2 Months at Wealthy Affiliate - Success and Goals

Just to be clear: the featured image is not my analytics. It's a stock photo. Sorry for any confusion!----I joined Wealthy Affiliate just under 2 months ago, in November 2019. After only a few days on my trial account, I signed up for a year membership.Why did I jump right in? A few reasons.TrainingI knew that Wealthy Affiliate offered a clear path to my goals. That’s not to say the path is easy, but any journey becomes easier once the steps are laid out.I learned so much watching Kyle&rs

Always Have a Take-Away

This is super short, but I think it's very important.Any time you spend time reading an article or watching a video on growing your business or increasing a skill, have something specific that you take away.Either take notes about something actionable that you can do with the information soon or take action now.It's easy to think you're being productive by taking in information, but unless you do something with the information -- or use the info to spin ideas and make plans to do something with

One Step at a Time (1 Month Update)

I've been on WA for a month now and I want to give a quick update for current members, future members, and my future self.I've posted 15 articles on my site.I have very little organic traffic, but that is expected.I have zero affiliate sales. Also expected.I've completed the first 2 training sections while doing every step of each exercise completely before moving on.I've felt resistance.I've felt fear.And I've persevered.All in all, I'm calling this a successful first month.

Trust

It's easy to doubt, and it's hard to do the work, even when the work is fun.I've published my first 12 articles in the past month. I'm doing the work. I'm having fun.Even as I'm writing content and researching, doubts arise:"Will this work?""Am I doing the right thing?""Am I doing the right thing the wrong way!?""Did I pick a terrible niche?"I have to stop myself and just trust. Trust the process. Trust the training. Trust that WA is built on knowledge and success that far exceeds my own.Time w

Doubts for Another Day

This is my 11th day on WA. I spent a few hours today writing my 6th article. Tomorrow I'll post it. My goal is to publish 3 pieces of content each week for 6 months.(If that idea is dumb and I'll learn more after I complete level 3 task 2 tomorrow, you can ruin the surprise if you'd like.)Right now, I'm having doubts.I'm having doubts about my ability to create great content. I have doubts about my ability to monetize my content.I have doubts that this can work. Rather, I have doubts that I can

Quick Status Update: 10 Days In

I'm happy to report it has been 10 days since I joined WA, and I have:1. Started my blog in the financial niche2. Published 5 articles ranging from 1400-2200 words (not counting the About page)3. Exchanged comments with others here in WA as well as other bloggers in my nicheAdvice: if you're stuck, you either need to learn something to advance or just quit overthinking things and take some action.So far, the training has been my guide and I feel very happy with my effort so far. I'm learning a