Understanding Search Engine Optimization (SEO): How to optimize your site and gain more traffic?

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This post is rather different from the other post I normally wright. Usually, I write about my stoic way of life and mode of thinking. But today, I am writing about some SEO strategies I have learned so far from the SEO course I am currently taking. This post is therefore an exercise – or an experiment if you will – in which I will apply what I have learned from that course.

If you are a blogger like me, you may be familiar with the acronym SEO, which stands for Search Engine Optimization. This is a technique people use to make their websites more visible in google search results. And if you do it right, your blog or website may rank higher in search engine result pages (SERP) and thereby increase your traffic.

Here are some of the things I have learned from the SEO course I am currently and how to utilise it so that our website may gain more visibility. For the sake of this exercise, I will pretend I am offering the reader an SEO tutorial.

The Books I Have Read in 2022

Time flies! Just a few more days and it is already 2023. It seems to me that we have just started with 2022. Where did the time go?

In moments like this, as we approach the end of the year, I often reflect on the year that is about to end. 2022 has been a very good year for me. And from the bottom of my heart, I am grateful.

It is not my intention here to enumerate the reasons why 2022 is a good year for me. I will do that in other post. In this post, I would like to focus on one particular aspect: reading. And more particularly, the books I read.

This year, I have read loads of books. I have discovered new authors and enjoyed immersing in the worlds that they have created.

Here are the books I read in 2022.

A List: Things I Wish I Am Doing More

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In one of my previous posts entitled The Weekend Challenge: How To Manage Your Freetime?, I provided a list of activities I do in my free time. The activities I listed in that post, namely, reading, writing, playing the piano, running and cooking, are activities that are fulfilling.

These activities structure my free time. They help me not to spend too much time in mindless and meaningless pursuits such as Facebook, Instagram or Tiktok. And by the way, I already deleted my TikTok profile and removed the app from my phone.

In this post, I would like to share a list of the things I wish I am doing more. Things that I am considering to do or do more often. Here they are:

The Weekend Challenge: How To Manage Your Freetime?

In my previous post, The Daily Stoic: Who Gets the Lion Share?, I have mentioned that managing one’s free time is more challenging that managing the time we spend at work. Work is very important in our lives not only because it pays the bills, but it also give us structure and purpose. And if you are lucky, your work provides you a sense of fulfillment.

In that sense, the time we spend in our daily jobs – that 40 hours a week – has already acquired a sturecute. Hence, managing them is not so much of a challenge.

Managing our free time, however, is a different story. Based on my own personal experience, I have noticed that finding structure is more challenging during the weekends than during the weekdays. Ironically, it is when I am free that I somehow felt that I am imprisoned by not knowing what to do next.

Structuring my free time then has been my goal for quite some time. In this post, I would like to share the ways I have developed to give some order in my free time. The ultimate goal is to find the flow, so that I will not be bored nor feel anxious.

When My Evil Twin Brother Called Anxiety Lurks Around: How I Deal with Anxiety

It was not a particularly a pleasing weather that day. It was cold, windy and grey. It poured from time to time. And I was feeling a little bit blue. This weather is a reflection of my mood that day.

My evil twin brother called anxiety is once again lurking around. I can feel his presence. To distract myself, I went out for a run.

While running, I took a different route than I usually do. The road has brought me into this beautiful place I have never been before (see photo above and video bellow). I am so happy with this discovery.That run has really cheered me up.

Anxiety has always been a part of my life. It still is and it will always be. I have already made peace with it. Most of the time, I am ok. But then there are times that – out of the blue – my twin brother will visit me.

Inspired by Flow Theory: How to Achieve the State of Flow While Working From Home?

It has been said many times that the outbreak of the corona pandemic has influenced many aspects of your daily lives. For instance, it has changed – at least for many of us – the way we work.

Before the corona outbreak, working from home was an exception to the rule. It was usually reserved for small business owners or bloggers who are able to generate passive income from the contents of their blogs, while the rest of us who have more traditional income, we have to actually leave our house and go to work.

Now, working from home is the new norm. In the photograph above, you see my working station at home. Aesthetically speaking, my working station is not one of the best. It is very ordinary and basic as a matter of fact. But it does not matter for as long as it serves its purpose well. Besides when I am immersed at my work and has reached the state of flow, the whole world around me just disappears.