Hello Stranger

I've been quite absent from WA this year. Not inactive, however, just quiet on the WA platform ;-)

It's great to see that a website where I am hardly active is growing in views. That is the website I have to keep on working on, and I am doing that now. I also started my author website, because I am an author and the one product I want to promote above all, above WA referrals, above affiliate links, are my books.

It is not easy to get books noticed (since literally thousands are spewed out in the self-publishing industry every single day), but with what I've learned at WA I can push my books up to the top, and hopefully still fulfill my dream of living of my books.

I left my job in school in April, and I've been working as a freelancer ever since. The summer was tough, few jobs and little money... but it started picking up again in late August. I love being a freelancer, I love the freedom it gives me. There is no security, though. Sometimes you have a job and sometimes you don't. Then, there are other minor obstacles that prevent you from work (like certain work apps being unavailable in my country of residence - Mexico) and you have to keep on applying for jobs, all the time. However, I will NOT go back to my regular job from before. I may have had more financial security there, but I also had much stress, spent lots of money of gasoline (for the commute), including hours of my time spent on commuting, rushing to get there on time, and dealing with many bosses who never seemed to be on the same page... I am not going back to that. And financial security, OK... but it is also financial limitation since you can only get the same amount of money each month... and not grow.

And once you got a taste of freedom you can hardly go back to the confines of a regular 9 to 5 job with hours spent in your car to get there and then back home, you can't go back to waking up to the shrill sound of your alarm clock in the pitch dark when you should be sleeping . NO way!

With freelancing, as tough as it is in the beginning stage (where I am right now) it gives you the chance to make as much money as you want. I just need to get to that stage, but at least I know that the possibility is there :-)

I haven't made the big bucks with my websites, but I I guess it takes more time for others (ahem, me...). My websites may not bring me money now but I consider them an investment for the future. And so, I keep going.

Wishing everyone a great week!