I regret it.
The following are my regrets this past year, since I started with Wealthy Affiliate, and wish that I had done differently.
I regret not learning as fast as I could have - I took my sweet time with the training and still am not finished with it.
I regret not writing as much as I could have - I should have started writing everyday. I tried but I ended up with an average of 10 posts in a month and I have 88 now since I started. I would have had over 200 by now, if I had really committed myself.
The traffic that I get to my website would also have been much better, and my income too.
I regret taking a prolonged time off - I was tired from closing up the shop and getting some of the remainder of the merchandise sold, but I know I could still have continued to write.
I regret not pushing myself enough - There were times when I just wanted to watch tv, or go out, or even just waste my time on Facebook. I should have taken that time to dedicate more to my business.
I really regret it!
Because if I had spent more time on each of those areas, I would have been much further today. I write this blog to express the importance of giving this business your all, or 9 months after you start with your business, you'll regret it like me.
I can't say I haven't gotten anywhere; on the contrary, I'm so happy that I came as far as I have, because I'm still in a better place now than I was 9 months ago. I was half asleep but now, I am fully awake.
I will now commit to writing a post every single day. I want to have a total of 170 posts by the end of the year, to catch up a little bit on the time that I foolishly wasted.
A few things that I did recently that made me feel good about my website are the following;
1) revamped home page
2) created a FREE Guide
3) created a 6-Day Course
4) got my first 50 subscribers to my list
5) created a landing page promoting WA
6) created a landing page, promoting my FREE Guide and 6-Day Course
And if I write until the end of this month, I will have written a total of 25 posts for this month, the biggest number of posts that I would have ever written in a single month.
With everything that I accomplished and that I CAN accomplish until the end of this year, giving up is not an option. I keep telling myself this! The reason that I am not satisfied with the way things are rightnow, is because of my procrastination.
Well, so long, my friend "Procrastination". Because I won't be seeing you again!
Reyhana
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Reyhanar,
Please don’t worry. I’ve got the lock, stock, and Barrel, on blown time. But, I will not quit. If I don’t quit, I win. Someone once asked me how you eat an elephant. The answer: one bite at a time. So, cheers, pick up the fork, the knife, and the spoon and take another bite. You can, I can, we all can do it!
Mr. B
Great stuff, Bruce! Thanks for sharing!
That's right! Since this month started, I only took it one day at a time and was able to accomplish what I wanted by the end of every day.
Taking it a day at a time does not seem as bad... :)
Reyhana I will book mark it, as I’m in your same position. Except you actually wrote more than me on one site .
Glad to be able to help you out with this blog, Shweta.
It hurts so much to realize what could have been, but don't let this overwhelm you. This business works, and we know it! We see these success stories every single day, so we know!
It's not the system that has to change, but we need to change to make the system work.
Don't give up and keep going. It's hard to change, but it's our business. If we don't work on it, nobody else will. Nobody else cares!
It often takes something like this to happen, to see where we went wrong or astray.
I have found, many times since I'm working for myself, where I felt I can take today off. Or stay in bed because I'm not feeling well, etc. But if I was working for someone else, say a 9 to 5 job, I would probably get written up for calling off for these reasons. Or perhaps I wouldn't have even have tried calling off, because I didn't want to lose my job.
Well, why should I treat working for myself any different? It IS a job. For my business. But it still is a job. Therefore I must treat it as a job. Put in the 9 hours a day. I'm lucky where I can do this. And there have been many times where I work 7 days a week 12-14 hours. This time I am investing will be worth it. I believe in that!!
When I find myself wanting to take shortcuts, I know that the only one I am hurting is myself. My business. Would I do it if I were working for someone else? I would like to say no. But I think we've all taken shortcuts. The thing there is it's not hurting our business, cause we have no business. We're working for someone else's business, therefore it doesn't affect us personally.
Work this job, even if you're only doing it part-time, for now, do it as you would working for someone else. In fact, do it even better. My business deserves my dedication. And I treat it as a job because it is MY job. My business.
Thanks for sharing with us, and the very best to you!
Laura
WOW! Thanks so much for this!
You're so right when you say that we would have gotten up to go to our regular 9 - 5, or else get penalized for taking the day off as a sick day, or even risk not getting paid, in some cases.
And yes, I agree, that not working on our business will only hurt us in the future. So we have to give it all we have. We have to remain committed!
I did realize this and I'm more determined than ever to write everyday and to make this work.
Everybody has moments like that. The fact that you recognize it and are driven will make you successful you are inland inspiration
I'm happy that my post and situation inspired you.
I just feel bad because for me, they were not just moments, but days that went on without even writing or dedication time to my website.
But yes, I am ready to change and to make this business a success by the same time next year.
I know this works! I was the problem, not the system. So I have to change in order to make this work.
Your determination will get you through. The great thing about WA is that you can not only learn new things at your own pace, you can go back and relearn. Jim
That's so true, Jim. I'm so thankful for this platform and all the great training that it has.
I was determined from the beginning but then things got in the way, and I used them as an excuse and kept putting things off.
I'm more determined than ever now, to write every single day! I know that's the ticket to freedom!
Reyhana please do not feel too bad as long as we are alive we will make some mistakes and have regrets the thing is to recognize our laps and correct it. and you have done this. You have created so much and best of all you have said goodbye to procrastination. Good for you
Thank you, Ruthlyn. I really do feel bad and hope that others will learn from my mistakes. Time flies and if you don't wake up and realize what you're doing with your time, it will pass you by and you'd wish you had used your time differently.
But yes, I believe in this business model because all these success stories on here are not fake. They're all true. So, I have to keep pushing if I want to make a difference in my own life.
Reyhana,
Sometimes it is better to take your time and learn to do things correctly. I rushed through most of the training, doing what I needed to, but regret not taking my time to learn the right way. Now I am going back and cleaning things up.
You have learned and done so much already, you should have no regrets, only joy.
Jim
Thanks so much for your words, Jim!
I understand what you're saying and that's definitely a risk. But I took almost 2 months off, when I could have been working on my website, even if it was only learning from the lessons, or writing posts.
That's the part that I really regret and that I will change from now on.
Definitely, Michael. That's why I wish I had done more in the ways of my online business. I'm procrastinating no more!
September is the hardest that I have ever worked with my online business and if I can do it this month, then why not next month and the month after that?
This business surely needs work and time. I already knew that, but still kept putting things off.
Not anymore!
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Congrats on all your achievements!! I’m sure next year you’ll have accomplished so much more =)
I have so many regrets as well and I feel like a complete failure at times. I get very discouraged because I have more than 300 posts on my site but they don’t rank well... I wish I knew what mistakes I’ve made.
Are you promoting WA or another niche? That is a lot of posts you have written. Are you writing over 1,000-word pots and choosing low competition keywords?
I’m promoting WA. Most of my posts are 1500-2500 words and yeah, I’m using low competition keywords. I really have no words to express how frustrated I feel when I see the low rankings... It sucks to put into a lot of work without seeing any improvements.
Oh Miren. I know how you feel. WOW! 300 posts!!! How old is your website?