WA-holics Anonymous
Hi Y'all, I'm Gypsy and I'm a WA-holic... Oh, wait, wrong group. (*_~) Actually, I'm a newbie here at Wealthy Affiliate and I'm currently going through Bootcamp. It seems as though my brain has been on strike for the last several days and I haven't been able to piece two coherent words together in the written form.
Alas!!!! Inspiration strikes!!! Or maybe it was desperation? At times there's a very fine, minuscule, faded, nearly invisible line betwixt the two. But today, I'm positive it was INSPIRATION that was bred from desperation. Seizing the moment, I sat down to my computer and began writing. Wow and WOO-HOO!! The words were just flowing!!! I was in The Zone!! Oh my dear friends, let me tell you it was getting GOOD!!!
As I'm working away on my "Getting Started" section of my website, somewhere in a far corner of my mind, comes this little voice that says "You should probably do a save, don't trust the auto draft." It sounded like sage advice, so, I complied, moused over, clicked "save draft" and continued on in the zone. I was feeling really good about how far I'd gotten and how well it sounded, when all of a sudden, in less than a keystroke *POOF*!!! It was all gone. Yes, I said G. O. N. E. I think I died just a little in that instant, my heart pounded, my mind raced as I sat, mouth agape, staring in utter disbelief at a stark white page. It's lone survivor? One of my favorite WA banners!!! (Well now there's a sign.)
After a moment of complete silence, that voice came creeping back and said "Aren't you glad I told you to save it?" Eureka!!! "Where do they hide the saved drafts around here?" I quickly asked myself. With a false sense of relief, I found what I was looking for, or so I had thought. Well, I quickly learned that "auto draft" overrides a manual save. It just so happened to "auto save" in the very instant that it all disappeared and I found myself once again, staring at a blank, crisp, white page. Oh SNAP...Foiled again!!
I closed my eyes, gently shook my head and sighed. Quieting myself. It was in that moment, I knew I had a decision to make. I could get up, walk away and simply be done for the day, allowing myself to feel defeated. I could be angry about it. I could blame it on Mercury being in Retrograde. (Okay, so Mercury seriously gets part of the blame.) Or I could allow myself a moment to regain my composure and find something else creative to do for a while. I thought for a moment. I asked myself what needs attention? My Blog. That's it, I'll make a post about what just happened.
I clicked on the "create a new blog" button and started typing. First paragraph down and getting into the second one...and what the WHAT??? You have got to be kidding me!!! There is NO WAY this just happened AGAIN!!! ACK!!!! Oh I really wanted to _______!!! Please, feel free to use your own words, mine may not be suitable for all audiences. I gave a little chuckle and started over again from the top. (Silently wishing for the end of Mercury's little hissy fit.)
The take away here is don't sweat the little stuff, and remember, it's all little stuff. Sometimes things happen that are out of our control, sometimes it's the universe stepping in to lend a hand or correct something and sometimes it's just simply because auto save is way too efficient. *She laughs* I'm still here, I'm hooked. I'm Gypsy and I'm a WA-holic....
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Great positive mindset Loretta, love the way to express it in your blog. You definitely will succeed. Like you blog very much. Let's keep updating each other together.
Almost 3 weeks. Not long but I'm hooked! Trying to think of a niche to start building my first website! It's a challenge but I'm up for it!
Pauline, it's true what they say, DON'T over think it. What's your passion? I kinda struggled with my niche at first. So instead of dwelling on that, I took their advice and headed for bootcamp and will use the affiliate program to start off with. It's pretty simply laid out, just follow the steps. I'm finding that if I just do exactly what they have put out there, it's working fine and coming together pretty quickly. I finally published my site today, just a few hours ago in fact. I'm still tweaking it, but it's out there. I'll polish it as I go. Who knows, maybe someone will stumble across it by accident, click on my link and sign up (*_~) As for that challenge, don't just be up to it, embrace it and run with it. Take the challenge!!! BE the challenge!! You go girl, you got this!!! I'm looking forward to your updates.
What a fantastic attitude to have!! Well done. You will go far with that attitude here at WA. Best of luck!
Thank you very much. The way I see it, there really isn't any other attitude to have. Why fight what you can't change? Best wishes for success to you.
It certainly is addictive. You are absolutely correct don't sweat the small stuff. Good luck.
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Great positive attitude Loretta, it's something we all need. Well done with just getting on with it. If some of the little stuff trips you up, just have the Pumba philosophy "Hakuna Matata" and just keep going.