Ebook Progress

I have been working on my Ebook when I can, and I am making progress. I have gotten a couple of chapters to my expectations and working on more. Ebooks are a true process and do take work if you are wanting to produce quality work. In addition to writing the ebook I am working online, going to school full time, and I am a full time single mom. I am happy with the progress I have made, and will be putting more time into it next week. I hope to have it completed in by the end of February.

Hectic Week with Home Income and Classes

I have to say that this has been a really hectic week for me. I have started classes, and I am trying to get them in order so that I can be more productive with everything. I take three online courses, and one class on campus. I was thinking that it may be a little easier with the online courses, but I think I was wrong.

The thing with online courses is that you have to learn all of the software, read your texts, see if there is any hidden activities on the site, and still get everything completed on time. I finished everything for each class, and even got ahead a little.

With my online classes I have not been working as hard this week online as I should have been. I wrote about 5-8 articles, kept Squidoo updated, and did some other small things that I do online to make a few cents here and there. Starting tomorrow I am focusing more on getting everything scheduled. I need to make sure I get everything completed with my classes as well as work hard to make some money.

I am still not working, and will be seeing a surgeon in two weeks. I am hoping that I can get this doctor to rush a little. Since I am the person that is responsible for my son, I have to figure out something. I have rent paid for this month, but next month will be here before I know it. I have to figure it out. This is a stressful time, but school and my online income are very important, and I have to get everything accomplished.

I am scared about it all. Life has thrown  few curve balls the last few weeks, but I know God will show me the way. I cannot sit here and worry about everything, even though I would love to hide under a rock. I would love to not have anything to worry about financially for a few months, but that is not going to happen. If I would play the lottery it could happen, but I have to actually leave the house to do that.

If anyone has any tips that they could share, please do. I am looking for part time positions to do from home, seeking help with rent for next month if I cannot pay it, or help with utilities. No, I am not asking for any help, I am asking for someone to guide me in the direction that I need to go for help.

Maybe I can just write my butt of for the next month, do you think it could give me $1300? LOL. I will work on it all. My boy, nieces, and nephew are worth it.

Classes Start Tomorrow

Tomorrow I will start going back to school full time for business management. It is a very exciting and scarey step for me. Two of the first classes I will be taking is English and Writing. These will help me a lot in my future career path, but I think it will help me more with my online writing career.

I took a moment last night to go back and read a few of my first articles. I was truly upset at some of the grammatical errors that I had made. I think my interest and writing skills have increased dramatically since I started writing online almost three years ago. With these courses I am hoping that my writing skills will continue to increase.

I am hoping that I can continue to increase my online earnings, spend time with my son, go to school full time, and hopefully only have to work part time. This is a very big step for me, and I am hoping I will have the will to accomplish all of my goals for my son.

Read more about my life dreams for my son, and my personal goals:

My Life Dreams

Thank you all for reading.

Home Income is my Only Income

As of yesterday my online income is my only income. I was terminated from my job due to an injury I had at home. I would have been there for a year on the 30th, which would have given me FMLA. I am presuming that was the reasoning behind it anyway. I can not worry about why, I just have to worry about how I can improve my home income.

I am now focusing on promoting and contributing as much as I can, even though I am in a lot of pain from my injury. I have got to make sure I can take care of my son. Squidoo has been a big focus of mine, and I have to say I can see it paying off on the next payday. I have been reaching my goal of submitting articles everyday to each of my sites. Even if it is only one, I submit every day.

Now that I have more time I will be submitting a lot more. My goals for September is to write 100 Firehow articles, submit 40 lenses, and at least 40 Yahoo articles for upfront submission. I have one month to start earning more of an income online. I have to be able to help my son, he is the most important person in my life.

Happy with my Home Income Progress

The last couple of weeks have been showing great progress with my home income. My online income has been increasing and the views on my pages have been consistently increasing. Some days I am just impressed with how much the increase is. I am hoping that the income starts picking up just as much as the views from some sites.

My home income has been progressing too. I haven's started to make much of an income, but I have been working on recipes and other things. I made my first perfect batch of pepper jelly yesterday, and will be starting to work on other recipes to sell at the farmers market next year. I want to be sure that the recipes are perfect before I try to sell them. I would never sell anything that was below perfection.

I have also started collecting baskets to start selling gift baskets. The gift baskets are in the beginning stages, but I have a few good ideas to work with. I just want to be sure to make a profit on everything that I start. I am working on making a life for my son and I, so everything I do on line and off is extremely important to me.

Becoming a Work at Home Single Mom

Most of my readers know that my dream is to become a work at home single mom. I am working hard to accomplish this dream. I have been putting in a lot of extra time when I can to update blogs, write articles, submit Lenses, do surveys, and sell items on Ebay. I have to say it is taking a lot out of me, but I know that this is what has to be done to reach my dreams of becoming a work at home single mom.

What I am doing to reach my goal:

• Completing Surveys on Mysurvey
• Doing searches for Mypoints and Inboxdollars
• Submitting more upfront articles for Yahoo

My other new project is selling items at the local Farmers Market. I made my first batch of Jalapeno Pepper Jelly today, and will be trying it to make sure it tastes as good as it should. Tomorrow I will be making Spicy Honey Mustard. Some other things I will be making may be; homemade crackers, peanut brittle, preserves, salsa and tortilla chips. I will not start selling at the farmers market until next Summer, but I want to perfect my recipes and get my ServSafe certification again. I am ready for my next big step in becoming a work at home single mom. All of the things I am trying to do will help me be with my son more, and I am excited as well as motivated. Life is going to get better, God will show me the way to make it all work.

I am hoping I will be able to share my success story with becoming a work at home single mom in a few month. This is a process, and I have to keep up my momentum for success. My son is the most important thing in the world for me. His dad is not involved with him, and pays nothing. I am his sole provider, and I need to reach this goal for him and I both. Thank you everyone for continuing to read and the support.   

Big Increase in Pageviews

In the last week I have been having a large increase in page views on Yahoo, Squidoo, and Firehow. These are my top earning sites and they are my favorite sites to write on, so they get most of my attention.In the last couple of weeks I have committed more time to each site, and the page views are consistently increasing. Compared to a month ago all three sites have almost doubled in average views.  I am very happy with my accomplishments this month. Now I have to continually increase my page views, which will take more motivation. I feel like I can reach my goals of being a work at home single mom, I just have to continue with my hard work.

I am off of work for the next couple of days, so I have to put in as much effort during these days as I can without sacrificing time with my son. I have been reading single mom success stories about working from home, and I know that I can make it happen.

My Top Earning Article From Each Site:

Yahoo-50 Direct Sales Companies

Firehow-How to be a Successful Single Mom

Squidoo-Your AVON Business

Yahoo is definitely my top earner at the moment because of up front payments, but Squidoo is becoming a great earning site. I have found that even if I do not make much on the site I can still promote my other articles. I think that it has been the biggest influence on my page views for other sites. I read one motivation lens that shared a moms Squidoo earnings. It stated that she is making more than $200 a month. This was a big influence for me, so we will see where all of my earnings go, hopefully they continue to grow.

Thank you for reading!