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90 Day Challenge



So, the end of May is almost here and as normal I am horrible at posting. So, here’s what’s up.

-Writing. I have joined another 90 day challenge. The last one I wanted to get 300,000 words written and instead got about 112,000. This time I have set up a goal of 250,000. We are five days in and I am on schedule and have more than 17,000 words written. I really want to make it through this time and kick butt. Of course The Keyword Academy offers great prizes. There will be a drawing that includes the names of the participators in it worth a year long membership at TKA (about $400 value) and there is a second drawing with a prize of $1,000 cash. Of course the real benefits are to one’s earnings and the improvement made on their habits. So I am off and going.

-Of course I slept on my neck wrong right before the challenge began and it has been killing me. I have been pushing through, but if it wasn’t hurting so bad I would probably be farther ahead than I am.

-I want to reorganize (or organize) this site so that it is a much more useful tool for everyone. It isn’t easy to figure out everything that I should be putting here, being disciplined enough to write regularly, and sharing the information that everyone wants to hear. My life seems rather rushed, exciting, and dull all at one time.

I will be back again in a day or two. I really want to offer you guys a wide variety of information. I just hope I am not too dull and that I don’t make anyone want to go to sleep. :-P

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The Year



January has people everywhere taking a look at the year past and the year in front of them and deciding what they will be doing to change their life. Often many of these goals or resolutions end up laying dying by the way side about two months in, but for those that take their goals and their hopes and dreams and work them all year long good things come. I am very determined that good things will come to me this year.

It Won’t Be Easy.

I am so tired of everyone looking at the Internet as a way to make easy or fast money. There really aren’t any such things. In fact, earning money on the Internet is really hard and takes a lot of work. It is true that once the time, effort, and work have been put into it that you can continue to grow your empire with less work. You will be able to make money while you are sleeping, while you are on vacation, and throughout the day. Nothing is better than earning continually for the work that you put in a single time.

The Projects In Motion.

There are several projects that are already in motion. I want to make sure that I am working hard on making these the projects I focus on first.

  • This blog. I started this blog only a few months ago. It’s main purpose is to connect people interested in more from me to more by me. However, I also want to grow this into a resource for real people looking for answers.
  • 5Currencies. This site is my most recent project, though it includes help from 7 others. The 5Currencies is a site that is to help others find real wealth, both that of the financial kind and the life kind because now is that time to live life to its fullest.
  • Enlivened Heart Jewelry. While being the woman of 1,000 things can be hard at times, there are a great number of reasons to diversify and to work toward many different successes. I love making beautiful jewelry and Enlivened Heart Jewelry gives me the outlet to do that. I just opened my store, but have lots of plans for the future of my site and store.
  • The Phat Diaries. This is a blog I have had great intentions for the last couple of years. The good news is that these intentions can still bring fruit. I am working hard to get this blog running smoothly, providing great information, and offering something to others.
  • The Gemstone Story. This is my “secret” project. It offers some great information, but because not everyone understands or agrees with the information provided here I don’t talk about it much. However, I think that the blog has some great potential.

Revenue Sharing.

I have also started working on providing articles on several revenue sharing sites. In 2011 I would like to write 1000 new articles for InfoBarrel and at least 100 new articles for HubPages. This should greatly increase my passive income from these sources.

Spreading Out.

There are two projects I would like to get done this year in addition to the blogs and the revenue sharing sites. I would like to write my first eBook and I would like to make my first niche website so that I can start making money from these other forms of residual earnings avenues. These are reserved for the second half of the year.

Another thing I would like to do to make money from my hobbies is to sell fish, shrimp, and snails that we breed on the Internet. I am hoping to sell an order of fish, shrimp, or snails each week starting in April. This isn’t something I am looking at making a ton of money with, but for this first year I would like to make $300 for the year 2011 from the creatures I breed.

The Plan.

My plan is to get it set up for the blogs to update automatically without much assistance from me. This won’t work 100% because I will still need time sensitive posts to put up, but I should be able to get a lot of the work done for providing other information.

I am also looking to do the 1000 InfoBarrel articles in the first 6 to 8 months so that I can save the rest of the year for putting together my first eBook for sale and also for putting together the first niche site I have done.

Additionally.

I would also like to put together several free resources for my readers and grow my sites. I need to do a lot of backlinking for my articles to increase the traffic and therefore earnings. There is definitely a lot of things to do!

Lets Talk Numbers.

I am not very good at naming numbers. For the past three years I have floated by on naming numbers I know I can meet such as how many articles or blog posts to write. However, this has made it hard to focus in. I want to make sure that I am making at least $1500 a month by December 2011. I would also like to set numbers for traffic, subscribers, and other things too, but need to evaluate those goals a little more closely before I define them.

What About You?

It is easy for me to talk about myself and what I long to do. However, I am just one small person in a huge online network. What are your goals and hopes for 2011?

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Defining a Purpose



I have been online and working toward a vague and general goal for almost five years, if we look at all my history. I have had some successes, and a lot of failures, but have never really reached my goal. On one hand, this pretty much sucks for me. On the other hand, I feel I have a lot to share with others. I have tried a lot of things, failed a lot of times, and learned just as much. The good news for you, is that you don’t have to fail that many times. You can have more successes by learning from those that came before you. I really wish I had done more of this and less trial and error of my own, but at the same time I can share with you what is important.

Define a Purpose.

You can have some success without a purpose. I know. I have done it. I make between 2 and $300 a month every month and have for a couple of years now. For most that would be great success, but it isn’t really enough and in order to get further I need more of a purpose. Your purpose needs to be related to your goals, but it should also define who you are online, what you are working toward, and a direction you want to take each thing you do.

Defining My Purpose.

My online purpose was originally to make enough that my husband can quit his job and make money online with me. However, this broad purpose doesn’t really show what I am after and most days thinking about it is really frustrating because it doesn’t seem that I can get there.

My purpose is an active life with me and my husband raising our kids together and working together. We desire to homeschool our children and give them the best education possible. We want to work, but do so in a way that we work less and earn more. For now that means a lot of work, but with the right direction we can work less to maintain the hard work that was put into it before. We would love to travel and find the perfect home for us that isn’t here in Texas.

This purpose has lead me to a lot of things online and by figuring out what each purpose is I will have better results. I started this blog a short while ago with the purpose of having a “hub”. I do so much online that it can get a little confusing even for me. Here I will talk about all that I do, share with you my writing, and give you some help and some other resources if you are looking at being successful through writing as well. The actual purpose of this website isn’t really to help you make money too, but there will be a lot of things that will help you in that direction.

The first thing you need to do is figure out your purpose. Then take that purpose and set a lot of goals. The last few months have made me realize that my life is short on goals and that is hurting me more than a lot of other things. A clear and firm direction is very important.

Set Goals.

It is important that you set goals. I am not very good at this. I have a fear of failure and by setting goals I feel that I am more likely to fail. However, this then makes it so that I am floating out on the sea and doing a little of this and a little of that, but without a whole lot of direction. It is important that you do a great job setting goals. I have been reading a bit about this lately and will delve into the topic next months, but for now a great place to find more on goal setting is found at the Renegade Writer. Andrew’s article is geared toward the New Year’s resolutions with them right around the corner, but the article doesn’t need to be applied to your life only once a year. You can make resolutions, set goals, and work toward a better life and a better you any time.

What you can take from my experience is that you don’t have to wander around the Internet searching for a way to make money for five years. By defining your purpose and setting your goals you will have a clear direction. This doesn’t mean that you won’t have to adjust your direction. You will. It is almost guaranteed. It does however mean that you will have a direction to go, goals to meet, and a driving force that will keep you working even when the going gets tough (and it will).

What About You?

So you have heard a bit about my purpose, but what is your purpose online?

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My Goals



When working hard to create something it is very important that you have a bunch of goals laid out. Why are you doing what you are doing and where do you want it to take you? In this case, it is even more important because on the days when the money isn’t coming in and you don’t feel like doing what you need to do you need to be able to focus on those goals. Here are my goals.

Online Earnings.

Through blogs and revenue sharing sites I want to make $4,000 a month. This is the amount needed for my husband to be able to quit his job. After I have made this much consistently then he can quit and we can work side by side expanding our business.

Other Avenues.

There are a few other things I would like to do to make money. Some are very personal and others I think would be fun.

  1. Sell Jewelry. In January I am looking at launching my jewelry business. I want this to be a small part of our income because I don’t want to work at it all the time (it’s earning potential is there, but not likely to be large enough to spend all my time on it). Instead, I want to make stuff because I enjoy it and sell that stuff for more supplies and a dash of profit. You can check out my website for jewelry making at Enlivened Heart Jewelry.
  2. Sell Fish. Another hobby that I have (and this one my husband shares in) is fish. We would like to breed fish and sell them online. We don’t really want to do it full time and see this making a couple thousand dollars a year in the future, but never enough to live off.
  3. Books. I want to write some books. I have a lot of ideas including a few for novels and a few children’s books. Again not something that will make me rich, but worth the fun and hopes that a few bucks comes out of it.
  4. eBooks. I have a list of ideas for some e-books that I think have potential to do well. I would like to do that and increase my online earnings with them.

Work, work, work.

There are a lot of times when I feel like all I do is work and work some more. However, in the future (hopefully five years from now) I want to cut back. I would like to work 3 to 4 hours a day 4 to 5 days a week. That’s it. No 80 hours trying to get somewhere. No working all night long till my eyes are blood shot and I can’t feel my finger tips. Just 12 to 20 hours a week. Sounds so wonderful…doesn’t it?

You?

What are your goals, hopes, and dreams for the future? I would love it if you took a moment to share.

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