is turning out a lot harder than I initially thought it would be!

back in the saddle
When initially deciding I wanted to have a little break, relax, enjoy and look at all my options, I thought I could just resume blogging on the date I had set before going off.

Little did I know that my time off would have such a huge impact, it feels like my mind has gone through a complete reset, and as a result, many habits have been reset as well.

I was one of those people who would check email, comments and stats just too many times a day, but boy, did I break through that pattern!

After posting my announcement of being back, I switched off my computer not to turn it on again until today and it is only now that it really feels ok to go back again, adding things-to-do to my day.

I was still on this high, I just can’t express how great is was to have my mom and friend over for a short week, especially since it made me see just how important family bonds are, something that is easy to forget after 10 years living on my own in a foreign country.

A few months ago I was reading about the 20/80 rule, that says most people spend 80% of their time on things that aren’t productive, productive being described as things that really work for you, whether that be business wise, family wise etc.

The initial break I set for myself, was to make a clean cut and evaluate just were my time went, because I can tell you right now, that even though it felt I was really working hard, I can see now it just wasn’t leading me anywhere.

Another thing “going on in my life” has gotten me think about something else, I am about to land my first huge commission (well over $1000) on just one sale, without using any tricks, without selling a crappy product and it isn’t online either. All of a sudden all my initial hang-ups on making money through commissions have disappeared and made me realize it is possible staying close to my own values and making money in the process.

Quite awesome to see this all happening after such a long time of struggling, however I do feel there is another way to go at it and build up a steady income stream without having to toss my values out the door.

When I first started this blog, I never meant for it to become a blog about making money, I only wanted a place to vent, test out methods I was using and writing about the progress and effects, but little by little the focus is going into another direction and more and more this is becoming a place dear to me.

The problem with having something become dear to me, is that I tend to spend too much time on it, wanting to nurture it, make it grow and become special, and again I started to fall into the 20/80 percent theory, and have my vision become blurry.

I have started a new project this week though and really need to stay on track this time, giving it all I have and make sure I don’t shortcut myself by becoming sidetracked again.

So after thinking a lot about it, one of the best ways to stay on track probably is becoming accountable for it, so I will start blogging on my progress after I have finished the initial set-up process which should be over the course of next week.

If you have been reading my lasts posts and comments, you can already see what I am starting to set up, kind of is a no-brainer so I won’t say too muchabout it at this point in time. I do hope however to be able to report some exciting updates pretty soon so stay tuned!

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