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Nine Months at WA

Hello WA Family:

I find it intriguing and rather humorous to be writing this blog about being a part of Wealthy Affiliate for nine months. All of you mothers out there will relate to me on this one. Generally, when we think of "nine months" we associate that with being pregnant and having a baby. I have two grown kids - my son, my youngest, turned 19 this week - Yep! I am old!

When I was pregnant with each of my kids, everyone would tell me things like the following:

  • "The pain that you are feeling now cannot compare to the joy that is coming"
  • "A baby will be a work of art....a piece of your mind and a slice of your heart"

What I find humorous here is that we can equate each of those quotes to our online businesses we are building here. For the second quote, your baby can be referred to as your website.

This past nine months, I have felt like I was taking something from a fetus to a living being, something that had a life of its own. Isn't that how we are all feel as we are growing our business and developing our websites? We are taking something so small and molding it into something will make you proud.

So, here is my question:

Since it has been nine months now shouldn't I be holding and enjoying my bundle of joy? So, how come I still like the image on the left instead of showing off my yacht?

I am sure we can all relate to this, am I right? But we will get there! Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a positive attitude while you wait.



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Positive attitude is definately key in this business. Well said Steph.

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Thank you. Positive attitudes will get us the results we want.

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You will get there - with that attitude, you cannot fail! :)

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Thank you Jude. You are awesome.

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I find I am addicted to WA . I am backing off a bit but I still troll.

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Being addicted to WA is not necessarily a bad thing.

I like it a lot!!!

Oohhkayyy ... I'm pregnant now I think ... Hee heeheeeheee ... This website I'm having is really having growin pains ... That plus my mind tends to wander off to other stuffs related to research n contents for the site ... That's a accurate analogy aawwwrite ... First baby my wife had was 2.6 kgs ... Second one was 2.8 .. Third one 3.1 ... I think I'm gonna have more babies than my wife. Har har harrrr ... Wonder how big my 10th baby will be ... Cheers Steph, Apeng.

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Hi Apeng:

I am not sure what 2.6 kgs translates to in pounds but my son was 10 lbs and 5 ounces. :)

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Since you have been here longer than I have, you may have already read this, but I read a blog post by DomW called it really helps put things in perspective when it seems we are not progressing fast enough. It does take time. (unfortunately ;-) )

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Yes. It does take time. I was just being humorous. Lighten the mood we are all feeling. :)

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That was a very helpful tip. Saved that article and another of his as well

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Dont worry, we will all be at the top one day, just peservere through! Winners dont quit, and quitters dont win. Looking forward to seeing a success blog from you soon! :)

Cherrs,
Kumar

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Very true indeed. Thank you!

Good post Steph. I started my first website 14 years ago and I'm still learning.

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Hi Marion! So good to hear from you. I created my first website in 2004 when I went to school for web design certification and I am still learning too. Beauty of this business right?

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What? No yacht after 9 months? What am I to do with the yachting clothes now?
:-)
Xin

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They can be your symbol that you put in the morning to reflect the reason why you are here. Check out my last blog #5:

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I can totally relate. I have been with WA for 10 months and 4 days and still feel like the picture on the left. Looks like this baby is going to take longer than 9 months!

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Yes it will. Thanks Tanja!

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