Appreciating My Dream Job

byKerryo0899

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4 years ago

For the last two months or so, I’ve been doing something related to my new blogs pretty much every day. Seven days a week.

Last week that changed and of course I felt guilty about it.

Last weekend, I did other things. In essence I actually took the weekend off which is something I haven’t done in a long time. Then this week I took a trip for my other job and extended it one day to wander around in Yellowstone National Park.

It was time. I hadn’t been to the Park at all this year and my husband and I wanted to see if we could see any Grizzly bears and hear some elk bugle. Even without the bears it was a successful trip. We were able to see a herd of cow elk with a big bull standing guard over them. He was bugling his challenge to other bulls nearby. I’ve always thought it is such a haunting sound, high-pitched and ending with guttural grunts. It really is something that I miss if I don’t take the time to seek out the wildness that surrounds us every Autumn.

But more things happened than just that. In the two days that we were gone, I ended up with several opportunities for my other job that I will be pursuing. It’s as if my phone calls and emails had finally brought some sales opportunities to my door. Taking the time away from my blogs this week also enhanced my attitude. Increased my appreciation for my websites.

Blogging is not the easiest route to take, it requires hard work that includes research, writing, and choosing the right sponsors/affiliates. Starting up is wrought with second-guessing and the sense that your current task may be a waste of time. Taking a step back for just a few days has allowed me to appreciate that it is my dream job.

It is a dream because I love to write. And writing more articles has increased that passion. I’ve been allowing myself to write badly and then go back and polishing later. I think I saw a piece of advice from another blogger who said something similar to, “when you start out, allow yourself to do it badly.” That can be a hard lesson to learn when you care about the written word and the sequence in which you place those words. Your piece should be perfect. It should be so perfect that the reader can only interpret it one way—the way you intended.

The reality is something different. Concentrating on grammatical errors is time well-spent. Anything else can be fixed later. I keep wanting to delay my blog posts so that they are complete with all the little side notes. I’ve stopped that thinking. In my gardening blog, I can write the main article and add other things later. It’s enough at this early stage to add the content and then build on it in the coming weeks. Keep going. Keep posting. That’s what Wealthy Affiliate has taught me.

In my Montana Historian blog, I’m now starting with photo essays and adding content later. The farming photos I’m taking right now will turn into a full article when the farmers aren’t in the middle of the harvest. Now is the time to make the connections and I can write the article later. The more I talk to the farmers, the more I realize how full and rich the article will be. It gives me hope for the future. Appreciation for the chance to meet and talk to these wonderful, hard-working people.

And Wealthy Affiliate is an important piece of this journey. The course that I’ve chartered with the help of the WA training, has truly turned into my dream job. Today, at least, I’m smiling at the realization that all I have to do is follow my plan to fulfill my dreams.

Kerry