Do you ever have so many things that you’d like to be doing – but you can’t juggle them all?

I find it terribly difficult to focus on ONE project at a time.  One thing that I have found that helps is to ALWAYS keep a notebook nearby.  That way, when I’m working on “Project A” and I have ideas for 5 other projects I can jot them down and get them out of my head and stay focused.  Otherwise, I end up jumping from A to B to C and then I can’t even remember what I was initially working on!

Stay tuned to future posts to hear about my latest projects…..working on “multiple streams of income”  – woo hoo!

Oh my goodness!  I feel bad for what this woman is going through….but at the same time I am just laughing like crazy.

Her Husband cheated on her and she is listing the evidence on eBay.  The best part of this unfortunate happening – besides the “tarts knickers” -  is her description of the discovery and the follow-up she posted.

You have to check out this auction, click here.

Plus, if you are into internet marketing then take a look at the number of ‘hits’she has received towards the bottom.  What would you do with THAT many hits?

Do you remember the guy that auctioned off his ex-wife’s wedding dress?  He was a manly-man and took pictures of himself in the dress to advertise it.  He definitely had his ‘15 minutes of fame’.  I’m sure you could still find it out on the web somewhere…I found it….here it is.

I need to work on thinking up something totally unusual that would get a ton of hits and use those leads for future sales……hmm……now is sooo not the time for me to start brainstorming…I’ll work on that later.

I have built up various income streams both online and off that easily replace my J-O-B salary AND provide enough money for me to purchase my own decent health insurance.  My debt is paid off and I have several months of living expenses in the bank.

So that’s it, I’m done.  Sayonara, adios – good-bye!  I put in my resignation letter – 2 weeks notice (wish it could’ve been 2 hours).  I no longer need to trade 40 hours/week + 2 hours in the car each day for a pay check.  I don’t have to get dressed up   I don’t have to sit at my desk doing the same thing I’ve done every year.  I don’t have to live life based on the standard 9-5 ’till your 65 (or 75+).

Enough focusing on all the things I no longer have to do……let’s focus on what I now get to do:

Choose how I spend my time – Including those 11 hours a day Mon-Fri that were spent devoted to the J-O-B & commuting.  ELEVEN HOURS A DAY!!  Oh my!!

Create more balance in my life.  If I decide to go to Yoga at 2 in the afternoon I can do that.  If I decide to attend a seminar in the middle of the week – I can do that without having to get approval for a vacation day.

I get to spend more time with family and friends.  I can meet up with my Mom for lunch in the middle of the week.  When my best-friend is visiting from out-of-state I can take time to hang out with her for the day.

For my business I can focus on what I am best at doing and out-source the rest.

I get to put energy into working smarter and having me, myself and I reep the benefits!

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Back to reality…I still have that 40-hour a week J-O-B.  I was just seeing what it would be like to announce to the world that I finally took the leap away from the day job.  It was kind of a power of positive thinking exercise a “the secret” type of thing.  What you think about you will create.  Put it out there to the Universe/God/Spirit and if it is meant to be, then it will happen.

And I KNOW it will happen.  I have overcome some large hurdles to get this far (self-created hurdles by the way).

Hey…don’t  knock it.  It has worked for me in the past with little things (like making ALL the lights) and big things (getting a J-O-B that I wanted).

I just felt compelled to post this…

“I don’t want to buy anything, sell anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that.”–Lloyd, from the movie “Say Anything” (1989)

I was interested in the art of basket weaving. It’s something I remember doing in Girl Scouts many moons ago and I thought it would be neat to do it again. I had just cut down some vine type things that were weaving themselves in and out of a chain link fence. I soaked them for a day or so and started on my weaving adventure. I found some good directions for making a melon basket online. My first attempt at a basket didn’t turn out so hot. I formed the 2 loops and started on the God’s Eye part. It wasn’t too sturdy and even though I soaked the vines, they kept breaking on me! I haven’t sat down to attempt another basket yet – but I will.

From that venture into native crafts I began looking up information on uses for other natural materials – such as pine needles. Pine needle baskets are really quite neat – and yes, they are being sold on eBay you can check some out here.

So that is how I ended up doing a search for Pine Needles being sold on eBay. And sure enough – folks are selling them. There are only a handful of people selling them. Last time I looked, one of the auctions was at $11.99 with 3 days to go and charging $7.50 for shipping! That’s not bad for something found in your backyard! Click here to see LIVE auctions where people are selling Pine Needles!

• step 1: gather pine needles and clean slightly
• step 2: make sure they are totally dried out (let them sit in the sun) or sell green ones
• step 3: once dried, put in appropriate bundles
• step 4: take pictures
• step 5: list on eBay

What could you add to the auction to make yours stand out from the others?

• directions on how to make a few baskets
• some other basket making accessory (basketry string?)

How is that for thinking “outside the box” (or should I say, basket?) LOL.

NOT!!

Anyone that tells you that you’ll become rich with a few clicks of the mouse is full of it. (I’ll let you decide just what “it” is).

That is not to say that many of the methods out there aren’t viable – they are. However, what many so-called “internet marketing gurus” fail to tell you is that BEFORE you are making money “easily” you must put in the hard work. Nose to the grindstone, commitment, effort, elbow grease…etc. Your success is totally dependent on YOU! Not how much you paid for a “get rich quick” program and not how many glowing testimonials that your new mentor has.

That being said, we as eager “get rich quickers” often disregard the first page or so of that new e-book we downloaded so quickly – you know the one – it is going to have us sitting on the beach in the Bahamas with a *insert favorite drink here* in our hand, the laptop on our lap and tons ‘o cash rolling into our PayPal account….all in 30 short days! All we need to do is follow the step-by-step program and it is almost guaranteed – financial freedom at last – all for only $49.95 – but for a limited time only and this is one-time-offer.

Where was I? Oh yes…the disclaimer page. The one that states that simply reading the book does not guarantee success. It is quite similar to those tempting diet commercials – “Susie Q lost 50 lbs. in 2 weeks” and now she wears her bikini while grocery shopping small print – results not typical…blah, blah, blah. But you know it, and I know it – we all HOPE that we will be like Susie Q….and the reality is, most of us will not. OR at least we won’t until we get the right combination of will power, determination and commitment.

My disclaimer: Not all internet marketing / eBay gurus are evil, money sucking, greedy little buggers. I will be reviewing different methods, products and gurus. These will be HONEST reviews from my perspective – what you choose to do with them is up to you.

I will leave you with a favorite quote……

“Nothing great is ever achieved without much enduring.”- St. Catherine of Sienna