Vacation is Over - Back to Work!

After working so hard for two straight months on developing my blog and learning everything I needed to know for future success, I took a break. A very long break. My son was 10 months old and taking over everything! He not only mastered the art of crawling, but developed a curiosity for climbing and walking. He is quite exhausting! Not to mention, we were planning our first big road trip at the end of the month and all my "free time" was spent packing, preparing and cleaning. It's safe to say

Blogging Changed My Life

I have always been great with written words. Give me a pen and paper and I can express my thoughts perfectly. Knowing this, I have always wanted to blog. It just seemed like the perfect fit for me, but I never really knew what to blog about. I had interests in Interior Design, Party Planning, Crafting, and DIY Projects, but I lacked experience. The only experience I had in anything was Customer Service at a grocery store. And let's be honest, nobody wants to read about my daily interactions wit

The Defining Moment - When I Really Knew I Wanted This

After 30 days of continuous training and learning here at Wealthy Affiliate, I knew I wanted to keep doing this and make my blog a full time job. I also knew that it would take time and I would need to work hard to be successful at it, but I wasn't in any hurry. My husband works 5 days a week as a Produce Manager and I work on his 2 days off as a Pharmacy Technician. We never get to spend time as a family, so when my husband had a manager meeting scheduled on his original day off, I decided to

My First Month at WA - My Action Plan

On May 1, 2016, I started my Free Trial at Wealthy Affiliate. I completed my first course in the training within 48 hours. I became a Premium member on day 5. Before I started at Wealthy Affiliate, I was really hating my part time job. I only worked 2 days a week but put in 10-12 hours on those days, while my husband stayed home to watch our son. The other 5 days of the week, I was home and my husband worked. This has been our schedule since our son was born in September 2015. I hate not having

Going Premium - Is it Worth It?

I have seen several comments and questions being made in regards to going Premium and if it is worth the $47 a month. Is it even worth the discounted rate on my first month of $19? Hell, is it worth my time during the FREE TRIAL?For me, the answer is YES. It has been worth every second and penny spent, and I'm only in my third week! So let me break this down for you. Obviously, you don't want to pay for something you don't have the money for. If you are barely making ends meet, perhaps waiting

First Week as a Premium Member

After knocking out the first 10 lessons in 48 hours, taking full advantage of my FREE trial and communicating with other members who had gone Premium, I finally decided this was the route I needed to take for a successful online business. Once becoming a Premium member, I unlocked the next course in my training. Through that training, I bought my first domain and transferred my free website to my own website, developed keyword rich content and wrote my first post, made myself an official User o

My First 5 Days at WA

As a social media fanatic, I am constantly posting, uploading, tagging and promoting things I love. It only made sense that I start blogging and try to earn some money out of it. But how do I start a blog and make it successful?I am a HUGE Pinterest fan and have been reading several pins about blogging and starting an online business, but never really had the guts to start. One day, my friend sent me a pin about "How to Make Money Blogging". I almost didn't read it, thinking it was the same art