I'm Stuck!

Ever feel stuck here at Wealthy Affiliate? I certainly have. There definitely are, as I have heard many say "those hickups" along the way.
Have I had more than my share of honey? I don't think so, I just want some money.
I have signed up to several affiliate programmes. One of them is Share-A-Sale? (Anyone else on board with them?) Anyway, I have looked into several merchants and applied to be an associate (affiliate); but I never hear back from them. How do I know I am officially accepted with my information linked to my account so that when placing affiliate links into my blog, I can get paid for it?
One of them I have applied for is Walmart. I have signed up, but I have not heard back, making it official so that I can start making money. Any thoughts?
In the meantime, I am continuing my blog writing and posting, creating content, but don't feel like I can go any further with the training since I cannot do what is instructed until I have at least one official affiliate merchant who wants me. Perhaps I simply don't have enough content yet. I don't quite have 20 posts yet, but I hope to be there very soon.
Well, Wealthy Affiliate friends, any thought?. I am stuck. Would someone please be my Christopher Robin and get me out of here!
I applied to share-a-sale myself, it took me a few days to hear back from them. How long ago did you sign up?
Usually you will just receive an email from them within a week or so. Do you get lots of emails from WA? It could be that it's lost within the mix.
Amazon is a good affiliate program because you can start earning
straightaway. HOWEVER, if you don't achieve 3 sales within 3 months you may be denied access to their program so I would recommend waiting until you have some traffic coming in before you do so.
You can 100% carry on with the training even though you're not signed up to affiliate programs.
IN FACT, it may even be beneficial to your site; if you carry on creating quality content WITHOUT affiliate links Google will understand that you are NOT a spam site and your content deserves to be read, leading to better rankings.
However if you use too many affiliate links as a new site, you run the risk of being perceived as a affiliate link 'hub'; and your rankings may now do as well.
I received some good advice from a high up member here at WA to wait until you're getting consistent traffic (maybe around 500 views to a given page in a month) before you start concentrating on optimizing affiliate links.
You said you only have 20 posts- the one thing that is emphasized the most in training is the consistent creation of content so I'm sure you can achieve this.
Come back when you have double that number of posts and you may be ready to implement affiliate links with noticeable results!
Hope some of this helps.
PS: That Winnie the Pooh story always cracks me up :)
Also you can still move on in the courses you don't have to stay there waiting on affiliates.
Keep moving and keep learning.