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Corbett’s Best of 2011

2011 was an incredible year for me, this site and Insanely Useful Media.

I started blogging here back in 2009 (this site used to be called Free Pursuits). In 2010 I created Think Traffic. In 2011, we launched Traffic School, the Hustle Project, the Million Dollar Blog Project and Expert Enough. Over 640,000 people visited our sites this year.

It was a busy year. Thankfully I didn’t do it all alone. Barron helped me with Traffic School and Caleb joined as Assistant Editor in August.

Business was great last year, but life was even better.

We spent last winter in Mexico and then traveled Europe for two months (Amsterdam, Berlin, Budapest, Croatia and Barcelona). I took a full week off with no Internet and no computer. We also spent time in Sonoma wine country, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. I rafted the White Salmon, fished for steelhead in the Klickitat and surfed Santa Cruz, Ocean Beach, La Ticla and a half dozen other spots on the Pacific Coast.

Jessalyn had three big exhibitions and started an incredible new body of work.

Thanks for following me on this adventure. My life is incredible because of your support. I couldn’t do it without you.

In case you missed some of them, here are my 15 favorite blog posts published here over the past year:

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Rewrite the Rules

It’s time to rewrite the rules we live by.

You don’t have to live how everyone else expects you to, or according to any limits society places on you or you place on yourself.

You don’t have to do work you don’t enjoy.

You don’t have to play it safe.

You don’t have to settle.

You can be happier, healthier and more alive.

You can learn new things and change old habits.

You can consume less and live more.

You can be the incredible version of yourself waiting inside.

You can support yourself through your creativity.

You can trade your commute for a morning walk in the sand.

You can travel or live anywhere in the world.

You can make breakthroughs you didn’t know were possible.

YOU can do this.

That’s what this site is all about.

I want to be at the top of your reading list. Join me on this journey to rewrite the rules and unlock more possibilities in life.

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A little more about this project…

If you’re new here, here’s a little about me and this site. I’m Corbett Barr, and I’m an independent writer and entrepreneur. I started and maintain a few sites online including Think Traffic and Expert Enough.

I gave up my high-paying but mind-numbingly-boring corporate career back in 2006 because I wanted to find out if there could be more to life than a few weeks of vacation a year and a 401k.

In 2009, my wife and I set off on a six-month-long sabbatical / road trip throughout Mexico. That trip changed my life, partly because I started this blog, and partly because we finally realized what was really important in life to us and found the courage to pursue those dreams without holding back.

Today we spend six months in San Francisco each year, winters in Mexico and summers traveling to other places like Europe. I work wherever there is an Internet connection and inspiration.

Every day I get to do something incredible: I support myself entirely by helping awesome people through the content I publish. I’m independent, self-reliant and completely responsible for my own fate.

This site is about rewriting the rules and living life as an experiment. Every week I write about doing meaningful work, living a fun and adventurous life, and becoming the best version of yourself possible.

If this sounds interesting to you, I’d love you to join us.

Ready to connect with me and join the conversation? Read more about me, follow me on Twitter or connect on Facebook, or sign up for email updates so you don’t miss a post.

What rules are you working to rewrite? What are you working to change about your life right now?

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Expert Enough Launches Today

After weeks of planning and development, I’m finally ready to share my latest project with you.

My new blog Expert Enough is open to the public today. We’d love you to stop by today and take a look. We’re pretty excited about the project.

Check out Expert Enough here

Stop by, leave a comment, tell us what you think or even share your favorite article. The feedback so far has been awesome.

In case you haven’t been following along with the project over at Think Traffic, here’s what this new site is all about:

Expert Enough is a new blog we’re launching today. Readers of my other site Think Traffic voted on the topic, and we’re building the site as a case study for the Million Dollar Blog Project.

Expert Enough is about getting good at things that matter. It’s about wanting to learn more, do more and be more.

Read our special Welcome to Expert Enough post, or check out our big launch day post: 23 Insights on Shortcuts to Becoming an Expert.

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A 7-Phase Plan for Total Internet Domination

Total Internet DominationToday is the 2nd anniversary of the day I started this blog.

(Note: I’m going to share with you intimate details of my business plan here, from day one through a day many years from now. You won’t want to miss this post, even though it’s a little longer than normal.)

As I mentioned in my post about my new quest to be f*cking awesome, I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching and business planning over the past couple of months.

I have to say, things are going very well. I’m doing what I love, making a very comfortable living doing it in a way I’m proud of and I have the freedom to live and work wherever I want.

Life is grand.

I suppose I could stop here and enjoy myself for years to come doing exactly what I’m doing. What’s not to love about living this charmed life that the Internet only recently made possible?

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My New “Office”

If they aren’t going to invite me on Cribs, I’ll just shoot my own. Indulge me for a few minutes while I show you our sweet new place in Mexico for the winter.

After shooting this I realized I forgot to show you what’s in the fridge. That’s what you do on Cribs, right? Well, it’s chock full of 40s of Pacifico. Actually, they don’t call ‘em 40s down here, but I was fibbing about my fridge being full of them anyway. There’s beer in there, but there’s also food. Maybe that’s why they haven’t asked me to be on Cribs yet?

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