Wow Sharon, what a reply! You seem to be a professional researcher! This is a great way to be in the world!
I will have a look on your profile to find out what you are up to. You seem to be a person where everyone would love to do collaboration with!
Thanks for your applause and I wish you to succeed where you want to succeed!

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Fri, Oct 27, 2017

Oh my goodness no - I'm not a professional anything, lol.

Thank you for your sweet reply, and for checking out and commenting on my WA profile. (I replied).

I love what you said in your reply, above: "I wish you to succeed where you want to succeed!"

That's such a thoughtful sentiment. Thank you. I wish the same for you!


Sharon

Hi Paul.
I answered below what I think about the ranking. Not a problem. How are you doing and your cable business?

VERY slow my dear but that is the life BUT the small sales I get the people are so happy and have ordered more!!!

paul

Jessica, I am here!!! Actually, still in Italy and the olive harvest is behind me. The winter broadcasting has begun and I am busy with that. The cat site is a little behind, the memories for writing new stories on my cats are beginning to lack... Now I am posting more on my more serious websites on what is going on in the world and my view on it.

Have you finished your exams? And what about jobs etc? Didn't you plan to go and live somewhere else, did that happen? I would love to hear more from you!

I am not sure when I talked to you last. In April we bought a 4-plex (small apartment building) and moved 25 miles away. We had to move since the landlords decided to move back into the house we had been renting. It is very different housing situation and not what I like but it is a great investment. We will live here a year or two before hopefully buying another one and at that point the rent from the unit we are currently occupying will give us a little income.

We hope to do this several more times, keeping the previous building and renting it out until all those rents are enough to pay the monthly payments on a house. Housing is so expensive here we could not afford to just buy a house to start with. Average home prices are about $350,000 U.S. here. We used my husband's Veteran's loan program for military veterans to buy the building so we got a good deal with no money down and the seller paid the closing costs. It costs a fortune but it actually pays for itself every month and we live rent free now. We sacrificed our preferred living situation for this investment for the future.

I still have my same job which is going well though I am busy. My husband has his same job as well.

We now have a commute to work but it isn't bad when the roads are good. Everyone does 75 mph on the highway so it is fast...in the winter it will be a different story!

Thanks for asking! It sounds like you are doing a lot and being productive. I will have to check out your sites again.
Jessica

Thanks for the update. I can understand your reasoning and I wish that it will proceed as you have outlined. Itt sounds right and good.
Yes, I am busy talking publicly with people. We just had a wonderful conversation about ;en, Women and Power with a German woman and an Uk man, and Mark and myself of course. (You can find the replay on the Wisdom Factory Website Very inspiring. Now the work begins with editing the video in digestable pieces, make podcasts out of them etc. But it is worthwhile and fun.

I wish you empty streets and good weather to go to work in the next months!
Heidi

In our society when everyone tries to be on top such a ranking system is certainly inspiring. I think it was a brillant idea of Kyle and Carson to invent that and encourage people to answer to other people's posts this way.
The downside is that a lot of time goes elsewhere, away from the work we should be doing for ourselves.
To find the right balance is the task of everybody.

That's why I think that the ranking system is ok and even a good teacher for everyone to sort out what is really important for them: being on top in WA ranking or getting on well with their own work. If both combined is possible, even better.

Hi Alexander. I heard about the non-profit grant about a year ago and since then I intended to arrive there. It is not very much publicised and unless somebody tells you....
I hope you are doing well, too!

Currently looking at doing some nonprofits so this information is very helpful, didn't realize that this help existed thanks, Heidi.

I didn't either. It Was Mary Youngblood Geiger in a show held by my friend Roland Takaoka on G+. She is much inside Google and told us about that.
You need to apply for Tech Soup in your country where they verify the legality of your non-profit and apply to Google for non profits inserting the token you get from Tech Soup. It takes a few days, then you apply for the grants etc.
A good way to get the word out!
I wish you success with it!
Heidi

Thank you so much. How are you going on?

I am doing great! I also stopped worrying about my rank and am now spending more time on my sites.

Good idea! Wish you all the best!

so do apply for the grant program. It won't hurt, lol, to get free publicity for what you are doing!

I hear it's a painstakingly long and tons of writing to apply. I hate to write and simply don't have the time.

Thank you! Well, what I am doing outside WA basically doesn't bring me money either as what we do so far we do for free and only try to get it out to more people. But yes, it is a success and I am glad about it.

Hey Phil, so nice to see you always answering to my (now very few) posts.
Yes, it was and is a busy time, and when one problem is solved the next is already on the doorstep. But my attitude has changed. Instead of seeing problems as overwhelming burden I know address them with curiosity.
Adwords. It will take time to really figure out how it works, it is a big playing field. Not sure if I ever would assume to be able to teach someone who has to pay every error he/she is making. I already have"spent" about 3000$ and am not sure at all if I gained already new people in our audience. If I had to really pay I wouldn't have done it for sure....

Yeah there is always something to do.
I am glad your attitude has changed to one of rising to the challenge, You achieve a lot more with cuiosity rather than 'what now!'.
Now adwords is free hopefully you can start to make your money back, and learn in the process.
You can always pass on what you have learnt, and if others learn from that then they may make different mistakes, and some successes.
I will raise a glass to your continued success, and wish you well.
See you next time you are in.
Phil

Thank you for your beautiful heart and the beautiful words.
I raise the glass with you!
Until next time
Heidi

prost

I do miss the interaction, too. I am now more on Facebook (although I don't like it) because there are more people interested in our message and I can interact in long threads on themes which probably wouldn't be appropriate for WA

I use facebook quite a bit also. I must admit. I am old school. I do alot of talking to people on the street as well.

I live in the countryside, not many people around! Have fun!

Thank you Cynthia1.

Hi Irvine, good to hear from you. I hope that our work will have a little impact for society!