Focus and delight.easily lost!
Experience is a harsh teacher sometimes.
I have often remarked people think the way they do because the way they think brings them some satisfaction on some level. We like the way we think or we'd change our thinking and think another way, right? Now if our thinking results in success in whatever endeavor we are engaged in...great! BUT, if we are not realizing a reasonable level of success...oops, something has got to change. From my own experience I've learned changing my mind is one of the hardest things I try to do.
I began with WA back at the end of March 2015 and I set about like a "bat out of h...". I was gungho and spending many, many hours a day in pursuit of building my website. I was delighting in what I was accomplishing...I guess similar to the experience an artist feels when his painting is coming together. It was exhilarating! I was pumped! Things were certainly making a lot of sense...I made a first sale!
Having reached a measure of success, I got overly confident...then I got side-tracked. The regrettable thing is, UPSgirl warned me, but I didn't listen. Permit me to explain. In my profile I mention I am a semi-retired healthcare professional; hence, I still practice on a limited scale. What I haven't mentioned is I am also an ordained clergyman, ministering to a small congregation. As such, I have a professional website for my practice AND a professional website for the church. Combined these two websites were costing close to sixty dollars per month and here I am with the ability to have numerous websites hosted by WA...so, I decided to be wise and move them both over. That, of course, required I secure two new domains and then in the process I had to re-do a lot of the plug-ins...long story short, I got myself derailed...I lost focus. Oh, don't get me wrong, the two professional sites are nice, I am very pleased but my original website has suffered terribly.
Just before moving the two sites over I had also started the WA Affiliate Bootcamp and purchased a new domain for that as well. Turns out, the domain name I purchased just wasn't really suited to promoting WA easily and I have spent numerous hours trying to "fix it"...because that's the way I am. Now, I think I have almost succeeded in doing so but it has been at the expense of the delight that was present originally...I have turned WA into WORK!!!
I've lost focus, I've lost purpose and now I have another JOB! Oh yes, I didn't tell you, I made the further decision that whenever I got a new idea for a website, I'd just start it as a siterubix and allow it to sit there till I got to it.
Are you getting the picture? Seven sites, two professional, two siterubix, two dedicated to WA affiliates and my original site. NOTHING is getting the attention it deserves...NOTHING is getting done well...and all I have is a new JOB! Not fun anymore.
I have to change my mind, get back my focus and get back to enjoying Wealthy Affiliates and my websites. I tried too hard to "save money" moving the professional sites but in the process I've probably lost more money on my original website. Tell you the truth, I'm almost not sure where to begin again.
My caution to you is: don't loose your focus!!! Don't spread yourself too thin! We have a great opportunity here but it does require your undivided attention when you are attending to it. Perhaps we can all learn from my mistakes.
Sincerely,
PapaDave
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Well said, Dave. The delightful aspects seem less intense as they become familiar and the responsibility of developing and maintaining a campaign is considerable. It can become tedious and overshadow the most positive elements.
We can, we must, and we will prevail. God willing and the creeks don't rise. ;-)
Thanks for your great insight, Reverend. J