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Oh wait, I’ll just check something, stay there.
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OK, as I was saying. I’ll teach you how to
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Sorry, forgot to check my AdSense and CJ account.
What The Heck?!
First of all, being statsaholic is perfectly normal, all of us should have gone through to it. It’s like experiencing puberty (Tell me if you didn’t go through this). You discover new things, you learn what’s this and what’s that, etc…
Though I know seeing a new dollar or two when you check your AdSense every hour is rewarding, it’s still not worth the time (Except if you have an experiment going on). Checking stats don’t make you money, it’s just wasting your time, do take note that I’m not saying that don’t check your stats. I just want to point out how much time you waste everyday just by checking your stats.
Let’s do some math here:
You check stats hourly = Let’s say 10/day
You consume = Let’s say 10 min per check
So 10 x 10 = 100 or 1hr and 40min!!! Wow, you can make a blog post with that amount of time!
That’s not how a productive person acts.
Some cures I’ve found effective:
1. Set Schedules
The most common solution to almost all problems, but also the most effective.
Last month when my blog REALLY started to grow, I was hooked at checking stats almost every 30 minutes, I have to stop writing an article just to check my stats, but I think I’m not that dumb to not notice it, so I was looked for a solution and luckily it solved my problem.
I stumbled upon this personal development site (Too bad I didn’t bookmark it, all I remembered was it’s design) that has an article about “TV addicts”? It showed how being addicted to something can affect our human mind, etc…
There he showed how “the pros”? manage to get over it. They set an alarm for let’s say 3 hours. All you have to do is wait for the alarm to ring and check your stats. There’s a study that if you do a certain thing for consecutively 15 days, chances are, you’ll get used to it.
2. Work More
When I was chatting with my friend Nathan, he asked me if I have some ideas for him to do because he can’t stop checking his adsense stats. Then it came to my mind that hey, maybe that’s why I’m not addicted to checking my stats anymore – it’s because I’m busy!
You cured stats checking, you’ve been productive, you’re making more $$$ ;)
3. If you can’t take it, use a tool
If those two didn’t work, then here’s something for ya. It’s a firefox plug-in that let’s you see your AdSense stats just inside your statusbar. Cool isn’t? (Oh yea )
Conclusion
If you don’t give effort, you won’t solve this problem. But you’ll grow with it anyway.
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Thats so true, i sometimes catch myself checking stats up to 50 - 60 time a day… it’s driving me crazy…
i LOVE your new dark theme.
Wow, didn’t thought it would reach 50-60 times!
Glad you like the new theme. I thought that the old theme looks old so maybe do some facelift ;)
I totally agree, I am really hooked to check out my stats and adsense account.
Yuuup! :mrgreen:
What works for me is that I think that I would rather be improving my stats than looking at them. I realize that they are not going anywhere, and really won’t go anywhere if I am not working.
Haha - Nice I didn’t think when I was saying that to you you’d make a blog post about it! Good stuff :p I need something to keep me busy to keep me looking at my stats… maybe some big website!
Cheers
I used to be a statsaholic but then I got the adsense toolbar.
Hi Carl. I’m a statsaholic person (did you invent the word anyway?) and I check my StatCounter stats about more than 10 times a day. I end up frustrated when I don’t get my expected statistics for the hour! I’ll try to live by your tips (I’m older than you yet I love to read your tips) and I hope that I’ll get over it.
Anyway, I don’t check my Adsense earnings that much cause I don’t get a lot from it.
That’s sooo true,
I thought I was the only one…
The worst thing is when I look at my stats, its always constant, no major ups or downs, but I still kinda expect something…
Nice blog, great work!!
me too,
I become statsaholic after joining adsense program.