Yup, not a lot of progress this week. I did manage to get at least a few things done - basically just a few articles. Have to get my newsletter into order, since I’m very behind on developing that. I’m trying to make that more useful with direct tips and instructions on what I’ve done and learned so far. I’m not sure about it and how much good it will do me. I don’t have any real plans on monetizing it. Even this site’s primary function isn’t monetization. This is more of a log for me and anyone who wants to learn from my experience than anything else. Eventually I will put up ad words on here. I did receive some interesting comments from Scott, who is also trying this concept of working off the internet to make some money. His site is much prettier than mine, so I can see the validity of his comments. Thanks, Scott! It just means that I have a lot more work to do… <sigh> Not that I’m complaining. I actually enjoy this a lot, and wish that I was already doing it fulltime.  :)

Scott’s site is really nice, and just looking at it has given me a few ideas of my own. I like the idea of the avatars and the suggested reading list. I have some of my own that I will now have to add, as soon as I figure out how. I also like the custom header with the graphics… Very nice! There are a few other concepts that he uses that I can really appreciate, which also show me how far behind I am in my plan and how little I really know about what I’m doing at the present time.

I didn’t get a thing done this weekend. I did sleep a lot, since I’ve been sick, but that’s still no excuse! The real reason I’m falling behind, I’ve come to realise, is that with two toddlers, it’s just hell to get the work done when they want your attention every waking second of the day. I’m wondering if even planning to do anything on the weekends is a good idea or not. Of course, the other thing is that it’s tax time and I do have a couple of clients whose taxes & books I am completing, and that is urgent, so it has taken priority over the internet business… 12 Months?  Well, should I be altering my goals? Not yet, that’s for sure. I think we all go through phases where we have doubts about our own abilities and that things that we are doing in our lives. I recently read that only 5% of the population actually has written goals. And of those, less than half actually follow through on them. And those 5% still tend to be amongst the most successful in life. So I guess I’m ahead of the curve in that aspect. I have been getting at least a couple of articles written each week, which does help in building a following on my sites - this site is actually my lowest visited site, as far as I can tell. I’m not very good at figuring out the statistics, yet. All in good time!

This week’s goal (besides the tax client issues) is to get all of my sites updated and with Askimet working, then to make sure that I have another plug in to avoid spam on the sites, such as Captcha, which was recommmended to me. Not sure what it is, yet, but I’m sure that I can figure it out! :) I know I’ve done something that not a lot of people have, and that is to simply launch this site right away, even without all of the content and perfectly beautiful design already in place. It is a work in progress, and that’s part of the fun, I think! At least for those who are following my progress.