2 Year Dedication Badge

byChristineDu1

1.9K followers

3 years ago

I didn't even realize that it had been two years since I joined WA ...! I know the date in my mind, but it hadn't registered, because I've been so super busy, haha. A good busy, though, since I love what I do.

In these 2 years I have set up 4 websites in different niches, vegan, mental health, and two about writing. I stopped working on one of the writing/author websites, because I was a little overwhelmed for a while, but that site kept on getting visitors even when I wasn't publishing on it for months; and the Pinterest account - even though it didn't increase much - kept its steady amount of followers. So, I started publishing on that site again.

Accomplishments

Ok, here we go :-)

• my 4 websites
• bought a domain in the travel niche (I live in a tourist beach area), but haven't set up the website yet
• written more than 300,000 words in Site Content
• Published a book, inspired by the encouragements I had in several website comments I received on one of my author websites
• connected with some wonderful people
• I'm using what I learned, not only for my websites, but also for my books and other projects, and it's working. Book sales are increasing, little by little.
• Sales: I got my first sale after 13 or 14 months, and so far my sales have been small, but I am getting them. It's not enough yet to fire my boss; that goal still has to be accomplished :-)
• This week I got my first organic guest post on my vegan website, and it's a really good article. We will continue this arrangement, which I think is great.

What has the lockdown brought me?

Fortunately, nothing but good things!

I love, absolutely love working from home and I don't want to go back to teaching in classrooms again (I'm a teacher in high school). I love the time I have to work on my websites and books and other projects. This time at home has inspired me even more to achieve the laptop lifestyle.

Since I didn't spend so much money on gasoline anymore, I was finally able to buy a solar panel, which was enough for my laptop, phone, lights, and a fan (I live in the middle of nowhere). That made all the difference in the world.

I was also able to pay of my credit card!

My dogs and cats are happy campers, having mommy with them all the time, all day long, every day :-) They always come and listen to me when I teach my online classes ;-) And I also love being with them so much.

So, a two-year dedication badge. I still got lots more work to do. I haven't achieved all my goals yet, but I'm working on achieving them. So far, I think I'm doing great :-)