I've been a bit dissatisfied lately with the speed of my progress through the training and building out my website, so this week I decided to spend a little time figuring out why. Since progress is oftentimes a function of the amount of time and effort one puts into a project, I decided to try to answer questions like:Am I putting in enough time, andAm I using the time I am putting in to greatest advantage? I'm a linear thinker and a statistician by inclination so, in order to answer these

I've learned this week that, whenever I want to procrastinate or am feeling overwhelmed, color can be hugely inspirational! The Role of Color in Choosing a ThemeKyle's indicated that there are 2,400+ themes available to Premium members and I'm pretty sure I looked at nearly every one of them before making a choice! You'd think the choice would be made on the structure of the theme, its fit with my niche and vision, etc., but no. For me, the choice based was color alone! I knew the theme I s

I have a broad range of interests so, when I first started at WA, I made an extensive list of possible niches; the training sparks creativity and the ideas flowed! After careful evaluation, one topic clearly rose to the top of the list of possibilities; I had the right experience, I already knew a great deal about the topic, keyword research indicated that there was at least modest interest, and it seemed that it could be monetized with some moderate level of success. It was the perfect choice

Now that I've been a member for an entire month, it's occurred to me that it's time to push myself to progress to the next step -- blogging here at WA. You see, during the time I've been with WA I've been dogged by a problem that I suspect others may wrestle with as well -- overwhelm. Happily, I've found some methods for dealing with it. so I thought I'd share what's worked for me in the hope that it might be helpful to someone else. Describing OverwhelmOverwhelm is a common symptom of anxiet