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Hate Forced Upgrades

ChrisGooden

Published on June 4, 2015

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At last, I finally feel that I am getting somewhere.

Since I upgraded to Premium a month ago I've been buried up to my ears unraveling the chaos I'd generated over the previous 8 or 9 months following everyone except WA.

Not many of you know that I joined WA over a year ago but threw my toys out of the pram because of that nagging "7-day upgrade" deadline. I abandoned WA and went off down countless other avenues, spending in excess of $3,000 on various "guaranteed income" schemes that turned out to be smoke and mirrors.

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But, hey, I learned a lot. I learned a lot about what doesn't work. I learned a lot about how deceptive a good looking offer can be. I learned a lot about what I really do not want to spend my life doing.

And I learned a lot about how a working system goes together.

Of course, I could've learned that last bit in just a few weeks, if I'd stayed with WA instead of storming off in a tantrum. That's life, I guess.

Anyhow, I'm back now. I feel utterly at home here. I've built up a HUGE catalogue of "what to do" and "what not to do", and it's now 90% indexed and ready to be built into my website. The website structure is fully formed in my head, and 90% formed on paper. It just needs a few tweeks on the server over the next few days.

Breathe!

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