If There Is A Reset Button For Life, I’ve Just Pushed It!

This week’s post (and moving forward) will be more personal than most of my entries. I am realizing that I need to be more transparent about my life and my business in affiliate marketing. I am still a student in this profession, and I always will be because you never stop learning and growing. The more I document my process and progress, the more people I think I will reach who are in the same or similar situation.

The whole purpose of this blog is to share my story of success and show others that success is imminent if they do the work. Most of that work involves dedication and the ability to be teachable. Like anything else, you must learn to crawl before walking, which involves practice and determination to get what you want.

Within my associations with Dean Holland and the Internet Profits company (to which Dean is the man at the helm), I have been a willing and teachable participant and student within a community of like-minded marketers for a year now. With its shared goals and support, this community has been instrumental in my journey. Although I am not as far into the process as I want to be (due to my habits and justifications), I am much farther along in my journey to financial freedom than ever.

Since the introduction of the internet, I have been looking for a way to make money online. I don’t even want to count how many years that’s been. It’s always been a driving force behind my goals and dreams for a financially stable future, where working for someone else could be a memory I could look back on. Unfortunately, I have never managed to become successful at anything I’ve tried, especially in the competitive field of affiliate marketing.

Several weeks ago, I went through a personal crisis that completely opened my eyes about how life, family, and relationships intertwine with emotion, mood, drive, and motivation. When one part of your life is in the “crapper,” it affects every part of your life. It changes how you think and feel about the world, how you think about your future, and how you change as a person.

This year has been a tough year for me. In February, I lost my dad. It wasn’t a surprise as he was 95 years old and bedridden. I’ve had quite a bit of time to contemplate his passing and try to come to terms with the fact that this is life, and nobody gets out alive. Since he passed, I find myself dwelling on things such as my mortality. How long have I left on this earth? What do I have to show for it?

The simple and “normal” answer is that I have much to be proud of. I have a fantastic son that I raised as a single mom with the help of my incredible father. I have a beautiful daughter-in-law and three intelligent, funny, and fabulous grandchildren that any grandma would be proud of. I have my mom, who is still hanging on, and two wonderful brothers, whom I adore. I have a roof over my head, a job that pays the bills and puts food on the table, and a car to transport me where I need to go. I have more than a lot of people who are not as fortunate. Yet, despite all this, I feel like I have been settling for the life I have been living up until now, and this feeling of settling makes me feel unfulfilled.

Lately, I only want to stay in bed and watch Dr. Phil. I honestly would rather watch and be appalled by the stories of people whose lives are so much worse than mine so I can say that I don’t have it so bad. But then Sunday night comes along, and once again, I am filled with anxiety about the prospect of getting up at 5:00 in the morning to go to a job I hate. It consumes me. I don’t want this life anymore.

Honestly, this is not the first time I have felt this deflated, and I’m sure it won’t be my last unless I figure out how to turn this around in my favor. As I said before, working with Dean Holland is the longest and greatest process I have ever been on to financial freedom—the reasons are profoundly evident to me. Dean is like no other “guru” marketer on the planet. Although tremendously successful now, he has never forgotten how he started and failed miserably for years. He talks about his struggles and failures as though he understands what I’ve been through…because he does know and has lived it himself.

For the first time, I’ve found a true mentor in Dean, who understands and believes in my principles. Someone who believes in honesty and transparency. A person of integrity and a real passion for helping others succeed in fulfilling their dreams. I will keep moving towards my goal and my “why” with Dean as my mentor. I know I will be successful someday, no matter what life throws at me. I believe this wholeheartedly. I need to get out of my way and trust the process because knowing and seeing Dean’s success proves that the process does work if you do the work.

This is my open pledge to the world:

From this day forward, I will consistently stay focused and diligent about progressing in my affiliate marketing training and taking the necessary actionable steps to make my first dollar in affiliate marketing.

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