It is all happening now.
I can see now how everything I have done over the last year is blossoming.
It has not been easy managing my 3 websites and there have been times when I just wanted to cry with frustration.. oh wait I didn't just want to cry, I have cried! Buckets of tears on many occasions.
I am not a millionaire, not by a long shot. BUT I am seeing sales coming in little bit by little bit all over.
I am making money from:
- Numerous affiliate programs (Amazon, WA, Jaaxy, Mass Planner, Clixsense... and many others)
- Google Adsense
- Youtube videos
- Mommy Blog reviews and advertising
- Part time online moderator work at an SEO Marketplace (yes because of the skills I learned here)
Through these multiple streams of income I am making a nice amount of money online. I am not rich, but I am not counting my coppers half way through the month wondering how I will make the last few bucks stretch for another 2 weeks.
I am working less hours than I ever have in my life and making more money than I have ever made in my life.
I am a happier person and I am a better wife and mother for it.
I wrote a post here quite a while back about what Financial Success means to me.
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/lynnehuy/blog/what...
It is not all about money. It is about not having to stress all the time, having enough money to make it through to the end of the month and most importantly, it is about having the time and the freedom to enjoy that money. To spoil my kids and my husband.
Read that post I wrote about Financial Freedom, most of that has come about and I only wrote that in January this year! YAY!
My next goal: Make enough money online and have a very stable income so my husband can quit his (can I swear here?? nope this potty mouth mommy has tried it already) sh****y job!
He works long hours, in a job he hates. He usually leaves before the kids and I wake up and drives in the freezing cold and dark far away to a town 40kms away... he gets home often after supper, occasionally after the kids are in bed so they don't even get to see him.
It just makes me sad now that the kids and I are having such fun... while we are at home baking cupcakes or building sandcastles at the beach in the afternoons he is unhappily grafting away.
If you follow my goals you will see that so far I have gotten what I work for and this is something I want so badly it hurts.
Michael - ITF
I'm really happy for you, big sis Lynne. From your WA blogs, website posts, Social Media posts etc etc etc, I can see how much effort (sweat & tears) you've gone through to create the life that you want. And my, how far you have come!
Through out all this, you still make time to help people, like us on WA... I'm definitely grateful for all your advice and encouragement you've given!
You're an inspiration to me. I look up to you and wish you all the best.
I hope to see similar results as you with the path that I create for myself :)
(Confession: I think the time I felt "closer" to you was when I viewed your YouTube video, where you were talking to the camera - forgot which one exactly. I could hear your voice and see you speak, that made me feel like I know you! And through that video, I realised the power of video... wow)
What you have been able to accomplish is nothing short of amazing and is/should be an inspiration to all your followers as to what can be accomplished here at WA if we are just willing to put in the effort.
I, myself, have struggled with the commitment and effort side of this equation, With a bunch of procrastination thrown in as well.
I have an OK, (some say great looking), website, (if you feel so inclined, I'm always looking for feedback), but I lack the traffic and I haven't made a cent so far. But, that's my own fault and the only one that can fix that is me.
I guess I "understood" that when I first got involved with WA, well, I suppose I have "understood" that for most of my life. I even remember someone saying, many years ago, "If it is to be, it's up to me", at an Amway seminar in another lifetime. My brain understood it then but, for most of my life, there has been a disconnect between the brain and the heart.
Your post(s) have helped me make that connection. They have helped me realize that "IT" can be done and that I can do it too but only if I am willing to do what others are doing to GET IT DONE!
In short, today you have inspired me, you have encouraged me and you, in a way, have challenged me. It's time. Thank You, and I look forward to hearing about your husband's early retirement and YOUR success.
I am reminded by Dom's quote about online businesses that "once it clicks, it fires". You are having a momentum going on here and I'm eager to hear what your journey would look like in the next months, and for the rest of 2016.
We are going to take a glimpse of what that life in couple of days. We are going to Bali.
Linda
Keep up the awesome work, you inspire me to keep pushing.
God bless,
Most women here want their husbands to overwork themselves giving not a care in a world how much stress it causes the husband or hubby as some call them as long as the cash flow is keeping the family unit floating above water.
These women tend to use a code word like a workhorse to explain their husbands. Worst of all these women actually leave their children in daycare while they go shopping or out for social events and they don't even work.
I admire your commitment to your online ventures and your family unit, I just wish the women here were more like you.
Thanks for sharing.
Sam.