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| Grab a slab and let's be friends! I have begun year 2011 with a new attitude and determination to be as good as Heather Armstrong. Don't laugh! She is young and I am....older. Notice I did not say old. I can be like her if I wanna, can't I?Actually that is totally against everything I write about and believe....but....let me finish, please. |
I had run across Heather's website by accident some time ago or either saw her on the Public Channel, can't remember which came first, but she is a Professional Blogger. I really did not have the desire to be a professional blogger, didn't even know what that was, and I thought you had to write excellent articles on niche blogs or website be a success. Well, I was wrong; you don't. She literally calls herself the aforementioned also, so I am not calling names. She may have niche sites but I don't know that.
At any rate Heather is originally from Memphis (Bartlett), Tennessee. If you have never read her blog (you won't have a hard time finding it because if you input Dooce.com...you will get about 10 pages of it on the Google search). I did not go to the last page, but if it isn't 10 pages, it is probably more. Yes, I am sure she is raking it in. At any rate, Heather has become more than Successful. She merely blogs on Dooce.com...yes she does other things like writing books and things I am sure I do not know about.
Like Heather, I am kinda sorta from Memphis as that is where I spent about 24 years, give or take, working in mortgage lending. The reason for the give or take is that I moved to my home town a couple of times in those years....which lead to nothing much, but a long visit you might say, for about a year each time, the last visit was about two years. In fact I made more money in 2003 than highly educated teacher in this neck of the woods. In fact, I know I made more than average so as you read my other post, you will see why I have decided to not...retire yet. I do not want to retire; I want to blog like Heather and make lots of money just by simply talking to you like you were here. Well, that is how my Mom who turns 90 the last day of this month, does her favorite evening news Anchor, so why can't I? You know of course to be professional one should never write in the first person. Well, here all rules are broken and here it is okay.
This is the Country...real Country, it is South of Memphis...No jobs, no money and not a lot of fun. Well, when you get my age...fun isn't that important anymore, you just do not want to waste what life you have left and you want to keep yourself active and your brain stimulated. My brain is definitely going and sometimes it doesn't stop to let me sleep. I have a lot on my plate for this year and I intend to make my Successful.Part2 my passion.
With that said, no, I am really not trying to be like Heather or anyone for that matter, but it really does amaze me that someone (who has a southern drawl, like Heather and myself) can just talk about our life, our family and our little furry friends..and make it successful. Yea, I have done that too; and strike up the attention of the media, magazine articles etc. Well, I have talked about my furry friends. She has done the latter made a very successful business just by blogging. Good for her, it just goes to show you that there are no set rules for becoming Successful; at any age. One must just take the bull by the horns and go with it.
If you have read my very first article here; it does explain the title of this blog pretty well. Yea, I decided that I would do something that I had always wanted to do and that was write..... and I am writing. No, I do not claim to be a professional writer; but I have grown and do better than I did initially. I have learned that the more you write the better you get. One writes much better at something they love to do or something that is easy for them to write about. That is usually what I do...Oh, yes I have learned that spell check doesn't always work well...so you proofread everything.
With that said, I made some changes here to my design on this blog and decided I would just write something new and then put it out there on Facebook to see if it draw any one's attention. Things are changing and growing, I am so excited....you know when you get my age, it doesn't take much to excite one...I hope you enjoy! Happy New and I trust all will Find Excitement in 2011 as well.
