Sound Advice

I am here today to offer you sound advice on what I have learned. I have written about this in various ways on my other blogs, but I am hoping that here and now you will listen and take it to heart.

I have spent the last few days writing and researching articles. I am happy to tell you that on top of being a published poet, I was taken on as a writer on an internet site. It may not always be the most creative writing, but it pays. So I get to build a reputation in the writing world and make money. Which I love, I am doing what I love and I make a living at it. Not many people out there can honestly say that. And that is why I am writing this.

Most people would love to have their own business, the idea of being their own boss, work when they want, flexibility and so. So they get on the internet and scour for hours trying to find the perfect business out there that they are going to be millionaires at. I will be the first to tell you that there are hundreds, if not hundred of thousands of businesses that you can operate from your home. There are businesses out there that you can acquire that won’t even cost you much money up front, there is one that I know of that you can actually attain for free and then how much of a monetary investment you make is up to you.

So my word of caution to you is this, don’t pay for something if you don’t have to and are not in a position to do so. There are “gurus” upon “gurus” out there that want you to believe that you will not be a success without what they have to offer. You don’t need them really, and you definitely don’t need them before you know what it is that you want to do. Understand this before jumping into an online business, or any business, KNOW what you want to do. Be realistic about how much time, money and effort you are going to put into this business. Remember it is NOT a job, it is a business.

There is not a successful business out there that did not have a framework to build from, with the person creating it no knowing what they wanted to achieve and how they were going to do it. Outside of winning the lottery, there isn’t anything out there that is going to make you a millionaire over night.

If you are going to buy a product online from a guru, make sure that there is a money back guarantee and that you will be able to get your money back if it doesn’t work out. I have seen people write programs off as scam just because once they got they realized it required them to work at it. That doesn’t make a program a scam, it means that it is legit. But also know that all the information you need is out there, and you can get it for free. It will only cost you your time. It is always better to do the research yourself, so you know what you are looking at and what you are looking for, make an informed decision.

Take this from someone that started out as a hostess, worked data entry, became a nurse, ran a successful home based real estate business and now is what she should’ve been from the beginning, a writer. Check out my other blogs for more information on businesses and scams. The links are on this page…. But here they are just incase you don’t want to look for them. J

http://protectyourselfnow.blogspot.com

http://timeswellspent.blogspot.com

I am a Writer

For the first time yesterday, when I was asked what I do. I responded, "I am a writer." It was really kind of an empowering statement. I said it, and believed it. It was neat. I followed up with telling them that I had a few poems published, that I have done a few Internet ads and I author a few blogs on the net. The response was better then what I thought it would be.

Usually I am asked if I am a stay at home momor do I work. Well, most any stay at home will tell you that it is work. Clothes don't fold themselves, houses don't clean themselves, bills don't pay themselves...and the list goes on. And yes there are those people that then say,"OK well that is one days work, what do you do with the rest of your time." After a deep breath to calm myself I explain. I run two Internet businesses, as well as trying to get a fundraising program in order for our school systems here. But I always forget what it is I really do. I write.

My business is writing and publishing these blogs that I have, that yes are decorated with ads to help make money off what I am doing. I have a couple poems published, I have always written stories for various reasons. But basically what I do is I write, and I love it! I found a couple of sites for freelancers, and that made my day. I don't know why I never thought of it before, or tried looking for anything like it before. So I got incredibly excited! See, I have bought the course for data entry, and data entry today isn't what you think it is. It's blogging and promoting your blog. It is researching products and programs to put the ads on your page so that you make money. It is driving traffic to your site so that those ads are seen. Yes there are also data entry positions where they give you the info, tell you the format you do the ad, they pay you. Mindless activity really, but it pays the bills.

I have found a couple other sites that pay you to write. There is Helium. Which is a nice site. They circulate your writing and you earn money on what you write about. There are tons of topics and if you don't find one you want to write about, you submit your own topic. It's free to join, it's free to write, there is no promoting, there are no ads to research and upload. It is writing, and it is great.

I have also found "The Legend of Mernac", this is a truly amazing site and community. They are a very supportive community and all are welcome. The have a mission and a purpose, and those two things are why I joined. I haven't submitted to them yet, because I want to make sure that it is a really good story and that I don't let them down. Again, this site is free, you have the potential to make money with them down the road, but really their purpose is why I joined. I am really excited about them.

Of course, potentially getting paid is not what really pays the bills, and dreaming isn't what pays the bills. BUT being able to combine the dreams, the writing, loving what I do, and being able to pay bills all in one is what takes the cake. Writing to me is freedom for the soul. It is a way out, it is a way in, it is a way to sort things out, to figure out why, to celebrate all that you have, and make real all that you want.

So yesterday when I was asked what I did and to be able to say first, "I am a writer," and get the compliment that "Being a mom is job enough, I can't imagine being creative enough to write a poem and get published." Was the nicest thing that I had heard all day. The truth is, that anyone can do it. You just have to try, and believe that you can do it. We only ever think we can't until we actually try to do it.

Remember the first time you climbed a tree... you didn't think that you could do it either. Being a new parent for the first time, I have never met anyone that thought they could do it. But you did. So give your hand and mind a test drive.. and create! It is a wonderful experience.

Time To Get Serious

It is time to get down to business. I was excited to recieve in the mail today another notice...I believe that this is my fifth...that one of my poems is going to be published. It is a big deal to me. My first poem was published when I was 11 years old. I wrote it after my grandmother died. It was my way of healing. I remember writing it at her wake after the funeral. I read it to the family, of course everyone thought it was great. I found a poetry contest and entered it. That poem won three awards and was published.

I have always loved to write. It used to be a way to escape my life, to help heal the wounds. It was a way to get through. As I grew up it was still a way to escape whatever it was that was going on, and a way to celebrate moments of my life. I would write stories where I could be someone else, and poems to talk about how I felt.

Now I write to celebrate life moments and journeys. I write to express what I feel at a particular moment. I write for myself, and I write for other people. When I say that I mean that I write so that the person out there that feels alone or stuck or depressed knows that they really aren't alone. I have been through enough in life to be able to share alot.

I have written twice about my husband and once in honor of my sister's wedding and those three were published. My most recent poem struck me at a moment of feeling lost. We all have those moments whether we want to admit it or not. But I got the announcement in the mail today that it was going to be published. So I wanted to share that great news with all of you. I will be supplying more samples of my work on this blog. As I said it is time to get serious. :)

Blessed Be~

Blog Log

I just wanted to recommend another site realy quick for everyone to check out and join. It is mybloglog.com.

It is a great community to join if you like to blog and want to get exposure and meet others that are blogging also. Check them out!

Silly Me

I keep forgetting to give you guys the most amazing link that I have found out there.

For everyone that likes to write, and would like to make a difference I suggest that you click on this link and check it out. It is really a rarity and it is beautiful.

http://www.mernac.com?referenceid=1172

Why should you go?
Well if for no other reason then to read why the creator of the site is doing it. In the world that we live in, we all are to easily distracted from helping those around us. Yes we complain about the state of the world, but what are we doing about it?

So what if the first step is you checking out that link above? And what if the next step is simply writing a blog entry? And the nest step is spreading the word.

http://www.mernac.com?referenceid=1172

This site is not what you are thinking it is. It is very different. It is a warm, supportive and welcoming environment. They aren't going to sell you anything, preach at you, nothing of the sort. It is a creative place to go to help mold the world into what it should be.

Do enjoy it!

Blessed Be!

Moving in the Right Direction

My most recent endeavor to do good is to spread the word about this really great business I have that really benefits everyone that gets involved.

I am trying to get the schools here locally to use it. Today was a vote about a new levy to help our schools get the money the need to operate. It's funny, we will shell money out to help children everywhere but here.

I am tired of programs being cut from our schools, and I am tired of all schools not being equal and I am tired of our children suffering. I am tired of our schools barely being able to maintain forget about improving.

So with this little endeavor that I have we all win. Yes I make money off of it, but so will every single person that participates as well as the school.

All it takes is for the school to sign up, then each teacher sign up and then the parents in each teachers class. It is free to join, it doesn't require anyone to spend anythign extra then what they spend in a month anyway. The same $50 at Walmart or Target in your town, buying the same products that you buy anyway.... just using this program to do it.

Of course I had a parent the other day tell me that shipping and handling is extra. and I pointed out that the natioanl gas prices right now are over $3/gallon. Plus the time it takes you to drive to your store and drive home, really it all equals out to be the same. It might even save you money doing it my way instead of the usual way.

Items are shipped right to the person's house, no one has to drive to the school to pick it up. No one has to donate time to package ans sort. It is all done already.

It is truly a wonderful program. If you are interested in using it for your self or to help the world around you check out my other site: www.mypowermall.com/Biz/Home/2641

Let me know what you think!

An Effort to Do Good

Good

I have spent the day reflecting on the word "good" and what it means to me. Part of that time I was thinking about what it meant to DO good and if I did that enough. I try, honestly I do on a daily basis.

I look around at the world, our society, my neighborhood. There are so many chances for a person do something to help the fellow human being, and half the time it goes undone. It makes me sad at times, I still have not figured out the philisophy behind that mentality. Lets face it, when your time comes and you need help aren't you going to be wondering why no one is helping you. It doesn't take much.

I look at our schools, we just left Indiana because of my husband's job and moved to Ohio. the school system we left was the best in the area academically but there were not any sports, music or art programs for the kids. Budget cuts. And now here, we are in the one of the top two school systems here and luckily they have band and art and the gym classes offer cool things like archery. But we are facing loosing those programs due to not enough money in the budget from the state. Which set me into motion. Our children are the future of this world and if they do not have all the oppurtunties that we had how can they be prepared to make this world better.

So I came up with a solution. One of my businesses that I run on the internet will allow me to set the each school up individually to make money to support the programs they have and add more if needed. It has the potential to bring the school over $4000 a month. Each school in our system. It doesn't require anyone to do anything different then what they do already, just to adjust how they do it. And it helps the school. Most of the people around here are complaining about the levy that is being voted on because the school doesn't know where else to get the money they need to operate, so with my program they don't need to spend any extra. I am hoping that it works and we get the school the money they need.

Another project of mine is to build a playground in our neighborhood for all the kids. We live in a nice neighborhood, and there are tons of kids here. Our community has a pool, but nothing else for the kids to do. There are still a few vacant lots around and one of then could be used for a playground. With benches and trees, a nice community family place. I talked with another parent in the community last night and she was really excited and offered her assistance and ideas. I am really looking forward to this project. I am hoping that we can get it done this summer. And this project just makes my heart soar I tell you. It will make my day when it is done.

I was a nurse, and I went into nursing to make a difference in peoples' lives. A postivie difference. I think most of the time I succeded. I know that I had a number of patients that made a very big difference on mine.

To me that is what "good" is. It is making a positive difference in the lives of the people around you. It doesn't take much. Smile at people, hold the door, help carry groceries, offer your ear or shoulder to someone that needs it. I used to laugh at the fact that total strangers would come up to me an pour thier hearts and souls out to me, now it makes me humble. There are times when the best thing you can do to help someone is to listen to them. Hear what they are saying. That is the greatest good you can do, listen.

Fantasy

I use to write fantasy stories all the time. Great rich love stories with a hero and tragedies and successes. So that you read them and went "Wow". Fantasy becuase they weren't real, and I didn't believe that they could be. My grandparents had a fantasy love story. They literally lived and died for one another. I spent my life looking for that, my mom always telling me that it wasn't real, and I was going to be greatly disappointed. I was the first time around.

And then... I met a truly amazing man. I wasn't looking for anyone. Had gotten divorced, never planned on doing it again. Notice I say divorced and not married. And then he came along.

Our situation at first was not ideal or perfect by anyone's standards, but it required trust and understanding. Societal and cultural differences and demands. We were honest with one another from the start, and it brought about this fantasy of a marriage and relationship into reality.

My husband is the first person that I can honestly tell you that I need. He completes me. I know that I would be lost with out him. I also know that he feels the same way about me. For though I have only said it once, he has told me on different occassions. It is enlightening to love someone so much and so completely. There is a peace that comes with it.

He is my hero, we have struggled through our tragedies and have arisen stronger then we were before. He is my knight in shining armour. For me, the sun rises and sets within him. And though I am not christian in faith, the one thing I pray to the universe to ask for is that if this is a fantasy... that it never is dissolved by reality.

He makes me feel good enough. Real. Loved.

Getting It Right

I spend the better part of my days blogging. I blog to make money. I blog to help people. I blog to share my life with others. Why? Because I have made enough mistakes and incorrect judgements in this life that I urge you to do what I told my parents I couldn't do, "Learn from my mistakes," my answer was always, "I have to make them myself to learn from them."

Ok... maybe on some mistakes that is true. But on others, share in the wealth of experience around you and save yourself the agony.

Now this is not to tell you that all my decisions and choices have been bad. Quite the contrary, over all I would tell you that for ME about 88% were right and the other 12% were... poor, and not right at all. But I learned from them, so I can not say that they were bad. There are no bad life experiences as long as you have learned something from it. Sure they might hurt alittle, but pain fades and you must move on. Burn your hand once on a hot stove, you are less likely to do it again.

So, you may be wondering what is the point of this today. I am going to restructure this site alittle bit. Move some of the adds to my different blogs, and make it look less commericial.

What brought this about? Trying to get my blog accepted at blogcatalog. I know you are raising your eyebrow, but they seem to think that this is solely for commericial purposes, and it isn't. And the only reason I can think that they get that impression is because of the amount of adds here. Sometimes I look at it and think it looks great, other times I look at it and try to figure out how to cut back.
I have to pay the bills, so I can't be add free.

I also want to stress the fact that the ads I have one here are for products and companies that I know will do right for you. They aren't going to rip you off or scam you. Because that I have been victim of myself to many times and I want to help you avoid that. I have a blog solely dedicated to telling you what is scam and what isn't. It is listed in my blog links, http://protectyourselfnow.blogpsot.com.

I also have a site that is dedicated to life and journey of following The Secret, the law of attraction. That site is very special to me, very personal. The Secret is something that I completely believe in. I have bought so many copies of that book to give to my friends, because it is simple truth, Life is EXACTLY what YOU make it. http://lifeimprovingline.blogspot.com

Check that one out, you'll either decide to change your life or you'll think that I am completely out of my mind. You wouldn't be the first... and you won't be the last.

There is something else that I ask you all to do. Which is check out another blog that I read today, there is a really cool contest that they are doing, and yes you have the chance to win $500, but the reason I am doing it and recommending it is because of WHY they are holding this contest. Here is the link to the blog:

http://siberlee-mernac.blogspot.com/2007/04/written-word-blogging-contest.html

And then if you want to look at it more, try MySpace and search Legends of Mernac. i think it is absolutely amazing. If for no other reason, go to the website and read the general perspective and the creator's perspective. Actually on MySpace all you have to do is type in "Mernac" and a few sites pop up for you to check out.

So as you can see, I am going to talk more about what I am doing and what I recommend for you to check out. I am going to cut back on some of the ads. And make this site more beneficial, which was my intent anyway. :)

Oh, before I hit post, I want to encourage you to read the article below on "Own the Internet", go sign up for this it is free and you are on the net anyway, why not get paid for your time. www.agloco.com/r/BBDN6861


Again, I am grateful that you took the time to read this today. Thank you!

A Free Way to Find Someone

It is time here at Wisdom of Jen to pay the bills. So I wanted to let you in on new little place that you can go and meet people. And the best part is that it is completely free.

The name of the page is "Just Say Hi" located at http://www.justsayhi.com .
This is an online dating service that is FREE to everyone. They never ask for a credit card, there is no monthly membership dues. It is free.

Just Say Hi boast all the same services that the paid online dating services open. It offers an online community board for everyone to chat on. There is a tab where you can compare Just Say Hi ( http://www.justsayhi.com ) to the other online dating services so that you can see the similiarites and the differences that this FREE site offers.

What do you have to loose? Nothing, it is risk free and you get to meet the type of person you are looking for... for free.

Check them out http://www.justsayhi.com !