My One Year at WA!
Where has the time gone since my last blog 1 year ago? My biggest challenge that I have been dealing with is "time"!!! Working full time and managing a house by myself does not leave me with much time to devote to WA. I now there's a lot of folks going through the same issue as me. I have no children to look after, I am not dealing with shift work or other things that people also have to deal with.
Because of lack of time my progress was so slow. I worried I would never finish my 3 themes or get through writing my first review. I felt I was not getting anywhere...argh! Was there something wrong with me when it took 2-3 months to write one page? Then there was 2 more to do? At this rate it was going to take me ( figured it out) 6 years to finish the course.
I kept on working and finished writing out my last theme November/2015. Then the Christmas season rolled in. Perfect excuse to ignore working on my website! I was enjoying my so called holiday. 2 Weeks before Xmas my car got totalled by a deer. Time to run around and find a new car - not what I needed or wanted. Oh why Me?
Jan 2016- I re-visited my goals and did some hard thinking. Yes I am staying with WA because I really had come a long way. I was making progress, just not fast enough. I did not want to give up or quit. This was going to work. Just look at the community and see all the successful people. I am going to be successful too!
I had complained about my progress to my mentor ScottDog. He gave me the best advice and I carry it with me to this day and always will. His advice was - who cares how long it takes to do the lessons! Talk about a thump on the head. I thought about it and honestly who does care?
Thank you Scott! I have the best mentor ever and we get along very well. That's important to me. In fact there has always been someone in the communtiy that has helped me! Thank you WA community!
Feb - I finished my review! I was so happy and excited. Things were starting to fall into place and I was not worried about my slow progress. I did the best I could with the time I had.
April - Ok I have been silently dealing with a health issue for years but denied that I needed help. So In April it reared its ugly head and I had to leave my job. My doctor put me on disability and I was now at home. Talk about an opportunity, just landed in my lap, I now have lots of time to work on my site. It's strange how things just happen unexpectedly. I took advantage of being home all day!
May till June 17th - I posted one more review and 5 more pages! Oh yes things are progressing now!
I have not made any money yet, that will come. I am working 8-10 hours a day and will probably have to return to work. I will deal with that issue when the time comes, no sense in worrying about something I cannot control.
In closing i would like to say that I have learnt not to worry or beat myself up. We are all different and learn at our own pace. WA has always been there for me and I don't feel rushed anymore. Time is not an issue anymore. In fact I feel much more confident, compassionate, focused, and driven. I have always been stubborn and that's to my advantage. Socially I am a wall flower, and that will change too. I have learnt a lot and looking forward to learning more.
This blog is long enough (I could keep going). Just a small recap of my year and I know everyone here has gone through pretty much the same as me. We all share, we all learn, and we all keep on growing!
Take care
Barb
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Congrats and great job.
Thank you! All the best to u at WA!