Okay! Day 3! I’ve already been to my Mystery Shopper sites (okay, only 2 of them -- I have four or five I get assignments from), and downloaded the requirements for the shops. One will be a grocery store audit slated for tomorrow. That is long, and drawn-out, if last week is any indication! But, at least it’s one step closer to my goal, right? I have another at a tourist attraction Monday, and then a fast-food restaurant next week. I spent last evening working with a Masters student on her paper, which besides helping someone who is dear to me, will provide me with some more “points” (read dollars) toward the $1,000,000. I will be counting it up online for you. Just do me a favor: if I make a mistake, let me know. I’ve never been great at math before, so I have a lot to learn!
Well, it’s 9:06 and besides responding to some e-mails and Facebook messages, I haven’t done much except drive my daughter to school. It’s sometimes hard to have so much you CAN do, so much you SHOULD do, and then try to decide which thing is most important! Except for the no-brainers, I’m thinking maybe I should just put my items in alphabetical order, or just write them on note cards, toss them in the air, then put them in the order I pick them up off the floor. (Except that I might find, “Get car inspected,” under the couch at Thanksgiving time. .. ) What do YOU do? How do YOU decide what to do first? I usually get steam-rolled by the enormity of what I have to finish in all the projects I have to finish, and get paralysis from analysis! Or, conversely, I start something new. Maybe that’s what this blog is about. Who knows? I just know that the way I’ve been doing it doesn’t work, and I need some accountability. So, if you would give me encouragement, scolding, or whatever, when you see I’m sinking into a bad place, I would appreciate it!
Okay, then. Let’s talk about what I’ve done, and what I need to do. Oh, by the way, there’s something I really WANT to do that’s exciting! On Facebook, there’s a message about making a video for a talent search for a new Warner Brothers film they want to cast with unknowns. “Hey,” I thought, “I’m unknown!! And I’ve been known to be pretty funny, and a good actress! I should try that!” So, if I can find someone with a video camera, I will! If you want to, too, here’s the link: Projectx Online Open Call
Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming!! As I was saying, yesterday I looked for drop shippers whose products I could sell on Ebay or Craigslist, but many of them charge a membership fee to do business, and right now, since I have no fees at my disposal, I can’t do that. This part is going to be a little harder than I thought it would, but I WILL find some things to sell, even if I have to empty the garage!! (And that would mean WORK!! Yikes!! But, I will be strong! . . . .) I’m also trying to find out where I put my Microsoft Office Suite CD. I had it installed, but when I got my computer worked on, it disappeared along with a lot of other stuff I thought was saved. So, I’ve been going to all the people who may have had it, and asking them if they still do, since it’s not in my stuff. So far, nothing. The reason I am trying to find it in the first place is because I have written some books, and am trying to edit them so I can publish them on www.youpublish.com. Here’s a book that you might like: Cinderella Got There in a Pumpkin! :: YouPublish Quirky, but cute! Take a look!
As you can see, I’ve put quite a few new things on my site, such as a gallery of my favorite success books and programs from some of my favorite writers. (In an earlier blog, I referred to T. Harv Eker as “E. Harv Eker. My apologies, Harv!) Do check out the mp3, too! It’s awesome, and I received a promo link to her new MTV program, The Dos And Don'ts Of Dating Video MTV
Click and see!
Well, too much to do in real time. Gotta go, but let me know what you think. Personally, I thought I’d have made some money by this time, at least from real time pursuits, but no. Tonight I will, though! Hallelujah!
See you later, as I make
A Million in a Year!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Day 2 - Gearing up!
Well, it's Day 2 of my one year wealth journey!
This morning, I drove my daughter to school, then popped some paperwork over to the Health and Human Services office, so I can continue to get healthcare for the kids, and foodstamps for all of us. (I TOLD you we were having tough times!) After that, I made a delivery of some Mary Kay products a lady ordered from me online. This order has been one screw-up after another for me. I've never had an online order before, and I misread it, so I ended up delivering the wrong products, and not enough of them, and so I have to get the balance of them from my director at the meeting Monday night. Whew. Thank God for a good director, who will loan me these things till I put an order in! Then, when I got home, I got a phone call from Shopper's Critique, one of the Mystery Shopping companies I'm registered for, asking me to do a shop on Monday. I guess they must like my work. I just started with them a week or so ago, and it's been lots of fun.
By the way, if you want to do some Mystery Shopping, stop by Mystery Shopping Providers Association. They are sort of a clearinghouse of all the reputable Mystery Shopping companies. Be careful of others who might email you with other offers, especially if they will pay you upfront and expect you to return the balance of the funds. Sure as shootin', that's a "fake check" scam; the check they give you is a fake, but the money you return (and the money your bank will hold you responsible for) is real! I just got a scam in my e-mail, claiming to be a Mary Kay order for a large number of products. It, too, was a "fake check" scam, but they were going to send a person by to pick up the products and get the change from me. I had to laugh, though. The foreigners who do this stuff use stilted, archaic language and odd names. This one, supposedly, was from "Anne Frenk". Yeah, Anne, go ahead and post my refusal to do business with you in YOUR diary!! So silly.
Well, I have a lot to do today: I need to bring some paperwork to the State Attorney General's office (Still trying to get child support for my kids -- nearly 11 years of it!), and I need to look up some Reselling Information I have. I got the resellers' rights, but didn't understand what I could do with it until yesterday, when I listened to some CDs by Bob Gatchel.
Gosh, I could RESELL these babies!!!
Okay, so I'm a slow study. . . But, I digress. I'm going to offer some of them here on my blog as freebies to my readers, but I will also be selling them on Ebay, if I can.
Another thing I need to do is look for some drop-shippers, so I can start selling that which I don't own on Ebay and Craig's List. I can't wait to try that. It ought to be fun!
Oh, have you, by any chance noticed that I am a little ADHD? I really relish the idea of all these projects flying around through my reality. I'm just hoping I can keep them straight, and not overlook details. By the way, this afternoon at 3:30, I'll be going to see one of my young ladies with developmental delays to help her learn what numbers and letters are, and what we use them for. She loves the appearance of them, she just has very little idea of what to do with them. So, in short, short soundbytes, interspersed with games and conversation, we tackle that. And tomorrow. . . Well, let's just wait until tomorrow to handle it's challenges, shall we?
Till then, I am in the process of making
A Million in a Year!
This morning, I drove my daughter to school, then popped some paperwork over to the Health and Human Services office, so I can continue to get healthcare for the kids, and foodstamps for all of us. (I TOLD you we were having tough times!) After that, I made a delivery of some Mary Kay products a lady ordered from me online. This order has been one screw-up after another for me. I've never had an online order before, and I misread it, so I ended up delivering the wrong products, and not enough of them, and so I have to get the balance of them from my director at the meeting Monday night. Whew. Thank God for a good director, who will loan me these things till I put an order in! Then, when I got home, I got a phone call from Shopper's Critique, one of the Mystery Shopping companies I'm registered for, asking me to do a shop on Monday. I guess they must like my work. I just started with them a week or so ago, and it's been lots of fun.
By the way, if you want to do some Mystery Shopping, stop by Mystery Shopping Providers Association. They are sort of a clearinghouse of all the reputable Mystery Shopping companies. Be careful of others who might email you with other offers, especially if they will pay you upfront and expect you to return the balance of the funds. Sure as shootin', that's a "fake check" scam; the check they give you is a fake, but the money you return (and the money your bank will hold you responsible for) is real! I just got a scam in my e-mail, claiming to be a Mary Kay order for a large number of products. It, too, was a "fake check" scam, but they were going to send a person by to pick up the products and get the change from me. I had to laugh, though. The foreigners who do this stuff use stilted, archaic language and odd names. This one, supposedly, was from "Anne Frenk". Yeah, Anne, go ahead and post my refusal to do business with you in YOUR diary!! So silly.
Well, I have a lot to do today: I need to bring some paperwork to the State Attorney General's office (Still trying to get child support for my kids -- nearly 11 years of it!), and I need to look up some Reselling Information I have. I got the resellers' rights, but didn't understand what I could do with it until yesterday, when I listened to some CDs by Bob Gatchel.
Gosh, I could RESELL these babies!!!
Okay, so I'm a slow study. . . But, I digress. I'm going to offer some of them here on my blog as freebies to my readers, but I will also be selling them on Ebay, if I can.
Another thing I need to do is look for some drop-shippers, so I can start selling that which I don't own on Ebay and Craig's List. I can't wait to try that. It ought to be fun!
Oh, have you, by any chance noticed that I am a little ADHD? I really relish the idea of all these projects flying around through my reality. I'm just hoping I can keep them straight, and not overlook details. By the way, this afternoon at 3:30, I'll be going to see one of my young ladies with developmental delays to help her learn what numbers and letters are, and what we use them for. She loves the appearance of them, she just has very little idea of what to do with them. So, in short, short soundbytes, interspersed with games and conversation, we tackle that. And tomorrow. . . Well, let's just wait until tomorrow to handle it's challenges, shall we?
Till then, I am in the process of making
A Million in a Year!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
My most audacious idea yet. . . create One Million Dollars in One Year!
I just read the book, Cash in a Flash, by
Robert G. Allen and Mark Victor Hansen, and I kind of caught fire. I thought, 'If people all over are making
a great deal of money right now, why shouldn't one of them be me?' I've tried lots of different ways of making money, from very conventional ways (receptionist at a moving company), to very
unconventional ways (doing sign language in an infomercial), and at present, my pursuits include: providing respite care to two developmentally delayed young ladies, being a Mary Kay lady, doing artwork and designs (for t-shirts, shoes, etc.), being a research assistant for college students, being a mystery shopper (one reason I can't tell you my name!) and writing books and articles. And even with all this activity, I'm not makin' it. I have tons of bills, overdue car payments and am behind in the rent. My financial outlook is dim, to say the least. So, I've realized that this is about as low as I can go financially. What to do, what to do?? I looked around my room, and saw my bookshelves, where I have several hundred volumes, most of which I've read. I found myself thinking, "Hmmm, those didn't do me much good," until I realized that buying and reading never made anybody ANY money. I would actually have to put these books into practice. Well, all of a sudden, a light went on in my head. If I actually DID that, I could make some serious money, get the bills paid, and end up . . . gulp. . . solvent!!!
So, today I decided to give myself a year to make a million dollars, using all the advice that authors like Robert G. Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, E. Harv Eker, Joe Vitale, Anthony Robbins, and all the rest have to offer. I'll be recording my successes and my failures in my blog, and letting you know what I think about each of the books I re-read.
So, I'm scared out of my wits, but . . . here goes!
Robert G. Allen and Mark Victor Hansen, and I kind of caught fire. I thought, 'If people all over are making
a great deal of money right now, why shouldn't one of them be me?' I've tried lots of different ways of making money, from very conventional ways (receptionist at a moving company), to very
unconventional ways (doing sign language in an infomercial), and at present, my pursuits include: providing respite care to two developmentally delayed young ladies, being a Mary Kay lady, doing artwork and designs (for t-shirts, shoes, etc.), being a research assistant for college students, being a mystery shopper (one reason I can't tell you my name!) and writing books and articles. And even with all this activity, I'm not makin' it. I have tons of bills, overdue car payments and am behind in the rent. My financial outlook is dim, to say the least. So, I've realized that this is about as low as I can go financially. What to do, what to do?? I looked around my room, and saw my bookshelves, where I have several hundred volumes, most of which I've read. I found myself thinking, "Hmmm, those didn't do me much good," until I realized that buying and reading never made anybody ANY money. I would actually have to put these books into practice. Well, all of a sudden, a light went on in my head. If I actually DID that, I could make some serious money, get the bills paid, and end up . . . gulp. . . solvent!!!
So, today I decided to give myself a year to make a million dollars, using all the advice that authors like Robert G. Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, E. Harv Eker, Joe Vitale, Anthony Robbins, and all the rest have to offer. I'll be recording my successes and my failures in my blog, and letting you know what I think about each of the books I re-read.
So, I'm scared out of my wits, but . . . here goes!
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