March 21, 2008
Yesterday I had the day off. Of course I didn’t get as much done as I would’ve liked, but I did accomplish a lot and even went out dancing last night. I had a great time! I almost stayed home to get more done, but it’s been a couple months since I went to my favorite country bar. My girlfriend was going to be there to be my designated driver, so out I went. I have Sunday off again.
The biggest thing I accomplished was to learn how to enter pages in my new data base from my son, Bob Schmuck. We had a phone conference and he walked me through it. I think I added about 8 pages yesterday after he taught me. They were simple 1-2 paragraph pages. but they will get the job done.
I got some posting done today and yesterday.
Sunday I will look over my 48 Day Challenge goals and see where I’m at. Yesterday Bob was going to show me how to add Kontera to my sites, but I hadn’t added the sites yet. I thought it would be like Adsense and it could be done right then. I will have to put that goal on hold until I get the other sites approved.
Well, today will be busy. My oldest son and his family will be here to work on my youngest son’s car. We will have an early Easter egg hunt for my grand daughter since they won’t be back in town on Sunday. There is the Easter picnic for the group homes today and I will be taking pictures. I guess it’s time to pull myself away from the computer!
March 19, 2008
I did it! For this month (so far) I have averaged a dollar a day, well….$1.09 to be exact. The income came from Adsense, Review Me, and Kontera (in that order). Even without the Review Me income, I have doubled my previous daily average and I am $3 away from having my highest earning month with Adsense. Last year I made $2.63 for all of March!
I have stayed motivated as I struggled along working on making money on the internet. Actually making money is a very big motivator. This is a step towards making enough money to decrease hours at a wage earning job and eventually not having to work wage earning at all!
It is a very happy day for me and there is still about 12 more hours for clicks! By May 2008 I want to receive my second Adsense check from Google. It took me 16 months to receive my first one, when I get one in May, it will be 6 months since that first check. I hope to keep whittling away at the length of time between checks until I get one every month.
March 16, 2008
My road has been slow moving on my journey to making money on line. The resent extra effort for my 48 Day Challenge is already showing results. Last year I broke past earning pennies a day to nickels and dimes as day. Well, this month I moved up to quarters! I’m about 30 cents away from making what I made last month!
You may wonder why I post about my small milestones, it’s because usually it’s the ones that are making big money (or at least saying they are making big money) that post their accomplishments. It can be discouraging for those at my level. Sometimes it can seem like everyone is making money except me! I choose not to be embarrassed, but be an encouragement to others to keep shuffling along until you can run forward with income from the internet. We need to know we are not alone.
Easter Sunday we will be closed for the holiday at Wal-Mart. It will be the last holiday we will close for. Starting this year our store will stay open for all the holidays. I look forward to being home, catching up, and getting some steaks and ribs to BBQ for our Easter dinner. It is such a relief to know I’ll be home an extra day.