6 weeks of progress at WA

byAlisonK

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Updated 9 years ago

Hi, my name is Alison I have been a Premium Member since August 7.

I’m just over 6 weeks in and I’m somewhere in Level 4 with the training but I skipped some parts so I’m only just writing this blog post now that I should have done at the end of Level 2.

I have 2 websites. The first one is about beauty in a tropical climate and the second one is about a nightclub that my husband has an interest in and I think it will be mostly e-commerce targeted primarily at existing customers.

I have plans for a third and fourth but I know I still have a lot of training to work through and I need to manage my time so ideas for those are just being put into folders for now. The fourth site will be to promote WA but I don’t want to do that until I really know my stuff or until I can honestly say I know how to make money online and I’m doing it.

I love being here and I cannot believe how much I’ve learnt. I never thought I’d be building websites. I had no idea how much I would enjoy working alone at home. It really suits me.

The stumbling block for me has always been sharing my site on social media. I have just now finally created a FB page for my beauty website and I invited a few handpicked friends to like the page. That’s a big deal for me. My nightclub site already had a FB page that I manage so that wasn’t so scary although I have left that page idle a long time.

I find myself paradoxically afraid of people reading my work and afraid that no one will read my work. I’m amazed that it’s like this. At the end of the day I’m writing about lipstick and self tanners but you would think I was posting my journal. Why is it so hard to share?

I am forcing myself to push through it so yeah, sharing a page with just a few friends was a biggie. I figured out though that by creating the page I only have to do it once as me. As in this time around it’s “Alison invited you to like her page….” And then after that I just share all my posts to that page as they’re done and the people who liked it will see those posts. Baby Steps; I need to just do it slowly and prove to myself that the world is not going to end because I shared a post.

I keep reminding myself that if a friend of mine shared similar things with me on Facebook I would either like it or not and then I’d probably just secretly think “Wow, she can do that? Why can’t I?’ I certainly wouldn’t laugh at anyone or think less of them for sharing work.

I have spent too much of my life holding myself back out of fear and that stops now. I am learning to accept that I can’t wait to get everything perfect, to be a great writer, to have a perfect website; those things will come with time and practice and part of the process is having the courage to put the work out into the universe. (I’m writing this to convince myself by the way, but if it convinces somebody else who is also afraid than I’m glad ;) I know I am improving as I learn more and I can only learn by doing. All of this was triggered by a blog I read earlier today on WA by a lady called Kathy where she asked “What about IM scares you?” So thank you to her for helping me push through my insecurity, it may have been what I needed to get through a slump I was starting to feel engulfed by.

If you’re just starting out and anywhere near as shy as I am I recommend just pushing through it but you can just take a small step at a time .I also recommend getting on youtube and listening to audiobooks by Tony Robbins, Louise Hay, David McGraw and watch TED talks, find some affirmations you like; this is what I do to drive away the negative self talk and if you keep it up you will start to see changes. I always listen to affirmations or something inspiring while I do routine things like cook or clean or lift weights at home. Anyway, I just though that might be helpful for someone.

My goals:

It’s not easy to set goals in a public space but here goes…

Over the next 3 months which will pretty much bring us to Christmas I will continue to develop my skills and learn all I can here.

I would like to start seeing a modest income. I want $1,000 per month by the end of the year and I will do whatever I have to do and keep my eyes (and mind) open to figure out what that might be!

I will change things if I have to, I will start a new site with products with better margins (including a WA site) I will do more “socializing”.

Over the next 6 months I want to reach $2,000 per month and continue to evolve my approach and hone my skills.

I get so excited and impatient when I imagine all the sites I would like to create.

Thanks for reading if you made it this far and all the best to everyone at Wealthy Affiliate.

Alison