I view 2017 as underwhelming. I
have not received the full-time position that I wanted after one year. Even
with the ITIL certification and landing the second training request money, 2017
hadn’t lived up to my high expectations. I did not want to live this kind of
year again. I like grow but with some sort of tangible results.
I spoke with someone this past
Friday and she told me to stop discounting and discrediting my experiences. I
wasn’t simply an Amazon bestseller but a bestselling author. She was right. I
had accomplished a whole lot of things which I didn’t deem extraordinary;, but
if I was still receiving book royalties after Expand Your Personal Brand was
published in May 2017 then that meant that it was a success. There were many
books which weren’t being published.
With eBay, I didn’t sell as much
as I did in 2016 but I sold over $2600. In 2018 I will still sell on eBay but
will look at private label and drop shipping. I liked selling physical products
and was thinking about doing Merch by Amazon. What I learned this year with
eBay (well, everything) was not to over-rely on one income stream. When I
started seeing something decline, find another income stream.
Rise is my 2018 because next year
will be a way than 2017. Although I am going through some trial and tribulations
during this first week of 2018, I am at a point where I feel that I will not
only rise from the ashes like the sphinx but I will soar like an eagle personally,
professionally, and financially.
Keep your eyes peeled right here
to witness everything!
Carla
