What Is MOST Important?
Sorry, gang. As you may or may not have noticed, I have not been around WA lately.
I have been dealing with a family emergency that virtually turned our world upside down. Without going into details, suffice it to say the event involved a trip to the hospital emergency room, lots of doctors, LOTS of prayer, and basically put everyone's life on hold.
It was a mess. I have been a physical, emotional, and spiritual wreck for weeks, as has my wife.
I am back, however, and I wanted to use that experience and take a moment to remind you why you are here.
What's In It For You?
I imagine that you came to Wealthy Affiliate seeking a better life. Perhaps you're looking for more money, a business instead of a job, and the ability to travel the world. And those are all excellent goals.
But here's the thing...
As nice as all of that sounds, none of it matters if you lose what's important. If you get so caught up with making and keeping Ambassador, or creating content, or building the latest funnel, or X..., or Y.... or even Z... Well, you get the point. That stuff is just not important. Not really.
We absolutely must focus on what IS important. For me, it's family.
I'm doing pretty good, sometimes making as much as $500 - $1000 in a single day. Sure, it's not Donald Trump or Bill Gates money, but it ain't bad. By most standards, it's a nice living. But if earning that requires me to ignore my family and work 20 hours a day, I shouldn't do it. And you shouldn't either.
Don't let this business, WA, your rank, or anything else come between you and what you treasure the most. You can always create more content. You can always make more money. Heck, you can even always achieve higher rank -- I should know, I've made Ambassador several times now. lol
The point is that "stuff" can always be acheived again and again with a bit of elbow grease. But the people you care about most won't be around forever (and neither will you), so make sure you make time for them, too.
Like I said, your number one goal should be to keep the main thing the main thing.
Take care, and love one another.
AJ
P.S. By the way, I'm certainly not saying that your "thing" should be family; although for many of you it will be. All I'm saying is find what's most important in your life and never lose sight of that. In the end, everything else is just minutiae.
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Hope everything has settled out. I ran into this very situation as well not too long ago. Completely refocuses your priorities. Glad to have you back.
Christine
Yes, we're slowly getting back to "normal" (whatever that loaded word means. lol). Thanks for your support.
AJ, sorry to hear of the emergency and wish you and family well.
You are right about treasuring what is most important to us.
I was told of a successful man driving a luxury car home. His daughter wanted to drive and he hesitantly gave her the keys to the car. She drove it and accidentally scratch the car getting out of the porch.
The man ran out and instead of asking the daughter how she is. He was furious and lost his top, scolding the daughter and checkIng the scratch on the car instead of hugging the girl.
His wife came running and told the man. The car is a piece of metal and can be fixed. The damage you have done to your daughter last forever...
Take time to reflect on what you treasure. We are all juggling balls in the air to keep things afloat in our lives. Some balls are made of glass...
Once broken, cannot be fixed.
I know exactly what you are saying and going through. I, too have not been able to do anything here for the past six weeks. My family member had a triple by-pass after two heart attacks six weeks ago. She has been in 4 different hospitals and finally they did the surgery at Mass General in Boston. No one wanted to do it as she had a liver transplant 3 years ago. I know the toll it takes, so my heart goes out to you and your family. She is finally home now, so hopefully we can all get back to our usual. Hope things are better for you and your family now. If I can be of help please let me know.
Glad to have you back, and pray your family emergency is a thing of the past and you can move forward in good spirits. Lessons learned are often through the hardest times in our lives. For me, it took a nervous breakdown and nearly losing everything to remind me what is important. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.
Thank you. It truly is moments like you mention that make us stronger. Hope you're doing better now, my friend.
Sorry to hear of your emergency I do hope things are better now. Yes, the family must come first.
Very well said AJ. Keeping that balance is crucial.
I hope things are better for you now.
Lovely to have you back.
Lily 😊
Couldn't of said it better. Family should come first, except God should really be first in our life. If we put Him first, then family, He will take care of our loved ones. Hope things are better for you.
Have a blessed evening.
Charlotte
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Happy to have you back, and I understand what you are saying when you ignore what's important in your case and mine its family they are usually in our corner when we need them most. Wishing you continued success.
Thank you.