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My journey so far with WA.

Chad81

Published on February 18, 2017

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When I came to WA I was desperate. I was stuck in a "9-5" that was filled with unethical managers, long hours, and more stress and drama that anyone would ever want to handle! I have no college education and the more I looked into it I couldn't justify spending 60k to get the degree that my company wanted me to get to move up.
I've been a member here since the middle of last year but didn't really get serious about it until last month. I had made the decision to leave that job due to many reasons. One of which was to stay home with my son during the day and stop paying crazy amounts of money to the babysitter.
I know it's beyond possible to make this a reality financially, it's just about figuring out the "system" of making it work. I really want to see some results soon but I made a LOT of serious mistakes early on by trying to rush ahead and not follow the training. So, I've spent countless hours editing my content and trying to get it ready so I can submit a new sitemap to Google in hopes that they forgive my past ignorance and stupidity. (The next website is going to go MUCH more smoothly!)

TIP: STICK TO THE TRAINING!!!!!! I cannot stress this enough!
When I was in school, I absolutely hated classes such as English and Reading. Now, I can't get enough of it. I am excited about writing. It gets my blood pumping when I'm learning new things. And I desperately want to help people. Ultimately, I am seeing a series of different niche websites to help people who are struggling with all kinds of different areas in their lives.
The longer I'm here the more I see the value and the more pieces get added to the puzzle of my success. It's just about putting them together.
I came here with the idea of figuring out how to "make money online from the comfort of my couch". But now, I get up earlier and earlier just to have a few hours with my site, catching up on my emails, and training with Kyle before my son gets up...then a couple hours more when he's napping. I LOVE it.
My wife is a nurse and she normally gets bombarded with new stuff when she walks in the door because I'm so excited to tell someone about it! (my 11 month old doesn't QUITE understand my enthusiasm...)
I look forward to Jay's webinars every week now and I learn so many things with each and every one of them, whether it's things he says or from the chat. I always have multiple sheets of paper filled with notes!
In many ways WA has saved my life. I was depressed, stressed out, and apathetic towards EVERYTHING except my wife and son. Now I'm energized, hopeful, and excited about all the things I'm learning. I haven't been excited about anything career wise in forever. I'm passionate again. I had lost that somewhere along the way.
So, I want to say thank you to everyone in the WA family. Great times ahead!

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