Friday I stopped into the StreeWise office to receive an extension on my temporary badge. During orientation, the group of potential StreetWise vendors I was in were told that we had to sell 120 papers in a two week period. I had only sold 40 papers. I sat down with Greg, Director of Distribution of StreetWise to receive my extension. Greg first asked me if me if this was my first extension. It was. He then asked if I had sold any papers. I told him that I did. Greg went to check his computer that was running slow that day. He then stepped away from his computer to go to the cubical that was behind me because his computer was taking too long to log into his. “You’ve sold forty papers. Are you working a full-time … Read entire article »

Yesterday I tracked my entire day activities to see where my time goes. I didn’t do everything I wanted to do like play guitar, clean, practice my singing and learn to make money online. This is proof to me that a job takes up too much of my time. Hour Activity 5:00 a.m. – 5:30 a.m. Sleep 5:30 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. Sleep 6:00 a.m. – 6:30 a.m. Internet research 6:30 a.m. – 7:00 a.m. blog and Twitter 7:00 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. design blog 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. jog 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. jog 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Shower 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. School Homework 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. School Homework 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. School Homework 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. School Homework / Errands 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Errands 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Phone Calls 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Phone Calls 12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Wash Dishes / Lunch 1:00 p.m. – … Read entire article »

Since I’ve started a new network marketing business I’m realizing that I need to allocate some time to it each day. So what I will start doing is blogging about building my new network marketing business. I’m going to start sharing how I build my business each day and the time I allocate to it to serve three purposes. One is to strengthen my writing. Two is to add another dimension to my blog. Lastly is to give exposure to building a home-based business. Time Management  Managing my life has become a full-time occupation. It’s no wonder how it can easily fall apart if you work a full-time job. Today I’m going to start tracking my time and what I do with it. I’ll be posting it tomorrow in another table I’m … Read entire article »

Secret Information Yesterday I took a trip to the unemployment office to ask a few questions about my benefits. I spent an hour waiting to speak to someone. When I finally did, the woman sitting behind the desk asked me a few questions about why I was here. Before I could get a word out, she decided that I had signed the wrong sign-in sheet and started pointing me to another direction. I had to ask her several times just to allow me to speak. Once she did I was able to explain briefly my circumstances. She offered me a book on unemployment benefits. I asked a few more questions and she said she couldn’t offer me any more information or explain anything else to me due to being under staffed. Then she … Read entire article »

I work up at 5:00 a.m. today. Quite early for me. This has happened quite a bit since I’ve left my job. Worry I suppose. Since I’m comfortable now with creating tables I decided to use the time to work on my spreadsheet again, refining it to include all my expenses and breaking it down into weeks rather than days.  Facing the Dragon In all my years on earth, I have never sat down and took a look at my monthly income and expenses. I was quite in shock once I learned what I have to make each week to sustain myself. It really has put things into perspective for me. I’m now motivated and focused how I’m going to use my time now. There really is no time to relax. I have … Read entire article »

The Blog Novice’s Blogger’s Income Report August 2008     This month I’ve decided to make a comment on my blogger’s income report. As I read some of the blogs today I’ve been inspired. One new blogger to the list is The At Home Couple. What inspired me the most is how new income bloggers are earning more on Adsense than myself. Now that I have the time available (I quit my job) I’m going to dive in with both feet to learn more about making money online.     Busy Blogging – $4,343.75 Tyler Cruz - $3,830.15 Lazyman and Money – $2,246.60 Inspired Money Maker – $1,601.51 BlueVerse – $850.00 Duckle Danny – $583.63 Start Breaking Free – $420.92 Money & Web – $418.92 Atniz – $313.33 The Moneyac – $195.00 Chris Guthrie – $135.00 Norhafidz – $133.93 Teddy Money – $83.48 The Daily Dollar Report - $76.08 Greg Ellison – … Read entire article »

The Keys to the Kingdom Yesterday I had a yard sale. I decided that I would liquidate most of my possessions.  While I was pondering the idea of selling my things I couldn’t help but think of the story about Jesus telling the rich man to sell his possessions if he wanted to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. I’m beginning to believe that having a lot of “stuff” ties us down. Within an hour I had sold seven DVD movies for $4.00 for a total of $28.00 That was more than I had made selling StreetWise the entire week. Time and Money  My income from yesterday got me to thinking about the value of time that is put into an hour and the compensation that is received. The choice is ours to how we use and invest the twenty-four hours that … Read entire article »