The Struggle Is Real - Pushing Through It

So, I have been here since November. Since I have struggled with writing blogs and blog consistency which I am getting much better at. Now that was tough, but I have just come across my first hurdle. Well two be honest.

Firstly, my mobile speed is showing extremely slow in Google page Speed. I tried to get it outsourced for fixing but no one wanted to take this on. So, I decided to rectify myself, after all I very computer-literate and I like to learn.

I can do this

Well lol, I started off okay. I looked at the errors using https://gtmetrix.com/ because I find it more detailed. Then.... I saw all these specific detailed geeky jargon which I had no idea what they meant. Anyway, my best guide was to find plugins that could sort these erros out. I ended up using a CDN (CloudFlare) and started playing with buttons and before you know it, my site was un -viewable. There were all different issues such as HTTPS nor recognizable, perching and cache issues.

What a headache!

OMG I was soooo stressed over 2 days trying to sort this out on my own! According to Google Analytic I was getting traffic in the thousands per day and this was adding to my anxiety. If you ever knew how much I just wanted it over with it but I never gave up!

Pushing though my comfort zone

Way in over my head, I decided that I could'nt fix it so I resulted to deactivating CloudFlare and resetting back WA name servers which I had changed to CloudFlare.

I am telling you, I haven't been so stressed in such a long time. Then to add to that my 2 year-old daughter has just changed for the good but for the bad for me lol.

Added pressure

My daughter is really demanding and lively, I mean she has totally come out of that baby stage! No naps, I can't leave her to play and get on with it, demanding snacks upon snacks, following me to the bathroom - banging outside the toilet door, wanting to sit on my lap not beside me. I'm telling you I can't catch a break. Wow, it feels like her change has come at this challenging time. It's not easy working from home anymore especially as my work schedule is very strict. Ha, Ha that makes for another blog.

Anyway, she starts nursery next week 3 full days so that should give me the headspace and time to write my blogs. I still have to figure out how to work out the others day though.

Any tips?

Lesson learned

In reflection, I learned that I am very resilient and that my determination to really make WA work for me is high. This test (as I call it) has helped me to regain my strength and belief in myself. There is a saying 'it gets worst before it gets better' so.... I must be almost there. Well, to be honest I'm expecting to get through more hurdles before I really see the figures.

Thank you for taking the time to read this blog and enjoy the rest of your day/evening.

Choannah AKA Nubian