As of today the design of this blog is still ongoing and I have to admit that it is causing me anxiety and frustration. You see if you want a pretty custom design you have to spend something like three to five thousand dollars. Now clearly I am not going shell out that kind of dough because I simply don’t have it. I have however pumped a significant amount of money into the blog design already and I feel like I am only about 50% of where i want to be. I feel like I would of saved myself time and nervous sensations if I wasn’t so frugal. Despite the frustration with the design ( and a sinking feeling that I paid too much for what I do have) I have to press on and find better solutions.
I have been using freelancers from guru.com but so far the services are sub par. I feel like my blog is ugly, what do you think? It causes me anxiety because I get impatient with how things are moving along. I haven’t loss sight of the fact that the most important thing is the content, but because I have spent money to make people feel welcomed and to separate my blog from the crowd, I feel like I am burying myself in an ever deeper hole. Maybe I should of coughed up more up front? Well, I thought about that and the truth is that this blog is not making me any money. I do it as a vent and public service. The ads I do have serve more as anchors for the design, a compliment to make the site look more complete. The reality is that this blog will never make money and that is really ok with me. What’s not ok is spending money (on anything) and feeling like your getting nothing in return or at least very little.
I spend way too much time at work trying to find ways to relieve my design angst. My wife feels that I have gone crazy and that I have gone off the deep end with this blog. But that is only because I am so passionate about anxiety disorders. If you recall I spent something like three years feeling like crap before I ever knew I had anxiety disorder. I want to help others avoid that and help them to start finding effective ways to recover before it gets out of control for them. Don’t get me wrong there is plenty of information on this very subject already, I just felt like it was being done in a lame way. Hence I created anxietyguru.net, but this is precisely why this blog has me anxious. I am resolved to do a great job, and I feel like my current design does not reflect that, at all. So, I will try a new tact and excercise caution and patience as I dump more money into the abyss that is the world wide web.
The chief purpose of the web designing is to make a site. Web site interprets the info concerning a certain subject and website design is construction and arrangement of webpages that you can do by web development that contains but not limited to; Web Development, ecommerce, CMS, Content Management System, shopping Cart, Business Site Design, Flash Site design, online business development.
Believe me paul
You are a real messiah to the anxiety sufferers. Anytime i have a chest pain i just visit your blog for reassurance. There is so much of a positive energy. You are more of an oskar schindler to the sufferers. What you have earned is the everlasting gratitude of its readers.
Anxiety has a way of tricking you everytime. It is a squeaky voice that has the upper hand to any logical rebuttal you might have. Being a medical person, my knowledge works against me. Your topic on cyberchondria was great. It is what i call the medical school syndrome.
This website has helped me more than any medicine or counselor I’ve tried thus far. The design doesn’t really matter in my opinion. Having someone who has been through severe anxiety and care so much about helping others get well is such a blessing to all of us! Thank you so much!