A new year, a new spirit

Hello my WA family!

Here's my Monday muses for the first Monday of 2022.

Woke up this morning and asking myself this question. Why does it take something NEW to give us a NEW SPIRIT in life? Like a new year for instance. Well, at least for me it does!

Time is all we have, I was thinking. Every day, hours, minutes and seconds that we lose, they are time that will never be recovered. Yes, so I pondered as I sat on my bed and staring at my cat in the room. Or rather he was staring at me. So back to time. Yes, we need to use it carefully but I know it's really hard for most of us. It takes discipline and time to organise our living space, our schedule around our daily physical activities and our relationship-building with people around us - families, friends, vendors, customers and really, the list goes on.

There is so much to do to build up an affiliate marketing business! WA has kept my interest since I joined in September 2021. Yes, I get sometimes flustered because this new affiliate marketing business requires time as it is truly, just like any other businesses that I have started before! It requires time, resources and efforts. Period. Anyone who said lesser, I would doubt their integrity to tell the truth!

Approaching 2022, I had drawn up a list on how I can manage my time better. Yes, I am a to-do-list person. Always listing things everyday. I was adding two new things to my already packed list of things to do in a day! The 2 things are :-

(1) WA training(2) WA research & development.

I am not even near the marketing part yet. Probably in another month? But I have learnt that I cannot rush into them. So (1) and (2) are now part of my life and they have entered into my coveted to-do-list!

I have officially two other businesses to take care of, so they need to be looked after too. As there are many people involve in those businesses, it can get really draggy. People = Time. So you can imagine, how I am looking forward to spending more time to myself with just affiliate marketing in the coming years. Less people = More time. Such are the equations in life. Not that I don't enjoy the face to face interactions (over zoom now), but really, I am finding meetings a drag.

So, WA is officially my 3rd business! And I made it known to family members, though not to friends yet. For me, adding one more business will be sufficiently enough as I don't think I have anymore room to spare. Upon hindsight, I had squeezed recording of a podcast series into my daily to-do-list by accident towards the end of 2021.

I started a new children's podcast series (not-for-profit) for fun and relaxation on 19 Nov of 2021 (now it is in the 118th episode and I have gained listeners from at least 12 countries which I am contented with). The podcast spins off to Youtube videos that had been so therapeutic to make. I spend about half-hour to do this daily. So, this kept me motivated too. Unlike Wordpress learning, which seems to take a steeper learning curve than a podcast creation, learning Wordpress requires structure and content creation too which is why I think it takes a longer to be skillful at.

My WA website development have stalled for 2 days as there were so many celebrating to do towards the coming of the new year and reflecting on all new things learned in 2021.

So capping 2021 for me was coming across Kyle in WA then signing up to learn more about Affiliate Marketing, how to work with Wordpress, then it was learning about Cryptocurrencies & NFT, getting deft with using Canva on Mobile, Podcasting using Anchor.fm, Making better videos using Filmora and Canva (though I personally love Filmora but love how Canva has grown over the years), the two crazy guys from BlasterSuite whom I really love for their apps, motivational gurus like Tom Bilyeu,Gary Vee and so many new others! I also started a Keto lifestyle in July with Intermittent fasting and One Meal a Day which made me lose 12kg in 3 months and I completed a year long study towards a certification of something which means the world to me! Business wise, family business did better in sales than its previous years because I ran more email campaigns and started to refresh product content with YouTube videos and restarted social media marketing. So, 2021 had seen many personal achievements for me and my hubby. And I hope 2022 will be more, with WA business in tow.

Now that we are all into the new year and it's Monday, the first Monday of 2022, it is time to roll up the sleeve and get moving!

I am excited for this new year and I wish everyone the same too! It's time to break new grounds and roll with the punches!

Cheers and Happy New Year!

~Rah