Failing My Way to Success!
Last Update: March 06, 2012
By my evaluation, I am failing at all of my committments to myself for the WA Class, but...
(This all started with a "Just checking in to see how you're getting along" from Bruce
The Answer...
Everything is going Great and I have about 10,000 things on my list to learn and 1,000 things I did Not do right. And nothing is Going to Stop Me from Doing Whatever I Can Do... No Matter How Little Each Day...
I am Just Starting to learn enough to ask questions and I can usually find the answers on WA site ( with just a little searching).
- First 30 days (January 7 - February 7)
1) Exploring WA and the trainings available
(Now to start really learning the materials in those trainings)
2) Attempted the 30 Days to Success class
It was like I was taking an advanced class being taught in a foreign language I don't speak
3) Spent large percentage of that time learning the definitions of the words I was reading :)
4) Another huge percent trying to learn to socialize within WA (that part has become fun)
5) I did get my domain, SteppingStonesToDragon.com
Got a couple of other domains for future projects
Learned the definitions of Domain, Website, Host and about 500 other words
6) Explored the basics of WordPress Express
Played with a bunch of themes.
Have NOT got my website even close to representative of what I want to do there!
Have NOT figure out how to best communicate my content on the site
7) Acquired several Affiliate-ships (that should be a word).
Have NOT actually installed (setup?) Affiliate-ships on my website
- Second Month (February 9 - March 12):
1) Learning some of the concepts of communication via the internet (30 in 30 class)
2) Picked up an inexpensive Digital Video Camera
3) Have NOT created articles the way I planned
4) My thoughts have been Sidetracked by Life!
* My 2007 Prius got totaled
* Dealt with Insurance settlement
* Replaced my car - 2006 Prius
* Husband got rehired after 8 month unemployed
* My Day and Night Job is my own computer support service and it has been growing! - Surprised by how hard it has been to get back on track with my writing!
- Pleased with myself that I have spent time on WA most every day!
- Keep Up the Habits of doing a little, even if it is logging on to see who else might need a friend.
Have made a plan for the next 12 months of growing my on-line business with the help of WA
- Month 3 (March 13 - April 13):
1) Set-up SteppingStonesToDragon.com
2) Find a Theme I can live with for a while
3) Get Affiliate-ships Activated
4) Create content I am more happy with
5) Create "okay" video pieces and get them on website
6) Actually complete the work I committed to in learning to communicate... 30 in 30 Project. - Keep On Learning and Doing, No Matter How Small the Step!
- Month 4 (April 15 - May 15)
1) Acturally complete the work I started in January... 30 Days to Success Club
2) Learn how to incorporate Social Media into my reality - Keep Showing Up and Doing Whatever I Can!
... Sherry M
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Renni
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Great action plan, Sherry. Looks almost exactly like the one I SHOULD have! :) I keep To Do Lists and try to check off as much as I can every day - and have to admit that I slack at times then berate myself for wasting time. I sometimes just get overwhelmed by the sheer enormity of tasks at hand and those I KNOW I need to get back to (like your First 30 Days stuff) And now, after the 30 in 30, I have those emails to revisit as well! I hope I learn enough to actually make a living soon. I did, however, recently get another small business to build a web site for and am upping my prices for this one - feeling my worth and the value I can bring bec I know I know more than the average bear even though I don't know it all. With my elderly mom in the hospital right now, time is crunched. But then, isn't it always?
canoz
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Sherry, how awesome! I want to say how motivating this is for me. I feel like I have a friend in the same situation. I think I signed up in November and I'm on day 12 of the 30 day challenge. It didn't seem worth going ahead when I wasn't happy with how things were up to that point. More work to do. I'm currently doing the 30 day Street Articles challenge with great success!!! I have few places to link my articles to yet (sigh) BUT it's really consolidated the types of things I enjoy writing about and there are a few very supportive people there nudging me on! So grateful to everyone 'out there'. Forward progress is just that! As you taught me... one stepping stone at a time!