And The Winner Is…
Do you ever get a cold sweat when you hear that phrase? You ever have that creeping anxiety go up your spine wondering if it’s going to be your name that’s anounced or the guy next to you who’s feeling extra cocky in his new sweater and ultra crisp khakis that looks like he hasn’t made one false move in them since he put them on six minutes ago? Sorry, another bad memory again.
I have been dreaming a heck of a lot lately, (probably from using this new subliminal technology software on my computer), and I just woke up and realized something.
Most of our lives seem to be a competition of sorts. A race to get through grade school, all sorts of competitions, science fairs and spelling bee’s. Who get accepted into what Jr High School, then more competitions and clubs to join.
Join the football team. No, join the chess club or better yet, become the local artist for the school paper. Going to a prestigious High school was a blur for me of competitions, academia an a lot of other nonsense. By the time I got into a college that had more Nobel Prize winners than it had toilet paper, I was disenchanted. Pre-law, snooty proffessors, backstabbing students and the list goes on and on.
I haven’t even gotten to the best part yet; competition in the work place! Now there’s a topic for you!
It’s like every morning before I got up, and everynight before I fell asleep, I heard that announcers voice bellowing, “And The Winner Is…”.
It’s funny though. We all work so hard fast and furious, fighting each other eventually for the priviledge of being able to do nothing at all. Is that the retirement we work so hard for? Is this the prize?
The problem with winning this “Rat Race” is, even if you win, your still a rat.
Well, that announcers voice is diminishing to me because I finally realized there is no competition I need to be in to achieve my goals. I don’t need to make more money than _________ or less money than __________ . It doesn’t really matter.
I finally had close to a $15 day ($14.77) to be exact. My adsense impresions are going up steadily and my click through rate with my YACG Pimped* sites are still around a healthy 25-30%.
I did get one or two really cool 50-80% click through days and I really wish I knew how I could repeat them, but I’m happy with what I have for now.
If my earnings stay clos to what they are, that is still a healthy extra $450 per month part time income with my first batch of site’s, which still aren’t truly complete yet by the way. I spent some time getting better content for my other sites as well as starting to incorporate some new tools and promotional methods.
I am still barely promoting my sites but last night I started to use “Trackback Submitter”. I cannot yet say what the results are yet, but from what I see, that is one powerful piece of software.
So, I am still learning and earning as I go along, but I refuse to get caught up into some competition or hype about the next big thing. I’ll just keep growing steadily and having fun until there is nothing left to do but relax. The reality is, there is no competition other than the one in your head. You either “create” your own success, or you don’t.
So if any of you ever see that anouncer guy, tell him he can take that blowhorn of his and stick it where only he can find it. Seriously.
“and the winner is…”
