Stuck on a sandbar

byGotBackupGuy

492 followers

9 years ago

For many people the initial jump into WA is like entering a fast-moving stream in a little canoe--it is exciting, overwhelming, and you cover a lot of ground quickly. Maybe it seems too much and you exit the water for a while to catch your breath. Or perhaps you quickly learn to navigate these waters and watch as your rank improves day by day. That's where I was--moving along smoothly and reaching into the "top 200" position. Then I hit a sandbar and ground to a halt. I don't even know what it was--maybe indecision over my website and feeling I could not go forward in my lessons until I had better ideas. Maybe getting busy at work and losing my groove. Whatever it was, I was in one of those slumps where you feel guilty for ignoring it but anxious about doing anything about it. Guilt, if ignored, can be easier than confronting anxiety, so the tendency is to step away. No new content creation, no following of new members, no learning from the lessons I have paid for, . . . just nothing at all except that quiet background guilt and the reassuring myself that I'll get back to it and do great things (meanwhile my rank climbed back over 1,000).

Luckily for me Roger Humbke (https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/rogerhumbke) left a comment on one of my posts and sent me a private message. We have been having a conversation. This kind of friendly reaching out is one of the real beauties of WA. It is enough to get my boat rocking, and I may just slip back into the current and start to paddle again. Thanks Roger!