This Old Dog Is Learning To PUMP
Last night I worked until the wee hours of the morning with a new piece I am writing for my website. The piece was finished but I was determined to have ALL GREEN buttons on my Yoast SEO information at the bottom of my edit. I finally determined that people that have all green buttons at the bottom of their edits (in Yoast SEO) probably also lie about their age, their fidelity, and probably their gender. After hours, I still had three red buttons showing. It is time for the Yoast users here at WA to step up and present a full-length training session on how to remove the RED buttons. But that is not what I want to blog about.
After working so late last night, I woke up this morning feeling like “hammered pelican poop.” Yet I had my morning constitutional gym effort that had to be accomplished. I DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT. Plain and simple. But that damned-able voice kept whispering to me, “get your butt to the gym.” So I went to the gym! I could hardly get the door to the gym to open. Every movement towards my gym activities ached. My cardio exercise went at less than half speed…you get the picture. As I left cardio and went to the weights I thought that I might die. THENNNNNNN!!!!
I thought, “what would pattucker, or Loes, or MarionBlack, or KatieMac at WA say to me right now.”
I started to giggle. KatieMac would simply tell me to take a shot of Scotch Whiskey and toughen up.
MarionBlack would say, “you are an idiot, Dan, for trying to do something so vile to mankind.”
Loes would simply tell me to work harder. BUT oh pattucker!!! She would tell me to think of something pleasant as I was exercising and ALL WOULD BE RIGHT. I thought…I will test pattucker’s imagined suggestion. I got on the “crunch machine” and thought about those terrible Red Buttons on Yoast SEO. By the 15th repetition, I thought that I was DEAD. I sat for ten minutes and attempted to recover.
Then, in my mind’s eye, I could see all of those Yoast SEO red buttons turn GREEN and Mr. Yoast saying to me, “you are the first person in the world to ever get ALL GREEN BUTTONS, congratulations.” Well, you know the rest of the story. I completed the rest of my exercises in record time with a smile on my face. Thank you pattucker! DAN
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Only in my dreams Paul. YOu are still going to have to help me with those damn red buttons. lol DAN
I'm glad the members here have a good impact on your outside life as well! Wealthy Affiliate is more then an online business it's your life!
Francesca: I have literally hundreds of friends here at WA and yes they are now part of my life. They may not feel the same but that is ok too. lol DAN
What an experience. It is easy to feel defeated when we have goals set for completion and unable to figure out how. However I know you are the type of person who continues until you find a solution. So when are you going to make the tutorial training the rest of us on how to get all green buttons? LOL..
Thank you Dan for sharing this inspirational piece. I will keep these principles in mind when I run into trouble...
Thank you Ellen for your kind remarks. AND thank you for reading my piece. I don't write often but when I do I try and hope that it will be interesting to my fellow WAers and of some small benefit to them. Thanks again. DAN
Arief: That is what Paul keeps telling me. I am going to have him sit down by me at my computer and have him show me how to do it. It is a real mystery to me. lol DAN
I know he did a miracle there with Yoast. I gave up trying to make all green. I just go with no reds. Oranges are acceptable for me.
I hear ya. I still have a couple of reds (and I am doing better) but green and orange buttons are good enough for me. DAN
Good dog poky! LOL!
Fun post and so very true in all our life's! It is that motivation that keeps us going.
Linda :)
That is absolutely correct Linda. Thank you for taking the time to real my piece. I appreciate it. DAN
Luther: In a few years, unless I keep up my exercise regimen, my fist will be about the only thing that will still be working. lol DAN
Dan, this is a wonderful read in a number of ways. It really illustrates your determination to stick with things, although to those of us who follow you, No Surprise There!!! It also calls for a training, that if it is doable, would be ever so useful to all of us – any takers?
AND, last but far from least, it will probably put a smile on everyone's face since Loes, MarionBlack, KatieMac and Pattucker are a wonderful sampling of the many remarkable/lovable voices in our community.
All the best,
Isabella
Isabella: What a group of nice things you have just said to me. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
I love WA and I really love the community. It has taught me so much about e-commerce and how to do it right. However, please remember that regardless of how great Yoast SEO is, it is nearly impossible to get all green buttons showing. lol ;>) DAN
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Fantastic!
cpratt653: Thank you for the comment. DAN