I’ve been thinking about changing the Impulsive Buy a little bit.<\/p>\n
For years, I’ve been doing a long format review, which was great when I was unemployed, had no girlfriend, and had no life, because I could post three or four reviews a week. But now that I’m employed, still have no girlfriend, and still have no life, it’s been hard to post more than two reviews a week.<\/p>\n
I try so many products every month and get many requests to review a number of products, but at a rate of two reviews per week, it’s impossible to review everything I buy. In order to change this, I’ve been thinking about doing much shorter reviews, perhaps less than half as long as they are now.<\/p>\n
But I’d like to know what you folks think. Should I stick to the long format and continue to have two reviews a week or should I try doing significantly shorter reviews and possibly have 3-5 reviews per week. <\/p>\n
Please let me know in the comments.<\/p>\n
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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