January 3, 2003

Dear astrologyTOMORROWtoday (tm) Reader,

about astrologyTOMORROWtoday

att, my other baby, is five years old this month.

When att first appeared on the Internet (January 1998), I
thought it might shape up to be an effort offering both 
western and chinese Astrology reports, for free and for a fee.
Plus … the odd insight or two.

Since the dot com bubble burst in the year 2000, many
Astrology sites have stopped operating.
att is still around primarily because this site has not focused
on being profit oriented in the financial sense.

I do get a lot of goodwill out of my efforts and that is 
another kind of profit.
Not that I don’t wish att to create a decent income so that I 
may continue with my many non-profit making but meaningful
and purposeful activities.
It just didn’t happen.

att is beginning its sixth-year run and I’m painfully aware 
that att needs a fresh design and layout.
Some of the earlier pages and links are really outdated.
Unless I can get the right people to contribute their time and
energy in this direction, I’m afraid att will probably retain its
familiar  ‘strange but nice’ experience for the next one or two
years after which, anything is possible.

By that, I mean to say that att could either expand (depending
on the participation of others) or shut down altogether due to
my inability to carry on by myself.

My colleagues are getting old and are suffering from 
degenerative diseases that come with the territory.
My dogs are getting old and one by one are also suffering 
from old age diseases. 
As such, my life on the ‘outernet’ is increasingly demanding
more and more out of me.

I recall writing a piece for January 2002 when my beloved 
Sharpei died from heart failure.
I regretted not being more there for him in his (then) lifetime
and since then, I get conflicted whenever I spend time on the
Internet or on my book projects when I could be spending time
with my beloved dog children.
Dogs … how can one help but love them?

I also love writing and I like the Internet.
However, it looks more and more like I have to put the dogs
first.
When most of them (I share responsibility for about 10 of 
them right now) are gone in the next say, 5-7 years, I imagine
I will be back writing for a new, fresh astrologyTOMORROWtoday 
site or book. 

Then again, perhaps a series of events might take place that 
will change my priorities and course, seeing to it that I may
not repeat this phase of my life’s journey.
In which case, that must be alright too for it’ll only mean that
I’ll have to complete my life’s journey without looking back.

As wishes go, it’s my wish that by my early 50’s, I shall 
be able to make more productive use of my many talents.
If not for myself, then for some group or organization. 

Over the years, I receive emails asking why I do what I do 
on att.
Readers can see that I am not making money out of my efforts.

The prospect (then, now and in the future) of selling astrology
and maybe chinese numerology reports is one thing.
The thought of att perhaps developing into an ezine with 
advertising revenue is another thing.
Revenue or no revenue, the thought of 4,500 (maybe more) 
monthly loyal unique visitors continues to give me the sense 
that my efforts are actually making a difference to some people.

For some time now, the thought of canceling att seems a waste
of the last five years’ efforts at creating something meaningful
for both my readers and myself.
At the very least, canceling would feel like I’m terminating a 
very special, purposeful and worthwhile correspondence.

So, from now until 2005, please know that I shall try to write 
an editorial a month plus try to answer your emails if you will 
put up with the outdated look and stuff here on att.


Related write-up:
My Camino



mEinah@astrologyTOMORROWtoday.net


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