So I did it. I pulled the trigger. And here's why

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Updated 7 years ago

I did it because I'm TIRED of looking for "my thing". I'm tired of having faith that I will have the same success doing what everyone else has had success doing in their little corner of the world... I'm not them. I don't live where they live. I don't have the same financial situation, couponing know-how, tax-write-off whathaveyou's. I'm JUST ME! I'm just little-old-Alicia trying to figure everything out on her own because that's what I've always done.

When I first had my daughter I bought in to every freakin ridiculous thing you could possibly imagine (Ok, maybe not all... I DID manage to avoid the MLM's but I'd be lying if I told you I didn't buy in to the whole envelope stuffing gag.... In my defense, I really had no idea some insane fancy paper-folding-envelope-stuffing-and-sealing machine had been invented!).

I was always out there looking for the THING that was going to let me work from home so we wouldn't have to pay someone else to raise our kids. I guess people like me would call themselves "serial entrepreneurs"? Although I don't really consider myself as such. I've never started anything that I would consider a real "financial success", but I definitely have had endeavors that I managed to make money from. The problem was the amount of time it demanded versus how much I made. Listen, my time is precious. I can't afford to spend 20+ hours on something and be banking less than what equates to $1.50/hr.

So through these endeavors, I wrote some blog posts for someone who did me the favor of giving me a shot! And thanks to him, I discovered I actually LOVE writing. I always have! I decided this was going to be my ticket to success. The only problem was writing for someone else. While I was so grateful for the opportunity, the deadlines were a bit stressful for me, and compounded by having topics I needed to write about. Thankfully, I was able to write them, but it felt like when someone tells you to draw them a picture. All of a sudden your brain is the only thing drawing.... and its blank.

And thanks to my awesome amygdala stress is something I can only take so much of. So, once I was able to pull myself together and get back on the bandwagon, I managed across Wealthy Affiliate. I can't say with any certainty what it was that sold me on the Standard Membership (free), but I went for it. With the idea that what I made through the free membership I would basically snowball into the Premium Membership. The thing is, building an online "business" takes time.... a decent amount of time from what I can gather from EVERYONE who has a semi-successful online business. So if I have to tack on however much MORE time to grow my free business??? Well... suffice to say "Ain't nobody got time fo' dat"! Least of all me!

I'm not sure if you remember, but I live in Southern California. And it just so happens to be the end of November. So guess what's just around the corner... mmmm hmmm. And guess what happens just two and a half short weeks after that.... TWO... count them... T-W-O birthdays BACK-TO-BACK. And I'm not talking one in January, one in February. No. My daughter was born January 12th and her sweet little brother would have come 5 years to the DAY later were the hospital not full for inductions that day. So instead he was born 5 years and ONE day later. So legit, no joke straight up BACK-TO-BACK birthdays.

If I could build this thing to pay off like, YESTERDAY that would have been fantastic. But that's not the case so I decided I'm not getting any taller (as opposed to getting older cuz... ew...) so let's wrap this puppy up right now and call it Jerry (Jerry is our dog... *sigh* that's a story for another day). In other words, I PULLED THE TRIGGER! I want to get this thing rolling, and rolling FAST. And with all the training and information and HELP from the WA community offered through the Premium membership ASIDE from the TONS of websites you can build with it with its zillions of layouts and add-ons and, and... and (the list goes on forever) I'd be a FOOL to NOT take advantage of the opportunity. Especially when there is NO RISK.

So there you have it folks. I did it. I pulled the sparkling Premium trigger. And I'm damn proud of it! That's why Im calling my site DO MAKES DOUGH. Because I KNOW you gotta DO something if you're gonna make dough! You can't just sit there and immediately poo-poo every single thing you think of. TRY IT! FAIL! LEARN! MOVE ON! GROW! LEARN!

And because I believe this "thing" I've been searching for... this "thing" I possess to offer the world is to HELP others who feel JUST like me to achieve success through being the guinea pig for you all I will document my journey, my mistakes, my discoveries, my SUCCESSES for you. To give you motivation. To give you hope. TO GET YOU THERE TOO!

Ask questions! Let's do this! Help me by letting me help you help yourself!!!

<3 Alicia