Life Got Tough. So Tough it Derailed My Progress.
Have you ever been super excited about how much progress you were making on your website? Then life happens and everything comes to a screeching halt. What do you do? How do you respond?
Well, last month (August), I had my most productive month this year. I was on a roll. I was posting an article almost every day. I started making YouTube videos. I started pinning on Pintrest. I even did what I most dreaded - I set up a Facebook business page. Even better, I was able to make time to exercise at least an hour each day.
Life was good. I felt productive.
Then bam...... On August 29, life happened. For about a week, my challenges kept compounding. Some seemed trivial. Others were not. I had a wreck, my dog ended up in doggy jail, I lost water to my bathroom so I couldn't shower, I had a flat tire while borrowing a friend's vehicle, then I lost his keys. The list of challenges kept mounting. So many not so good things happened that I prefer not to think about all the bad things that I faced in the course of a week.
At the same time, I know that I was blessed because things could have been MUCH worse.
Yet, all my progress came to a screeching halt. I think I have only written one post since that day. I haven't even had time to exercise once. I feel like my horse bucked me off.
Well, as of today. I have stood up. I have dusted the dirt off my rear end. I am going to climb back on the horse. I will not let it, nor life defeat me. I refuse to give up. If I was able to have a super successful August, there is no reason that I can't do it again.
If you have fallen off your proverbial horse, I encourage you to get back up. Dust yourself off. Understand that it is a normal part of the process. Refuse to give up. If so, I promise that your enthusiasm will return. I mean, our enthusiasm will return.
Even Grace (Little Mama), one of the people that made it to Vegas last year, said that when the going gets tough, you've got to get tougher. If you haven't seen it already, check out her training, Littlemama's Road to Vegas Training Video #1. When the going got tough, she refused to give up. As result, she has achieved a lot of success and a very nice income stream from affiliate marketing.
Get Tough. Refuse to Give Up.
Sondra
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Hi Sondra,
I wondered where you were! I am glad you are ok but sorry you had a rough time.
I hope things smooth out for you.
Jessica
Thanks Jessica. Knowing the challenges you have faced in the last year, I sincerely appreciate your thoughts. You are a great example of someone that refuses to give up when faced with adversity.
Oh yes, just because we have websites to run doesn't mean life isn't still happening. I get derailed all the time. But you're right. You have to dust yourself off and get focused again.
Now, I hope you get on a good luck roll this month!
- Christina
Thank you Christina. I am determined. I proved to myself last month that is is possible. So, now I've just got to do it.
You are always a great source of motivation.
Thanks!
I am very sad to say that I didn't have the money for the "bond."
It was a very unfair situation that he was "arrested" in the first place while he was at a friends house. I tried to protest and fight to get him back without having to pay since I don't think he should have been taken from my friends yard. Someone was trying to punish my friend by complaining about his dogs. Unfair, unfair....
Yet sometimes, there is very little that can be done when you are tight on funds. I discovered that lawyers don't want to help if you don't have money to pay them. Due to my other issues, I decided there are more important problems that I have to focus on.
On the positive side, on Monday I stumbled across a kitten that locked in a card board box by a trash dumpster and abandoned. They wired a piece of chicken fencing on top so he couldn't get out. He is now a very happy, kitty.
Thanks for asking.
Sondra, I have been there more times than I like to think, but you are right! Get back on the proverbial horse and move forward.
One thing I have started doing is to have 3-4 posts in the draft to use when I have a break. In that way, you are not behind at all.
If you look at analytics you may be surprised to see that traffic stayed consistent anyways.
Take care,
Bill
Thanks Bill. I'm glad that you refuse to give up also.
I had plenty of draft posts yet was too stressed to publish any. I tried to upload a video that I had already done but the computer and internet didn't want to cooperate.
As you know, sometimes we just have to laugh and let the dust settle a little bit.
I hope that you have an awesome weekend.
Sondra, life is seldom fair. Glad you have the courage to get back up, dust yourself off and start all over again.
Joe
Very true Joe.
As Lynn Anderson's song says,
"I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
There's gotta be a little rain some time…"
So true. That is why I decided to share the challenges. If it can encourage just one person to not give up......
I hope you have a great weekend.
I love the constant encouragement here at WA to keep going. I just got home from the hospital after some planned surgery. 2019 has been a year of health challenges, but thankfully one can work on WA amidst those challenges.
Don't feel up to getting right back on horse yet, but at least I'm walking. Thanks for the post.
Barb
Barb, I"m sorry to hear about your health challenges that you have faced this year. Yet, I am glad that you are home and have started the healing process.
You have to be able to walk before you can get on the horse. One step at a time. You are doing great!
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OMG! That doesn't sound like a good experience at all, but the good thing is you're bouncing back. Great to see you and sorry you experienced that.
Thanks Tiffany!
I was trying to be like you. I was so excited to be on the roll of getting at least one YouTube video done each day. Granted, with my rural internet speeds, I have tried to keep my videos under two minutes. No where close to what you have done.