Progress, not Perfection
I went premium with WA on August 10th of this year. I finished the first level of training within a week and started the second. Then I stalled. I stayed stalled. for a longer time than I like to consider. Renewal came around and I watched the money leave my account. I wondered, "What is it for if I'm not working the plan?"
There was work at my brick and mortar job. There were other things to write that paid soon for the writing instead of being a distant maybe of a future payout. That's how I see this, a gamble. It isn't the most useful attitude so I need to work on changing it.
Something clicked this weekend though. I finished two more posts, backdating one to last week to look more consistent if someone finds the blog. I got my G+ up and running. Finished level 2 today. Later this week, on to level 3, maybe. Why is it so easy to crank out articles for others and so difficult to work on my own blog?
I'm not very confident and I'm unfortunately an old pro at procrastination but I'll keep plugging along. I remind myself that even minimal progress is something. There's no reason to give up just because I'm not moving as fast or writing as much as I had hoped. Motivation eludes me sometimes. It can't work if I don't work it though.
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I understand how you're feeling and I often feel the same way. I just started and already feel the weight of indecision and lack of progress. Sometimes procrastination comes about because we are trying to protect ourselves subconsciously from failure. Just know you can do it! And make sure to take small steps to get into a good rhythm.
I definitely have some self-protective thoughts. What if this is just like the last time I had a blog up? I had some readers and some Amazon affiliate sales but nothing huge. Nothing I could live on. My urge to work on it faded and then disappeared completely. Why am I doing this to myself again? This time is WA though so maybe it will be different.
You're reading my current thoughts and anxieties... it's freaky.
All I can say is that you just have to keep trying. If you give up, you'll have to go back to whatever you were trying to get out of initially by looking into WA. Set small goals for yourself. One training today. Save 25 keywords on a topic tomorrow. Write one article the next day. Try to focus more on the work than the goal for now. Put big-picture stuff away until later. Focus on the minutiae now, then later you can step back and see what you've built.
I know we can do this.