365 Day Challenge Day 18, 19, and 20
January 20th, 2012 | 
Author: Hi everyone! Wow is it three days later already? I feel like I stepped into the Twilight Zone and time warped – where is January going so fast? Now I struggle to think of what I did on Day 18. I have no clue to be honest with you. I think I really flittered around aimlessly on Day 18 probably. Not even sure if I emailed out that day or not.
Twitter Disaster
Point is, I’m too lazy to go back and look so you’re stuck with me. Yesterday was a blur because I woke up at 1:50 AM wide awake and decided to work. This is where I went all sorts of wrong. I had only had 3 hours of sleep. not smart working. I decide to clean up my Twitter – with 6,000+ people I was following (because of respectfully following anyone who followed me), I was lost – never wanting to read my feed because it was just too many people and Tweets 90% of them spam or nothing but business and I want personality!
So I was sitting there going through the people I followed and unfollowing them. Well Twitter has a lovely LAG where – let’s say I wanted to UNfollow Joe Schmoe. I would click the unfollow link RIGHT as twitter decided to move the names up in the line, so I’d end up UNfollowing the WRONG person! I lost so many people I wanted to follow.
IF you see that I’m not following you, Tweet me. I know I lost at least 75-100 people I wanted to continue following and their name would disappear before I had time to jot it down and POOF – they were gone. Now some people’s accounts I DID unfollow because it was nothing but links to their blog or or advertising. There was no personality. No personal stuff at all – and I find those Twitter accounts boring. So anyhoo – follow me and Tweet me so I can re-find you.
Productivity-Wise
Um, no clue what my busybody self has achieved but I sure did work a lot. Yesterday was chaotic because on 3 hours of sleep, I had to volunteer at my daughter’s Lunch class and then she felt sick and came home with me (VERY annoyed that her brother turned the tables on her and called HER a faker lol).
So I had to hold her a lot and coddle her. And Shawn had a basketball game FORTY minutes away ugh – so I had to go to that and then didn’t get home till 7 PM. But they won and it was their FIRST win so I’m glad I went – and the team Tebow’d after they won. It was cute.
Now workwise, yesterday in my sleepy state, I brainstormed my entire Confidence Class program and decided it won’t be an on-going membership COST, but it will be a one time membership login. I mapped out all the lessons and categories and got feedback from my mentor.
I’m VERY excited and I don’t think there’s anything else like this on the market, which is a wonderful thing. AND it’s nice to be focused on positive and uplifting things on a site dedicated to helping people.
I didn’t do any product reviews yet but I figure I’ll get those up at some point – maybe today.
I am working hardcore on my product that WAS going to be my info product release from the challenge, but now I’ve decided to make it a Resell PLR eBook and I’m going to own one o fthe licenses and use it to make my own product for my website with video courses to go along with it.
I decided to run a WSO for this particular resell PLR pack that will have a discount and bonus items I THINK. Not 100% sure yet. That’s where my focus is today. I made these little sticky tabs with tasks written on them and I shut my eyes and grab one (they’r hanging off my desk). So I have all sorts of things I want to get done today and I don’t feel like prioritizing them.
The first one I grabbed was “Make blog post for days 18, 19, and 20″ and I groaned. Dreading it because I’ve veered offtrack – but you know what? It was due to life’s chaos AND excitement. I spent a lot of time working on the new site ideas and that energized me.
Yeah I know my handwriting sucks. Always has since I started using a computer. So that’s only a few of my tasks – I have a string of them across my desk. Some will get done and some won’t. I won’t sweat it.
Who Do You Feel Exudes Confidence in Internet Marketing?
As I was mapping out my Confidence Class course, I started thinking of people who have a combination of traits I like to see – ethics/morals, quality, kindness, and … confidence!
It’s VERY hard to find all of these rolled up into one person. Of course I feel my mentor Craig has it all. But I know many marketers who ooze confidence – yet their ethics are lacking. I know some who have too much confidence in their products when they really might need to revisit them, only they’re overly confident and feel they don’t need tweaking.
Today’s Confidence Class lesson – by the way – is all about how you prevent the PAST from hindering your ability to succeed in the future – and it has 4 pictures of me in it for the thing that hindered me for two years – MY LOOKS! For two years I refused to do video blogging because of looks. Finally, I got past it.
Alrighty people I have thing to get done today! Better close my eyes and pull another sticky tab!
tiff 
Posted in Internet Marketing
I know what you are talking about working while you are not all there. I had a really bad sinus headache one day and decided to keep working because I wanted to get some patterns listed on my bead pattern site. Well, to cut the story short, I deleted out a category that had 17 patterns in it. LOL So now, I make sure that I can think halfway straight before working on my sites.
On day 18, I was busy with my MIL all day as she was dropped off by my SIL for me to take her to her Cancer doctor appointment. I still managed to get some work done on my bead patterns but nothing was uploaded.
On day 19, I managed to get some of my bead patterns finalized and uploaded to my bead shop. I also wrote a blog post about all the patterns that had been uploaded but it did get posted until after midnight today.
So far today, all I have gotten done is check my emails. I get up late as I am up late. I didn’t get to sleep until sometime around 4am this morning. I tend to do my best work between 10pm and 4am. I guess there is not as much noise around and hubby is usually asleep. We have a lot of construction going on around here that seems to make the atmosphere noisy. I hope to get some more of my untested patterns up on my bead pattern site so that someone will bead them for me and I can list them in the main part of the site. I am on a roll with my bead patterns. I don’t seem to be getting anywhere with my PLR or books that I am writing. Oh well, all in good time. Right now, my bead patterns are my money makers.
It is so good that you are able to be so involved with your children. I had to work so their grandmother did all of that and I felt I lost a lot. It was more like they were her children than mine. I did spend quality time with them when I could but I was working fulltime and going to college at the same time while they were young. By the time I had a lot of free time, they were grown up and grown away from me. Got them back when they really grew up and spend as much time with them as I can now. As a matter of fact, Saturdays are set aside for my daughter and my 2 grandchildren.
Well, now that I have written a book. Have a great day.
Oh no Gma! I have done things like that too. Better not let yourself flip your sleep schedule upside down. I did that one summer – I’d go to bed at 6 M, sleep all day and be up all night. It was hard to flip myself back. Feel free to come write a book anytime – it’s how we all support one another and feel connected!
I am starting to get out of a funk I have been in for quite some time and am feeling good about things again. I am working on my bead patterns and getting into my commenting on blogs again. I am so happy.
I’m SO glad Gma! It feels good to rise out of a funk. It also helps us remember NEXT time we’re in a funk that it’s possible to get out of one
You’ve made awesome progress. I have not, but that’s okay. After all of those plans I made the question popped up, “Does this really fit you?” The answer wasn’t a complete no, but I can see where some of the things I thought I’d do, just aren’t me.
I’ve been reading all of your posts and my first thought is, “I am not talking to you!” {folds arms and sticks out tongue} Picture Nellie Olsen. LOL. But that’s the comedian coming out. You do truly inspire us.
I’ve been having a lot of headaches lately, mostly sinus pressure. It’s limited my computer time, which limits work time. I have to come up with a more workable plan that can be accomplished in a few hours. I normally spread it out during a work day, but that’s not happening right now.
Glad everyone else is making progress. That makes me smile when I read the comments.
Oh headaches are burdening me too Patti! I think it’s the Mountain Ceder here.
Lots of cedar here in southern MO. I was wondering what was causing it this time of year, and I bet that’s it. In fact, there’s several bushes/trees right below our windows. We live in a second floor apartment.
The headache I can deal with, but when the vision gets blurry after a few hours from the pressure, it’s hard to do anything computer related. I need to get off the puter now, but I’m being stubborn, as usual. LOL. Plus, I haven’t been very social this week, so trying to make up for it some.
Oh yeah on the news yesterday they said it was the highest they’d seen here lately so I looked it up because I never normally have headaches and they’re mild but yep – it causes them. And our weather’s been like a rollercoaster – 75 then 50 then 72 then 40. That screws up my sinuses too.
Same here with the weather. We’re having 16 and 18 degree days in between 35 and 50 degree days. Once or twice it’s even gotten up to almost 70. I guess that would mess up the cedar trees too.
I normally have mild sinus headaches, but these are a bit worse than mild.
I’ve hand written five articles today in between house work and stuff. I don’t know why I didn’t think of that sooner. A lot of times when I start getting shiny object syndrome, I will get away from the computer and hand write all my content. I think I should just keep hand writing in my normal routine.
love handwriting!
I love working through the night and the early hours of the morning – it’s so peaceful. My usual schedule is to go to bed at 3AM, read a book until 4AM, go to sleep and then get up at 8AM ready to kick ass again. I don’t seem to need much sleep to feel refreshed!
Your handwriting isn’t terrible – at least you can read it! Mine doesn’t even look like English.
Well today I’m racing to write lots of content for a product review PLR membership. I was writing some on the train coming back from London and I had people looking over my shoulder at what I was writing!
Did I mention that I’ve already had 3 sales from my affiliate site? Not sure – anyway, checked it yesterday (or the day before, can’t remember) and I saw that I had sold 3 products already! And I’ve hardly had any traffic so that’s great. It gave me inspiration to keep working on it a little more once I’ve gotten all of this membership PLR finished!
I hope everyone is well!
OMG I’d be a zombie. All this beauty requires lots of sleep, as you can imagine Nathan LOL!
Congrats on the sales!!!!!!
What?! You said you were shackled to the desk, unable to leave the computer but the truth comes out – you’re just not human.
FOUR hours of sleep?! That’s how much we got when our first daugther was born and it was torture!
Hats off to you Nathan!
Tiff, you asked who we feel exudes confidence and immediately I thought of Nathan. He is not only very productive, but he is also very thorough. I sometimes even “cheat” and get the cliff notes from Nathan on certain IM things that I’m trying to figure out.
Kind, funny, generous, ethical. It’s no wonder he’s doing well.
Congrats Nathan on those sales on your affiliate site!
So true about Nathan. When I get an email from him about his marathon writing sprees, I’m almost irritated, but it inspires me so much.
He reminds me of George Bailey. He was just “born older.”
One day we’ll see a picture of him in front of his mansion and his Ferrari.
I don’t think you followed from the get-go, but if you’re interested in collaborating digitally, feel free to add me in return on Twitter!
Always love your perspectives…
Jim
@jamesbrauer
Got it! I always look at people’s Tweets and see if they’re real or just a link spam farm. lol
just wanted to tell you that the pic of you in the santa outfit is fantastic!!
Thanks – sad I had ZERO confidence back then. lol
Yipes! I see I’m going to have to figure out how to upload a picture when posting on your site. I don’t want to be a sideways-G all my life. LOL!
At least it’s better than the egghead I was when I started my Twitter accoung. It took me a bit before I figured out how to upload my pic.
Okay, so I’m doing my check-in here for week 3. I did get some good work done, but I was all over the place in terms of following my schedule. I’m learning that sometimes its hard to put lessons learned into practice – like how in week one I learned that there will always be more that can be done so closing my laptop and getting involved in life around me is important.
This week I feel a bit like someone learning to juggle – always dropping a ball. Arg! But, I am going to get back on track over the weekend – and then I head to Tennessee to spend a week with my best girlfriend. I plan on doing some reading on some IM topics – so I can give poor Nathan a break from having to feed me the cliffnotes! LOL!
My hope is to come back educated enough to implement some ideas I have for my business.
Just sign up with whatever email you use on gravatar.com – it’s free. And it will connect your image to the email. I love this Tiff: “there will always be more that can be done so closing my laptop and getting involved in life around me is important.” You are right on!
Tiff, I have been dreading overhauling my Twitter account and you just gave me the needed push to do it now. Thanks for the tip on making sure not to unFollow those you still want to follow.
It was again a slow week for me, productivity wise, but I think I did enough work with what energy and time I had. I am learning to accept that productivity isn’t really about meeting your expectations of yourself, but about doing your best given your goals and tasks at hand. And to do it on a consistent basis – work to see results and again and again.
*Focus on the glass half full, not on it being half empty and raise the level to the top.
+Faith
Yeah make sure you go slow clicking because it will move the line up and you might click on someone you want to keep.
You were and still are a beautiful person. Real beauty is on the inside, not the outside.
I’m up to date on my PLR site – have 16 articles done and I’m happy with that. Not so pleased with my Amazon sites. The PLR is taking much longer than expected and I’m running out of time each day. I’m not going to beat myself up about it though, I’m just glad I’ve finally gotten stuff written! The flow will come when the time is right.
I used to be a night owl and would work till 2am. Now I try to be in bed by 10.30 so I can get my beauty sleep in. Trouble is I’m often still awake at 2am as the mind won’t stop. Next time I see my doctor I’m going to ask if anesthetic comes in tablet form!
It is Kathy but tell that to a little girl being teased for her looks. lol I had the night owl problem too and I finally got myself on track.
Hi Tiff
Great confidence post.
I am not going to follow you on Twitter because if you follow me back I think the only tweets that go out for me are social book marking for my sites so no “me” stuff. I have your ebook A Beginners Guide to Twitter and I intend to learn that in my 2 hours a week “learning” for the 365 day challenge which I need to get onto sooner rather than later.
All going well, keeping up with my challenge – I have a spreadsheet and take great joy in adding little ticks all the time!! It’s a Virgo thing, we love making lists and ticking them off. I’m a little behind at the moment but should catch up tomorrow.
I like the list ticking too Jan
NP on Twitter – but if you ever create a good account with some of You mixed in, Tweet me 
Hi Tiff,
I think you asked who exudes confidence in IM, but is ethical, honest. Paul Evans at Nicheology comes to mind. He is a public speaker also. I trust very few on the Internet, but he is one I do.
He is very charity oriented. He supports orphans. I think he gives half his income to creating the orphanages. Although he doesn’t mention this often.
Debbie
That’s awesome Debbie!