Sometimes Everything Falls to Sh*t.And That's O.K.

byNaronson75

64 followers

6 years ago

Hello all, I have been away from here for awhile dealing with the great joys life tends to deal out to us as great big piles of steaming sh*t all at at one time. Things such as a layoff (temporary), a life long friendship ruined by my delusional belief my friend would be a better renter for me than they were to their previous landlords, (keep your snickering to yourselves, I know, I know already), the very real posibility of my house going into foreclosure, and the total breakdown of the relationship between myself and my potential mother in law. Throw in a very ill beloved elderly family member and a dash of a flare up of my own health condition and I became all but catatonic as far as being productive and accomplishing any goal I had set for myself when I signed up here. And that is OK.

I first toyed with the idea of making money online full time over 10 years ago when I discovered the rush of turning a profit on eBay back when sellers could still give accurate feedback about transactions with buyers and the algorithms weren't played with daily while the company tried to reinvent itself to compete with the rising power house that is Amazon. Back then suppliers of new goods you could sell for a profit were a closely gaurded secrect and it was an often futile quest. Sure you could find dropshippers to use to sell on your own website, but remember this was over a decade ago. Shopify did not exist and to have your own functioning ecommerce site required the knowledge and skills most people did not possess or required a HUGE sum of money just to get up and running that most average people could not afford. During this time I discovered the concept of affiliate marketing when I stumbled on the link on the wholesale site I ultimately joined that said "affiliates." I was blown away at the concept you could make money just by people using YOUR link for something they were looking to buy anyway. Then the realization dawned on me that it was more than likely an affiliate link that I had used to sign up for the site and after looking into how much an affiliate could earn for each sale of a membership I was keenly interested in affiliate marketing. How much easier it would be to make money online this way vs. selling physical items I needed to source, store, and ship. describe I sold antique and collectibles so EVERY item needed to be photoed, a written desription created, ect. The answer obviously was YES! Unfortunately, as I mentioned before, the internet was a different place and creating websites was a huge technical and expensive endeavor and out of my reach.The only social network was a very primitive My Space or chat rooms and message boards. I gave up on my discovery for the time being. Times have definitely changed so here I am revisiting my dream of being an affiliate marketer in the age of Facebook, Youtube, Pintress, Instagram, Amazon, and of course WA.

When all the sh*t hit the fan in my life I had just joined here and was excited to get to work! I was so excited in fact that all of the ideas swirling in my brain were not coming together cohesively and I was spinning my wheels trying to do everything at the same time but not accomplishing much. The fear and stress of my life falling apart changed that and my perspective. To distract myself I spent a lot of "wasted" hours doing nothing more than play games on my phone and surf the internet. I enjoy reading as a relaxing hobby and I can spend hours reading about nearly anything and find it interesting and soothing at the same time. I found myself reflecting on my goals here at WA and finally started to come up with a plan on one idea for a niche website I had been considering. One idea not a thousand. This is allowing me to move ahead with an action plan I can actually work on and get progress one step at a tme. Much better than trying to half ass 10 ideas at once and not getting any measurable sresults and giving up in frustration. This in turn has renewed my determination and my resolve to least try while commiting to one thing at a time. If everything had not suddenly fell to sh*t in my personal life I wouldn't have had that moment of clarity.

So please remember that sometimes when everything falls to sh*t in your life its not always the end of the world, its an opportunity to refocus and get back on the path towards your goal.

Thanks for the space to share!g