Because of your support in everything I wrote, even if you disagreed with some things, I am happy to announce a new project : Reader Appreciation Project (RA Project). The Reader Appreciation Project intends to do one thing: appreciate people more. It will hopefully help us appreciate our blog readers more. Since all bloggers are also readers of their own comments, this should help everyone. You can also read what the RA Project is all about.

How Reader Appreciation Project started

Ronald Huereca originally approached me earlier this year to see if such a project could be started. I was excited over such an opportunity, since I see so many people pretending to appreciate others but in reality they only use others. So the two of us, along with Shawn Blanc, decided to brainstorm together. I would like to present to you the RA Project, which is the result of the brainstorm, and a lot of chicken tenders from Burger King.

Some basic ways Reader Appreciation Project pays you for not doing anything more than what you already do

Please take a look around the site and let me know. This entire project depends on you. Not only that, Ronald has posted a nice post explaining how you can get many prizes from the RA Project. You can win prizes, get money, get coupons and get more things. The best thing about all of this is that you do not have to do anything, since the time you spend reading and commenting on the site already helps us!

You already come to the site and comment, and that is enough. I do not want you to go through extra steps so we can benefit a lot while we give you $10 for your efforts and call it a form of “appreciation.” I want to spread the mentality that the mere fact you read a blog or comment on it means that you have done that blog a huge favor. I want all of us to focus on how to repay that favor.

Thank you for supporting me so far!

You can not only participate by leaving comments on the RA Project site but you can also write posts for the site. Please contact me personally if you are interested.

Thanks for being a good reader of mine all this time. I hope the new project increases awareness that we have to appreciate people not only through words but through actions also.