I moved up to #1 with one keyword, #3 with another keyword.  12 more keywords to go and I shall declare myself satisfied.  

I wrote 1 article, rewrote it 8 ways.  Published the 1st 4 versions 2 weekends ago, couldn't find my site in Google.  Published the last 5 last weekend.  My site is #4 in Google.  One of the 9 articles (the subject is the same but I changed them much) is number 1, another is #2, some stranger had the nerve to sneak in the 3rd position.  Then there's my site.  Then there's another of the articles of mine.  Seems damn easy to get to number 4.

If patience is a virtue, Google Adsense is a great virtue trainer. I put up a site with the measly, puny intent of placing some Google Adsense code here and there.  Nothing much.  It took me two and a half day (well, working days) to get the right ads to show on the right pages.   Result: my patience muscle has been significantly exercised.  It is, therefore, significantly stronger. Bring it on Google Adsense!