Goals with deadlines are very motivating, but once the day has passed, there’s a huge mental sigh of exhaustion, relief, and relaxation. Shoulders relax, and the mind realizes it can finally go on vacation. That’s what happened to me after I hit the ‘publish’ button for my fiftieth lens, Messenger from the Summer of Love. I had focused for so long on getting to fifty so I could possibly qualify for the Giant Squid designation, I neglected many other activities, including this blog. We must all honor our priorities!
This month I’m also breathing another sigh of relief. I’ve been working for a year and a half as a cook in a restaurant downtown, and my job ended on September 22. I had no idea how much pressure I’d been under until it was gone. Suddenly it was like the world was beautiful again. I was happy… joyful even. I wrote more about that in my Squidoo Diary a few days ago. The world turned upside down for me and I suddenly realized I can make it on what I’m earning online. My expenses are few, so what I’m bringing in along with what I have in my savings will see me through for a while.
This is my big chance to see how much I can get done online, to make my online income viable. I’m hoping to give it about a year, unless, of course, I get another job outside my home in the meantime. That’s somewhat unlikely as I live in a very small town with few job opportunities. Because I need to make this income happen, I will be creating as many new Squidoo lenses as I can. Yes, I’m committed to trying to make this work. I regret that I won’t be able to donate much to charity with my lenses; I wish my financial circumstances would allow it especially since donations are so encouraged here. Perhaps eventually I’ll be able to turn many of these lenses over to charity, and that is an altruistic goal to keep in mind and heart.
Anyhow, please join me in a few deep breaths, a moment of gratitude, and an awareness of joy. Life is good, Squidoo is fun, and my co-adventurers here are pleasant to be around. Thank you all very much for that!
October 6th, 2008 at 2:53 am
We have a lot in common. I too have a certain amount of time to work out how to earn an “online” income. It does not have to be a huge amount but just 2 or 3 hundred dollars a month will make such a difference.
Good luck & I will be watching your Squidoo Journey with interest.
October 6th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Don’t stop at making those lenses. Find ways to bring them to people who are likely to care about them as well.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Good luck hitting the goals you set, I feel it’s certainly attainable. The hardest part for me is that the evidence of any success is always delayed by a month…so I end up working in bursts.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Good Luck wth earning what you need online. Many of us are looking for the secret, some find it some don’t, but I hope that you do, well in fact I hope we all do.
Keep the lenses coming….
As time goes on you will find better ways to tweak them, better ways to promote them and to earn money from them.