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What Happened To Heidi?
Man, it has been a long time since I have posted anything. No… I didn’t drop off the side of the earth, although it felt like it for awhile there.
I was about 3/4 of the way through Alex Jeffreys training program when my day job picked up. Unfortunately, they decided they needed to realign positions and made some HUGE layoffs. Yes, as everyone tells me, I’m one of the lucky ones that I was not laid off. The only thing is that everyone that stayed had to take on a ton of extra responsibilities.
I had to take on some extra accounts, at least until they figured out who was going to be doing what after the layoffs. From about September through November I was so extremely stressed at work I was pretty much a vegetable when I got home.
I don’t think I have ever been so stressed out. It seemed that everything, everyday was urgent and I was constantly rushing to get this done, to get this done, to get this done. Then I got a laptop so I could work from home if needed… Well, that just meant I was checking emails the second I got up in the morning and then everynight before going to sleep. It seemed like I lived, breathed and dreamed about my work. I was so stressed that it felt like my heart was racing 24/7.
You would think that would motivate me even more to get my online business growing, but I was just so exhausted from it all. Things have started to calm down a little, but I’m struggling with getting back into the swing of things with my online work. I’m back to feeling overwhelmed because there are so many things I feel like I should be working on.
So what am I doing now? Well, I am going to go back through all of my training from Alex Jeffreys course and start from square one.
My boyfriend and I started a new workout program as of the New Year and I signed up to be an affiliate for the program. I thought, what better product to blog about and promote than one I’m going through myself. One, it will force me to be accountable and I’ll have plenty to share on my blog because I’ll be experiencing it from start to finish. I’m going to use what I learn from Alex Jeffreys course to get it set up, drive traffic to it and build a list.
Now more than ever I want to do internet marketing full time. I don’t ever want to get as stressed as I was during those few months at my day job. It seriously drained the life out me and I was really unhappy. I even thought about finding a new job, but this is what I really want to do. It would be silly to start out at a new job. What I need to do is really focus on my online business so that I can quit the 9 – 5 routine completely.
Anyhow, I plan to post more regularly again so you should see more of me from here on out.
I would LOVE to hear how other people manage their online businesses with full time jobs.
Please leave a comment and share how you re-focus yourself after getting home from an exhausting day?
Pursuing our dreams may sometimes be difficult. But the most important thing to remember is never to give up. taking little steps each day will lead you closer.
Hi Heidi!
It is scary out there. I too have full time day job and you never know what could happen. I wish I could spend more time on my internet marketing and my blog, but things get in the way. I think it would be awesome to be able to blog full time and make money at it. I guess that is a dream of mine. Well hopefully one day. It may take sometime, but I am plugging away at it. You too. Keep up the great work and you never know someday this will be your full time job
Thanks Jim! I would LOVE to work internet marketing full time. We’ll get there!
Well I hope so one day! It would be great to be able to work from the comfort of home and enjoy what I am doing. Not that I don’t enjoy my full time job, well its ok, but it pays the bills if you know what I mean (hope my boss isn’t reading this). It certainly would be a nice change to be able do something I love doing like blogging and make enough money to pay the bills. I think it would give me more time with my family.
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Hey Heidi,
Well I am one of the ones who ended up quitting my full time job to go online and this is how I did it. I came home from work and got online and started going to other peoples blogs and offering them free graphics. I was doing my own graphics because I was too cheap to hire someone to do it for me.
So as I gave away free graphics to people I was prompted by Gary Simpson to go ahead and make a business out of it. I really didn’t want to do it cause I thought my skills were not good enough and that I wouldnt make much money.
The funny thing is that once I put a payment button on my website, the orders came flowing in. And the reason why was awesome. I had given so many free graphics away that those people came back and paid me for the next one and they freely advertised for me on their blogs.
I had no idea that this would happen but it did and I’m grateful for it. Now I don’t make a killing online or anything but saw a simple business plan become successful. So in 2010 I plan on giving more away and building my business in other areas.
If you just stay on track, you will do great I know. Use the fact that you get frustrated and burnt out from your job to justify the extra time you put in onlline. I could have never imagined that I get to spend more time with my kids than I ever did before simply because I can take them to school and pick them up.
Sorry for the long reply but I really think you will succeed because of going back through the course again. I did the same thing. Don’t worry about getting it right, just get it going.
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Hi Michael, I think that is so awesome that you were able to quit your day job. Yes, my frustrating day job should motivate me even more. I just need to try to clear my mind after work so that I feel fresh and re-energized when I sit down to work on my online business. I can’t wait for the day that I can do this full time too. Thanks so much for your comment.