something bigger that will accommodate my laptop cord. Any suggestions?</p>
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		<title>Relationships &#038; Fibro</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/15/relationships-fibro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in a little different boat since I got sick when I was quite young. I knew that fibromyalgia would effect any relationship that I entered into. I try to minimize the impact but still when you try to blend anyone else&#8217;s life with your own you&#8217;re going to have to deal with all their [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m in a little different boat since I got sick when I was quite young. I knew that fibromyalgia would effect any relationship that I entered into. I try to minimize the impact but still when you try to blend anyone else&#8217;s life with your own you&#8217;re going to have to deal with all their problems and they are going to have to deal with yours including fibro. So any long married fibro couples out there, how do you do it?</p>
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		<title>Do the Top Earners Hurt More than They Help?</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/15/do-the-top-earners-hurt-more-than-they-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something that I&#8217;ve really been pondering a lot lately because I&#8217;m a member of several residual income article sites. I&#8217;ve noticed a trend at almost all of them. At first there are a few people who are really dedicated when the site is still growing and write a lot so they earn a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is something that I&#8217;ve really been pondering a lot lately because I&#8217;m a member of several residual income article sites. I&#8217;ve noticed a trend at almost all of them. At first there are a few people who are really dedicated when the site is still growing and write a lot so they earn a lot of money. Then they write ebooks about it. Then thousands of people sign up expecting to earn that amount of money and there&#8217;s a mass revolt and conspiracy theories abound when they don&#8217;t. Since none of these companies are really transparent then there really isn&#8217;t a formula. Good SEO and sheer quantity will earn you money almost anywhere. I&#8217;ve seen my earnings at all of the sites steadily grow through these principles although I&#8217;m still just window shopping <a href="http://www.bluefly.com/Christian-Louboutin-Shoes/_/N-1z13zq1Zfg6/list.fly">Christian Louboutin</a> items. Ultimately it leads to a lot of resentment. However, the top earners who say &#8220;I Make $x,xxx a month without working&#8221; is what really draws people to initially sign up in the first place.</p>
<p>Instead of becoming discouraged that I don&#8217;t make as much as the top earners I&#8217;ve decided to value what my work is worth specifically to me and then write accordingly. Besides, with fibro I really don&#8217;t have a lot of options. I don&#8217;t know which way is going to work so I can focus more time on my health but I know that one of them eventually will. As Michael J. Fox said in his book he had to work really hard when he found out he was sick because he knew he couldn&#8217;t work forever at a normal pace.</p>
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		<title>Always Looking Up</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/14/always-looking-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I really fell in love with a TV special Michael J. Fox did about optimism when his book first came out. It&#8217;s like he always lives on Disney vacations where everything is beautiful, that&#8217;s just his personality. I am naturally sarcastic, but I want to be that way. He really had a lot of great [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really fell in love with a TV special Michael J. Fox did about optimism when his book first came out. It&#8217;s like he always lives on <a href="http://www.orlandothemeparkvacations.com">Disney vacations</a> where everything is beautiful, that&#8217;s just his personality. I am naturally sarcastic, but I want to be that way. He really had a lot of great points and tips for anyone who tries to stay positive in the face of disease or hardship. So I was excited to finally read his book &#8220;Always Looking Up&#8221;. I don&#8217;t know what I was expecting, probably just more of the &#8220;Adventures of an Eternal Optimist&#8221; special. It was totally different, not bad, I think that the special was just so amazing that the book fell short. He kinda touched on optimism in the book but didn&#8217;t really drive it home.</p>
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		<title>Fibromyalgia Journal</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/11/fibromyalgia-journal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I used to keep a blog that was just for my day to day fibromyalgia life. This blog focuses more on my work. I really wanted an opportunity to document my pain levels and how they correspond to stress as well as my fitness routine. It might be helpful to also track the weather and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to keep a blog that was just for my day to day fibromyalgia life. This blog focuses more on my work. I really wanted an opportunity to document my pain levels and how they correspond to stress as well as my fitness routine. It might be helpful to also track the weather and what I eat. I know that doctors recommend this for a lot of other diseases. I really think that there is a pattern but it would take me being dedicated for several months to find it. I also don&#8217;t know how to use Excel or whatever Microsoft thing you track stuff in. I really want to end up with a spreadsheet or chart. Ideally, it would be a graph.</p>
<p>I want to know what I need to change or watch out for to really affect my fibromyalgia. I really think that this would also help me to stay motivated with my workout schedule. However, I am always so tired and fatigued that I don&#8217;t really have the energy to research how to do such a journal let alone actually keep it every single day. Does anyone else keep a fibromyalgia journal? How? If so do you want to keep one for me?</p>
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		<title>The Most Heart Stopping Moment In Blogging</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/10/the-most-heart-stopping-moment-in-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/10/the-most-heart-stopping-moment-in-blogging/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[All bloggers have experienced that sickening feeling when you go to your blog and it&#8217;s no longer there. In my case it&#8217;s usually that my host is just down for a few minutes. However, even though I&#8217;ve been doing this for a number of years and I have a back up it makes me sick [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All bloggers have experienced that sickening feeling when you go to your blog and it&#8217;s no longer there. In my case it&#8217;s usually that my host is just down for a few minutes. However, even though I&#8217;ve been doing this for a number of years and I have a back up it makes me sick to my stomach every single time. I always feels as helpless and clueless as if you put a bunch of <a href="http://www.ricambiamerica.com/">Ferrari parts</a> in front of me and told me to make a car.</p>
<p>Then I start thinking: What I would do if I have to start all over? Would I do anything differently? What&#8217;s wrong? I didn&#8217;t even touch it. It&#8217;s really one of the most heart wrenching parts of blogging. Usually it just takes a few seconds to rectify the problem, but they are some of the most tense seconds of any bloggers life.</p>
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		<title>Voice Recognition: Week Three</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/10/voice-recognition-week-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that my venture into voice recognition software has really started qualifying as an experiment. I really find it a lot more enjoyable and easier than typing with my fibromyalgia. However, it is really an adventure. Over time the software has really come to recognize my voice and speech patterns better. It&#8217;s slowly learning [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think that my venture into voice recognition software has really started qualifying as an experiment. I really find it a lot more enjoyable and easier than typing with my fibromyalgia. However, it is really an adventure. Over time the software has really come to recognize my voice and speech patterns better. It&#8217;s slowly learning that I have crushes on men in <a href="http://www.cheap-neckties.com/orange-pink-ties.php">pink ties</a> and learning all of my decorating terms. It even got fibromyalgia right finally.</p>
<p>I can deal with a few random nonsensical sentences and hours of editing. However, I do have a problem with the sheer randomness. At times it will just take whatever I said wrong, and start new programs or make line breaks and there&#8217;s really nothing that I can do about it. My computer just starts freaking out like it has its own mind. Then I just can&#8217;t ever seem to get it back to my original document and continue typing. It would really be a lot easier if I just sat down and figured out how to disable anything except for the actual typing, which is all it really needs to do.</p>
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		<title>Fibro &#038; Stress</title>
		<link>http://fibromyalgiaexperiment.com/2010/03/06/fibro-stress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarakastic</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written about this before but it&#8217;s easily the thing that affects my fibromyalgia the worst. I know that I need to remain calm and peaceful and keep my life at a manageable level. This allows me to sleep, feel a decrease in pain and generally be happier. It&#8217;s the most important thing I do [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve written about this before but it&#8217;s easily the thing that affects my fibromyalgia the worst. I know that I need to remain calm and peaceful and keep my life at a manageable level. This allows me to sleep, feel a decrease in pain and generally be happier. It&#8217;s the most important thing I do for fibromyalgia.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m just wondering what tips other people have for times when you just can&#8217;t avoid the stress? Times when because of family or work you just have to be around a lot of stress? I&#8217;ve tried yoga and meditating but I can rarely find the time. <br/></p>
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