It’s my blog and i’m going to have a sook.
I’m very much getting dragged down by IM at the moment. I have to admin i’ve learnt a few tough lessons in during this challenge that will take me some time to digest. I’m very much in what’s called the dip. The dip is described as a “low”, grind, the doldrums or general period where it feels like everything is a giant chore. All I’m doing at the moment is writing articles and submitting them to places, wow, so much fun…… This feels the internet equivalent of spinning my wheels in the mud and going NOWHERE. Yes, i’m not seeing progress, yes i’m not going to make any money inside 30 days and yes i’ve spend $400 for crap articles and work I had to rewrite. Sigh.
It would be so easy to just walk away, or give the whole thing a break for a while, like 6 months. However that’s not how I should deal with the dip.
Celebrating the small things
The best way to deal with the dip is to celebrate the small things. For example:
I’ve written on my blog for 27 days, that means I found a way to create a post, either pissed, tired, cranky, no time, plenty of time, rain, hail or shine……..
I’ve managed to get Google to rank my niche website, yea it’s a shit rank, but it’s a start
I’ve created 4 articles over 500 words in length for one site alone
I follow my own routine each night for at least 30mins
These are small things, yes, but it’s a way of dealing with the dip. So i’ll just keep on trucking for a few more weeks then probably change to another site.
Tonight
So, tonight my routine says I need to format an article for my site, as well as spin an article I created on Sunday.
Right then off I go, that’s life in the dip…..
