Working From Home – The Dark Side Of It

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[ad#ad-1]It’s amazing how much work you can get done when you put your mind to it, and you’re left alone to do it. I feel like I accomplished some good work today, not something I usually feel I have done. Working at home with a wife AND 2 kids closeby is a challenge to say the least. Then on top of it you have the nonna and nonno calling every morning to see how the grand children are doing , lol. Running a $600,000 business from home is strange. Everyone thinks you make enough just to “get by”, so I guess they don’t your business too seriously so they feel it’s ok to interrupt you when they need to. If I rented a big office in downtown Vancouver, then I would look like a success I’m sure , haha. It’s funny how appearance is everything. If people know you’re at home they figure you must not be doing very good.

I have always said the fastest way to make more money is to save more money. Why bother paying rent if you don’t have to, seems really stupid to throw $3,000 a month just to play the part of a high roller. People who act like high rollers usually aren’t rolling in anything, except the bus. This is the reason I don’t rent office space, waste of money and very unnecessary. That being said I need to find more quiet surroundings to work from.

Some of the spots I have thought of to use as my office space include the public library, backyard patio (maybe still too close to home), various coffee shops, parent’s basement (doubt that would work well), or B.C.I.T in Burnaby. Hell, I could even work from my Caddy if I needed to, pull up to some random house on a residential street and use their internet access. I was even thinking of working from my garage, good enough for me. I will have to figure out a solution, cause it’s driving me a bit nutso.

Its tough I want to be home but it’s hard to focus, when you have little Stefania (my daughter) sitting on my lap as I make Google ads, and wanting to watch Tree House.

Does anyone have any suggestions where would be a good place to work from that has free wireless internet access? Leave a comment I would love to know!

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Robson Steet/ Thurlow Avenue, downtown Vancouver

random photo: taken on Robson Street downtown Vancouver on May, 8 roughly 8 pm

Working Towards A $100,000 Net Per Month

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The lack of updates are a result of me working on my $100,000 a month goal. I have been researching new niches to try to find another “golden goose” to give me the jump I need to pull in at least another $500-$1000 day of profit, hopefully I have found it. Now I need to start the whole process of building campaigns, testing and so on. Lots of work ahead for me, at least my income will be coming in nicely from what I’m getting daily so far, while I work on this new money maker.

That’s the great thing about affiliate marketing, you can work the same hours every day but your income will continue to grow and grow, it’s the snowball effect of having so many ads running on Google. Obviously not everyday is like a shiny new penny but overall, you can’t beat this lifestyle. The cool thing about pay per click, if you put in the work it will happen. No office, no need for 20 employees, a laptop with a wireless internet connection and the world is your office.

And the reason I even blog about my financial status is to help to guide me along the way, that’s the only real reason. I don’t really like people knowing how much I pull in, feels weird. I guess if I blog about it, then it’s my fault though lol.

And the goal for $100k? I made it for September 2008, that helps to burn a little fire under may ass. It keeps me on my toes and helps to make me focus more. I was always the kid in school who got distracted easily, and who distracted others from doing there work. Something that I’m constantly working to improve on.

** PS: Don’t forget Mother’s Day on Sunday May, 11.

That’s all for now.

Shot of freighter in Burrard Inlet, taken from New Brighton Park in Vancouver

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Picture taken of freighter in Burrard Inlet, May 5, 2008 from New Brighton Park in Vancouver

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West Vancouver A Magical Place Of Success

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The West Vancouver Park Royal Village is a magical place, that probably has the largest assortment of wealthy people in one shopping area. I mean where else can you see Aston Martin cars, Bentleys, Porsches, Mercedes, BMW’s etc all in one place?

As Roberto said “he loves the vibe there”, I have to agree. Being around successful people makes me want to strive for even more. Am I materialistic, I don’t think so. I don’t need or want a Bentley, but I want to be the best at what I do. Why is that? Hmm, I think it’s like a game, we are all players in the game of life, like it or not. Do you want to play to win or just squeeze by? I want to be on the winning team, it’s always more fun when your the one who scores the goal. Are you trying to score? I am.

People always seem to think being wealthy means you need to be selfish, a snob, or greedy? Why is it so wrong to be rewarded for the many hours you spend trying to achieve your goal? If the people who bitch about successful people got off their asses and put down that bag of Dorito chips, then maybe they would get somewhere to. Not all people are born rich, take a risk, try something new, and then you will know what successful people go through to get to where they are. It’s easy being “safe”, but it’s boring and you won’t get anywhere quick watching that rerun of Seinfeld.

Yikes, am I being crusty? I hope not! Just giving everyone a reality check, myself included. If your’e not happy in your current situation start doing something about it. Then go to the West Van Village and have a coffee, feel the positive energy, and take some home with you it’s free. Our lives are what we choose them to be. What are you choosing for yourself? Tell me.

And to the people in the Park Royal Village, good for you. You deserve the success you have achieved, your successes are an inspiration to me, and Roberto I’m sure.