A Bit of History
When I first became a mom,
there weren't all these options out there. I never would have been able to work from home back then. Hell, I didn't buy our first home computer until my daughter was around seven years old which was about the year 2000.
In 1993, the year my daughter was born! and Cern announced the World Wide Web can be used by anyone for free.
1994 - Bill Clinton put whitehouse.gov on the web.
1995 - Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com as an online bookstore.
1996 - There were now 342,000+ websites online
1997 - (Dec) Jorn Barger coined the term weblog later shortened to blog
1998 - Google opened its first office in a garage in California.
2000 - Nearly 20 million websites online.
2001 - Online encyclopedia Wikipedia is founded by Jimmy Wales.
2002 - FBI starts virtual wanted posters.
2004 - Mozilla Firefox is born.
2006 - There are now 92,615,362 websites online.
2008 - First public beta version of Google Chrome is released.
2010 - Apple releases iPad and iPhone4.
Social Media:
Life has changed so much in the past 21 years and not just on the internet. As much as I love the internet, I believe it is to blame for many of our negative changes over the years. It's the anonymity that the internet provides which gives people bravado.
BUT, that is a WHOLE different blog!
I have learned so many lessons over those years, some harder than others.
Here's just a few:
1. I don't need to keep up with the Jones'. I couldn't care less what they're doing.
2. I don't need a lot of money to be happy. I just need enough to pay the bills. I quit a great paying job to be happier.
3. I am responsible for MY own joy!
4. I don't need a car payment. My old '96 Sentra lasted longer and did better than any car I have ever owned. (and the insurance was a lot cheaper!)
5. I don't have time to beat around the bush. Life's too short - get to the point! (But, I have been known to ramble on occasion though.)
6. Be yourself. People will eventually find out who you really are anyway.
So What's My Point?
I had one when I started this blog, I swear! lol
I have always told my daughter she can do ANYthing in life she wants and to NEVER let anyone tell her she can't.
My point is this - there is just too much room out there on the web for growth. You CAN succeed.
You've been given the tools (WA), you have access to support (WA community), and you made the hardest step by just showing up.
Stop worrying about things that haven't happened yet.
Take one day at a time. Ask a lot of questions. I have learned SO much here in less than two months. Every day I learn something new. I don't worry about IF my website will be a success, it's only a matter of when.
I love what I'm doing. I'm living my dream.
I'm happy, content and satisfied where I'm at on the way to where I'm going!
I want you to get there too. Let me know if I can help you!
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Great blog post Angela! It's good to take a moment and think about how much the world has changed. I think my mom bought our first computer around the year 2000, too. LOL! I managed to screw it up, because I wanted to see how everything worked.
;) I was in my first year of junior high school. Our education system works slightly different than the USA. We have more levels here.
Yes the changes are amazing, I love your images Angela.
Like everything in life the Internet has positives and negatives (can't have one without the other!), like you I prefer to focus on the positive.
I read a saying, can't remember who by, that worrying is just thinking about the things that you don't want to happen. Much better to think about the things you DO want to happen.
Great blog, thanks for sharing. :)
Excellent point Kathy! Much better to spend your time thinking about what you DO want to happen!
An amazing transformation in twenty years. The pace at which things come and go is scary. Who remembers Wang, the word processor giant. Or Tandy or Compaq or Gateway.
I do! I remember thinking a word processor was super cool because it could do so much more than a plain old typewriter!
Now word processor has a whole different meaning. lol
Great post! But you're not old, m'dear. I was married before the first pong ball flew across the Atari net. LOL And I hate to be the bearer or bad tidings, but time flies faster the older you get. Just to give you something to look forward to. :)
Hey Angela, great blog! Some of those statistics made my eyes bulge, because it makes you realize how time flies. lol Keep doing what you're doing and to heck with the Jones'.......... :) Michelle
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Owww I am old!! In my yought we didnot have TV, we had one radio with still lights in it and my mom didnot had a washingmachine at first, we didnot have a shower, we went into the tub, in a row, mom cooked on a oven with coal, and from isolation of windowsand walls had no person ever heard. Yes much has changed:)
You're not old! You're seasoned to perfection! ;)
Nice one Angela, when you add enough herbs, everything becomes tasty :)
lol, doesn't it though?