More time has passed, more thought has been thunk, and I think…I THINK I have an idea of where I actually want to go. But, let me back up a little bit and share a little bit of what’s been on my mind.
First of all, Anna Williams wrote a post a while back called “The Story of Suzie” that really made me think. If you haven’t read it…do so. It made me realize that I needed to learn to cook an egg. Not a literal egg. If you’re wondering what the heck I’m talking about, then you haven’t read it yet, and you haven’t heeded my instruction to do so…so do so!
Anyway in addition, I follow Anna on twitter, and she tweeted a link to another article that really made me think. The article was written by Josh Spaulding and was called “Why I Won’t Teach My Own Sister Internet Marketing“. In this article (again, if you haven’t read it…DO SO), Josh talks about one of the driving forces in success with Internet Marketing – a love of what you’re doing. At first when I read this article I began to think that maybe I was too hopeful to succeed in something that I just am not passionate about. I was right. AND I was wrong.
I realized that in all my trying-to-figure-out-what-to-do, I was really trying to focus on the wrong things. Do I want to make money online? I sure would like to. It would be nice to be able to free up my time so that I can do the things that I AM passionate about. But what I failed to realize is that these two separate things DO NOT have to be mutually exclusive.
I haven’t solved this puzzle for myself just yet. Not entirely. But I think I have figured out HOW I’m going to figure this out.
You see, so far, I think I have also been trying to do or be something that I am not. I’ve been trying to push a square peg through a round hole (did I REALLY have to use that cliche?) I think instead of trying to figure out something that I can do to make money…I am going to do something that I WANT to do and that I think I WILL enjoy doing…and see if from there I can turn it profitable. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t, but I’ll continue to tell it all here. That is, after all, what this blog is all about.
So, thanks for your patience, my loyal 4 readers (according to feedburner). Although, if you can believe my webstats, I’m up to over 1000 views per month on this li’l ol’ thing. I think it’s all the spambots though. If things go according to plan, you should start hearing from me more frequently in the coming weeks.
Happy Marketing!
May 29th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Dustin you always crack me up!!!! This is a great post! Thank you for linking to me, much appreciated. I’m sure your hundreds of readers will appreciate it too – human, or otherwise.
I think you have some great ideas going and I agree you should find something you really are passionate about!
What is your idea? What do you think you could do? Email me sometime if you have time to chat and hopefully I also will (at the same time)
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May 29th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Anna – you are privileged. I don’t link to just ANYONE! LOL. And…if I can make you laugh at the same time…all the better. One of my passions is making people laugh!
I’ll go on in another post, perhaps, about one of the directions I’m thinking about going. It’s still brewing a bit. I know that seems to be happening a lot with me, but eventually I will be a man of action! lol