After counting 180 job rejections, journalist Jason Paul took the “Living One Year Doing X” gamble–vowing to only conduct his life, from housing to jobs to friends, on Craigslist. Our sibling blog Media Jobs Daily posted an interview with the blogger behind LivingCraigslist about how he found work and friends by Living Craigslist.
Here’s an excerpt: “Paul told us he’s even made friends through Craigslist, which are part of the self-imposed rules of his term. ‘I didn’t know how possible that was, but I consider them normal friends.’ This opposed to his early experiences, when he’d bring pepper spray or a third party whenever meeting anyone new. He said he did have one experience—his first housing experience in Denver (which you can read about here) didn’t work out, and ‘it made me remember that not everyone on the site is going to be perfect and you have to be careful.'”
There may be a book deal in his future. On his site, he notes: “I have been speaking with a literary agent. No contracts have been signed and no publishers have joined the team, but I am optimistic. On this front I promise to keep all posted.”