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Balancing act!

sylviaO1

Published on March 6, 2017

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Hello everyone, hope everyone had a good sleep.

So I thought I would blog today on Making choices to begin a new online business while still working a current job/career to pay the bills, and keep a steady income going for your family or yourself if you are single. In addition to raising a family taking the kids to soccer games, cheerleading, etc.

Trying to make a long term decision that will be for the betterment of you and your family, it sometimes takes a toll on us. Mentally, feeling like you don't want to fail, or I can't put that much time into learning this because I will be taking away from my family. Or second guessing yourself, will it work, can I really make the kind of money I want to make and go on vacations and spend quality time with my kids. These are all things I am sure ALL of us deal with on a daily basis. Especially the new people.

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Heck, I am single now children grown, have a full time marketing position, and working on building this business to be successful and spend as much time with my GRANDCHILDREN! My priorities have changed over the years, as I pick up my grandchildren 2 days a week. take them ALL 3 of them to taekwondo classes 2 times a day, home school one of them 3 days, AND I am working late nights to build this wonderful business that I see in my head as a huge success! WHY? Because I want it all.! Yup, I want to be financially set, go on great vacations with my grandchildren and my daughters. I want to build an empire if you will with many streams of income, and doing it on my time. BUT this is why I write about us having those down days.. Our brains get exhausted, at least mine does, but long term, I will be able to say I spent a lot of time with them and they will remember when they grow up.

Remember success is not easy and it comes with a price, that being the hard work you put into it. If being successful was easy everyone would be a millionaire right?

I have been working since I was 13, and I love to make money. Now I want to have fun doing it, and making amazing friends around the world here at WA. So for those of you who read this thank you for being an important part of my life now!

LETS SUCCEED TOGETHER

LOVE MY NEW FAMILY

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