Well, I’ve let this updating process slide. There’s my first mistake… Well, maybe not my first. But it certainly is a mistake. I really should be more diligent in this.

What have I done lately?

I figured how to get an affiliate link in NetFusion. It still don’t like this tool, but at least I have findarussianbride.com up. I have to find something that works better. As it is, I am thinking of just going straight to using SeaMonkey’s HTML editor to do this site. But I’m not sure that’s a good idea, either, because the way I want this thing to go will require more than what I know in HTML, and I haven’t got time to learn everything. If only I were a programmer in a former life instead of an artist! Ah, I’d rather be creative…

I’m continuing to try and follow my weekly task list. I am finding it really hard, because I’m working overtime at my job, still have to feed me and the kids, and I don’t really want to compromise what little time I do get with my kids. I’m thinking of setting up a little office in the living room or at least on the main floor of the house where I can start to do some more article writing and get these things done when the kids are over. I’m not really sure how I’ll manage that, though.

It’s funny, it’s not like I hate my job or anything. I actually like the work I do. I just want more than I think this will give me in the long term. I honestly don’t think that working for somebody else like this is going to give me the financial freedom and income that I desire, nor do I think that it will give me the freedom to do the things that I want to in my life - especially time with my kids. I don’t have a girlfriend, so that isn’t an issue (not that I would let it be, anyhow). I just want more out if life, I suppose. I’m tired of struggling with money so much that it makes me physically ill.

I make a pretty good living, but have been pretty foolish in the past in allowing certain spending to happen. I used to give Olga $1000 a month to cover groceries and sundry expenses. What a fool I was! That is so much money that just disappeared, it’s unbelievable - I have no idea where she actually spent it. And to top that off I just couldn’t say no to anything else. We got so far in debt that it’s ridiculous, and when she left me with all the debts, it nearly bankrupt me (I’m still struggling). I don’t ever want to be in that situation again. And I want the freedom to be able to get my kids a lot more than I ever had. Mostly of me - my time, togetherness with me, and learning about the world in ways that a lot of my family has never had, and never will, simply due to ignorance. If you don’t know that something is possible, why would yuo even think about it? I know what’s possible, because I’ve been exposed to more. And I want that for my kids!

So what else am I doing to get it? I’m trying to build that little site for Russian Romance up a lot better than it is! I’m also going to work on a fitness site. Really! I’m 41 years old, in better shape than most people half my age, and it’s because of the research and lifestyle that I have done for myself. I teach martial arts, and part of that is fitness… So why not? I think I can really get it going good, especially if I can get some testimonials and some solid plans in place right at the beginning.

So, if anyone’s interested in finding out more about fitness and diet, then contact me here on my blog! I’ll set you up with a custom weight loss plan, at no charge, so long as you agree to let me work with you and use your experience for my fitness project!

Any takers?