My experience at Wealthy Affiliate - week 10 of 52
This week has been very good and bad at the same time. Starting with the negatives, I have hardly managed to do any work on this platform, let alone to work on my websites. I had anticipated that this week would be very busy for me with work and family commitments, but the whole thing has blown out of proportion, and left me deflated physically.
What have I not done
Last week I finished the week hoping, on the same evening when I posted my update, to complete a post on my Border Terrier website. Well, that didn't happen. In fact I only managed to post that blog on Thursday! Likewise, I barely managed to do one more Bootcamp lesson and, worst of all, I could not keep in touch with you guys on the WA community.
I am going to write about what the WA community means to me separately, and how I value being part of it. For now all I want to say is that, socially speaking, I love to remain active within this community, as I have grown to consider you as true friends, albeit in a virtual way. Not keeping in touch with you, not being able to learn from your experience and not to know how you are doing, makes me feel like I'm missing out on something which has now become integral part of my life.
Life gets in the way, again
Sometimes you cannot prevent life from getting in the way of your 'other' life, this one life where you are tryiyang to build something for you and to the advantage of your family.
I was busier at work, which in turn made me tired at home. And I had appointments after work and on my one day off, which again used up time that I would normally use to work on my iPad or laptop. And this weekend, when I was hoping to finish another review on my home based income, has Turned into a complete disaster in terms of finding time for my online work.
But, what this weekend has meant to me has renewed my commitment to WA, to this community and to my resolve to make my online business work.
This weekend double birthday
Yes, today is my son's 17th birthday!!! Exactly 15 hours ago on 12 th March 2000 the most precious person in my life came to this world. And yes, he is no different to all other teenagers, he can be a pain, but one that , absurdity enough, I go proud of every single day of my life.
And he is the main reason why I joined WA exactly a year ago, Because yes, it my 1st WA birthday too today!!! Again, I shall write separately on how much WA has given me this year, from confidence building, to actual skills, to real building and starting of my own online business - all things that, had you asked me a year ago, I would not have dreamt of in a million years.
Suffice to say that I wish I had been able to celebrate my 1st birthday by delivering one of my most productive weeks so far. It didn't go as planned. But that's often the case in life, and the important thing is that I'm more thirsty than ever about all this, eager more than ever, as I feel stronger than ever at making my dream come true.
So, I'm certainly hoping to meet more targets and deadlines in the coming week than what I could do in the past week. When you hit rock bottom, there's only one way: UP!!! And you know what I always say to you: DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO!!!
If you have had struggled too this week, or if your week has been better than mine, if this week you have celebrated an important achievement, share them with us and leave your comment below. And if you can, click in the 'Like This' green button below.
Happy week ahead!!
Giulia :
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Congratulations Giulia, well done the weeks fly by so fast. It is good to get things done, one of the things that I need to start doing is not to put to many things on the list in the first place.
And that's exactly my problem, Alex, I keep forgetting to remain realistic to my pace of work here online. I think the secret may be to plan for less with a view to add one more task, if you have ticked through your to do list by the end of the week.
My biggest drains on my progress are work and Chinese Internet problems that prevent me from doing the simplest of things at times, e.g. clicking "Like This" buttons. Encouragement from others, my own dreams and seeing progress that others make is what keeps me going.
Yes, I think motivation comes from the same sources for me too. I've probably mentioned this to you before, as I feel we are blessed in this part of the world when it comes to infrastructure facilities made available to us - things, such as internet access and speed, which we all take for granted, when they should all be much more appreciated.
On the plus side, I finished 5 levels of training last week. On the negative side, I expected to do that 1 year ago, so I'm a year behind. Last year I had my house on the market and three of my five daughters got married so I limped along with my online goals. But just like you, I am so ready to succeed this year! Everyone of us will succeed if we keep "plugging away" at it!
Exactly same here Veronica!! I don't even know anymore when I should have finished the Bootcamp. What a joke!! But you, having 3 daughters all marrying in the same year, that must have been manic!!! But absolutely beautiful, I'm sure. 3 worthy causes to fall behind with your lessons!!!
There are peaks and valleys to all movement forward. You have a great attitude! Keep up the good work
Had a good productive week last week but this week will be a disaster due to St. Patrick's day on Friday so the day job will be mental this week!! Will get very little site work done for the next week or even 10 days...
But this is exactly it, Paul, some days or weeks life just gets in the way so massively and uncontrollably that you end up not having a single minute left!! Crazy, right??
we each progress at the rate we can handle to perfection...not to some unrealistic dream which can be disillusioning...
I know Arthur, but sometime I end up boring myself at my jo-jo rate of delivery of my online work. Then again, one year on, I'm still year, and still rearing to go. So my mind cannot be in the wrong place after all!! #lol
Good to read I'm not the only one who didn't get done what I intended. We can be so hard on ourselves when this happens but the reality is that life does sometimes make it quite challenging. I am learning to find the balance between planning toe much and too little work to be done. I guess I'll get it with more practice. Thanks for sharing.
I guess, Mark, keeping expectations real is the one thing that I have struggled the most with in this last year. And partly this weekly update wanted to be an effort on my part to 'keep it real', so to speak - to remain accountable to myself as much as all of you, in sticking to the to do list I committed myself to. So far, I'm not sure I'm doing too well at that at all!!
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Although you may not have accomplished all your goals Giulia, you still did make some progress which is a good thing. Hopefully things will be better for you this week. Congratulations on both Birthdays.
Jerome
Oooh lovely Jerome, thank you ever so much, your motivation is what I needed!!