Find Your Passion
Published on February 24, 2020
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As a young boy I always wanted to work with wood, I would go down my dads shed and spend hours making things out of wood.
Somethings worked out and some not so much, I did my best with limited outside help and timber to work with.
Not to look like I am getting of track but bare with me for a second
Not sure if anyone remembers the movie
The Bird Man of Alcatraz
As he was locked up in prison, he had limited resources to build anything, so he got a wooden fruit boxes and with a piece of glass he cut the wood to make a bird cage
Even the bars were made from the wood from the box.
It was my favorite movie, so I did the same thing I got an old fruit box and made a bird cage
Funny how a movie can make it look simpler than it really is, it took forever to cut the strips to make the bars by hand, I was using a sharp knife not a piece of glass and still a long process
Passion Is Where Your Heart Is
With my passion for woodwork I thought I wanted to be a carpenter, so I did do my apprenticeship and worked as a carpenter/ handyman for years
In saying that working with wood as my job was not my passion, working with wood was my hobby
Just took me a long time to realize it
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My New Passion Through Getting Sick
When I got sick and had to stop work, I was just stuck at home with not a lot to do, and my own head was my worst enemy.
It was a really bad time and so happy I do not live their anymore.
This is were I started pottering on my computer and I had limited idea what I was doing.
I would keep going trying to work it out, many times I got to a stage that I had to call my son-in-law to help me out, which he did without question.
I felt bad asking every time my computer had an issue.
So, I would watch what he did and slowly got to know what to do
It took a long time to get to were I am now, I can do most things myself which makes life so much easier
My New Passion Has Me Obsessed
Now with my newfound love of the internet I thought I would love to work online and start my own business
I see so many sites promising to make me rich in limited time, some even had peopled who had made $1000 in their first week with hardly any work
How can you not believe them..LOL
Sure, we all have seen them and know the real story of get-rich-quick schemes, in saying that I got sucked it to a few and parted with a bit of money along the way for limited results.
So, after many attempts at different ways of working online and nothing really working, I got to a stage I thought it must not be for me.
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
To this day after saying I can not do this anymore I do not know why I clicked on a link for Wealthy Affiliates, I did just to take a look around with a lot of skepticism and a lot of doubt it would be different to all the others
It only took me about an hour of looking around the site, doing some online checking as I always do.
OK I will say I was hooked after that and went Premium that minute as I could see how different it was, my view has not changed as time goes on, my love for this wonderful platform only grows stronger
i have never looked back from the day I joined WA, with the most amazing training that keeps on giving to the awesome community that give from their heart.
I finally found a place to call home
Everyone have a amazing day and thank you for being part of my journey
Ross
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