Living the DREAM- This is a JOB. NOT a HOBBY!
Well not yet anyway... Yesterday I spent well over eight hours working on my web sites and training and today will be no different. What is the difference between spending 8 hours working on the weekend and spending 8 hours daily at my 9-5? I'll tell you... STRESS LEVEL...
Yesterday did not feel like work. I honestly enjoyed every minute that I got to utilize my creative side to work on my sites. I didn't have a phone that was constantly ringing that I had to pick up and speak to a possibly angry customer. I worked at my own pace with no time crunches. No boss standing over me to tell me that (even though I put 110% in) I am just doing my job at expectation level. When I point out all that I do that he is not aware of, the answer is... "You don't brag enough! Wait what? Why would I want to work somewhere that I have to brag? I don't.
My husband told me he was proud of all the hard work I am putting in and can't believe I am spending so much of my free time working on this new adventure. I told him that it does not feel like work. I realize I am lucky that my family recognizes that I can't treat this like a hobby and have to treat it like a 2nd job. Hard work pays off. I am hoping a year from now I can look back at this post and know that I made the right decision.
I've always enjoyed tinkering on websites. I've done it for fun for years and have built sites for other people. Sometimes for absolutely free. The idea that I can turn something I love to do into a career is amazing to me. I am self- taught in programming so it wasn't like I could just go get a job doing this. In hindsight, I am glad that I never got a 9-5 in web design. I am wondeirng if working for someone else would have made me grow to hate something I actually love doing.
I am so excited to learn more about SEO. I feel like if I had understood this concept better, my sites that I have built in the past would have already been money makers for me. I have had an Affiliate membership with Amazon for about 5 years and have made a little money here and there without any knowledge of how to do it properly.
Back to my title - "Living the DREAM..THis is a JOB... NOT a HOBBY! " RIght now I have my feet up. I'm sitting on my couch in sweatpants, my hair is messy and I have no make- ip on. My cat is curled next to me and I have a movie on as background noise. I am relaxed and I am happy as I am putting in the work to make my dreams come true. I could do this every day. So I am putting it out there. A year from now.. this WILL be my full time job. I know what my "comfortable" dollar amount it that I need to make in order to quit my job. A year from now, I will at least be making that. I will no longer be a weekend warrior. This will simply be "what I do." I am so excited. Two years from now, I want to be able to tell my husband that he can quit his job. (He owns his own business and wants our son who works for him to take it over)
My fellow affiliates that still have to work at a 9-5, How do you find the time put in the hard work? Are you a weekend warrior like me? (I do try to put in at least 2-3 hours during the week, but don't kick myself if I can't)
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I agree with you. I work many hours on my WA training and my website, but I don't have to get dressed (I'm still in my PJs and have conditioner in my hair - I look pretty bad). I don't have to commute for 1.5 hours to and from a job. ETC . . . I am enjoying what I do here at WA.
I smiled to myself that you are chilling with conditioner in your hair! I want to be able to do that whenever I want. My commute to work is only 12 minutes. I'm lucky to have found a job this close to my house... Had I not, it would be 1.5 hours.. but still... I hear ya! I don't want to commute at all!
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Just WOW! You really hit it for me. I have slowly start to inch my way from stressful situations. I am glad to see how much joy you are getting out of this journey. Definitely gives me inspired motivation to put my all into it as well.
My start was SUPER SLOW... I wasn't putting in the time like I should. It honestly dawned on me yesterday that I truly enjoy tinkering which is what I did yesterday. I spent my day creating logos and pics for my web site and even added some content with a link in it. I decided today to get my 2nd site progressed a little further so I can continue the training and get the two sites progressing at the same rate. It Is hard to inch away from the "comfort zone" when in reality when we look at our stressful 9-5's. Are they really that comfortable? Nope! I want to be my own boss and live in my sweats. LOL! If I want to have messy hair, I can. I don't have to beg to use my PTO.. because I will be getting paid all day. LOL!