Month 6: Out of Order

I have probably committed all the Wealthy Affiliate progress crimes and I'm a notorious frequent offender of doing the training Out of Order. I have an extreme case of Shiny Object Syndrome and get wicked excited about a few topics within each level.

Month 1

I bounced around the training a lot and wasn't too thrilled about my niche: women entrepreneurs seeking startup advice. I had a hard time coming up with keywords and couldn't even complete the Level 1 training in its entirety. I did, however, set up the website, obtained an email address, followed the Top 100, and everything else besides content writing. My rank was somewhere in the hundred thousands at the end of December 2017.

Month 6

I've been receiving New Blog Post emails for the past six months and have been tucking them away is a gmail folder. Sometimes I want them to stop and other times I enjoy seeing the activity from the community. One email said that I've earned a badge - Say whaaaaat? I didn't even do anything besides continue to pay for my Premium membership! I logged back in this month, sporting my shiny new 6 month rockstar badge, and started giving site feedback. Offering site comments seem super scary and public and permanent and just gives me anxiety at this time...as does writing this post :)

After visiting a few websites I realized that my niche may have just been a smidgen too broad so I have narrowed it down further: women entrepreneurs of color seeking strategic advice. Targeting a specific race increases my anxiety but it just seems right, it feels right, and I think I can execute it once I find some low hanging fruit.

I am still training Out of Order and avoid content writing for my website like the plague. I fear my writing isn't strong and I'll hate the first blog post or that my niche won't even dig it. On top of everything, I keep getting this error when checking my grammar:

Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Consider rewording the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.

If only I could find a way to replace "I" in my writing...I wouldn't need a chill pill (lol). My rank is now somewhere in the twenty thousands and that brings me joy. Progress is a slow process but I'd like to cheers to how far I've come thus far on WA!

#DillyDilly