Just a little perspective :)
Hey ya'll! Is cold where everyone is? Because it is FREEZING in South Carolina, but you know what they say about the weather in SC right? If you don't like it wait 5 minutes. And I can tell you first hand that its true! Earlier this week it was 70 and today it was like 30 and I think its gonna be like 60 on Sunday.
But enough small talk! So I had some BIG unexpected life changes that caused me to realize that having a succesful business online was not just a cool side hustle but a neccessy career path. So decided to start eating, sleeping,and breathing my business.
So for the past few weeks I have been working on my website and soaking up all education that I possibly could. And that's when it happened. The self doubt began to creep in. I started ferociously checking my website stats and clicks on my affiliate links. I can tell you now that I don't even have 300 clicks for all of my offers combined. OUCH! That one really hurt. It felt like all the work I was putting in was in vain. I felt the cold hard slap of rejection and it was one of the worst pains I have ever felt. How could all that hard work not be working? How could people not be coming to my site? Then I received some not so favorable feedback on one of my pages. I know constructive criticsim only helps, but that doesn't make it hurt less. I felt like the whole world was laughing at me. Like my content wasn't up to par and my attempt at making YouTube videos was laughable at best. I felt terrible. I admit. I contemplated giving up and finding something easier, but I didn't. I can't explain why, but something inside of me told me to keep going.
So that's what I did. I didn't give up and I still haven't. And then it dawned on me. There are 6 billion people in the world. Out of all those people I'm pretty sure SOMEBODY cares to hear what I have to say.
So guess what? I'm going to keep writing and making videos until those people find me. I have a message and I feel like I can make a difference. As far as the money? Well it will come. My mom always said do what you love and the money will follow. And I can honestly say I have fallen in love with my website. I love writing posts. I love using photoshop to make my own images and I love making my horrible YouTube videos. (Hey they'll get better) So here's a little perspective for anyone about to give. Don't do it. You're day is coming. And so is mine :)
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Its normal to have the self doubt at times, but the fact that you love your site and love what you are doing will make a difference. I am so glad you are not giving up! I like your attitude!
Thank you. Its so easy to just give up, but the failure makes success feel so much better in the end :)
It's easy to sit back and be critical...it's hard to keep going in the face of rejection. Who cares?
We do...and we all go through the same thing now and then.
Bless your strong little heart Kierra.
Thank you! and I want to really thank you for the critique of my website. I really needed that. It caused me to dig deeper and not just put up any crap on my website. You made me want to work harder. Thanks again!
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