To all of you faithful readers out there that have been wondering why I haven’t added any new posts to the site in several months, I am happy to tell you that I am back.
As you may have read in my bio I am passionate about filmmaking and as such was off working as a Production Assistant in a film shoot here in Utah. It was fun and I learned a lot (even got to be a boom mic operator once) but I am also happy to be back and ready to devote more time to Prosperly.
Look for some awesome new stuff coming up in the very near future including a post I am about to publish on Adsense.
Thanks,
Adam
Having the right mindset for making a living online is crucial. I remember many years ago I said to myself, “If I could just make $300 a month online that would be so great because it would pay my car payment…” Does that sound familiar to anyone?
Now I don’t have car payments anymore but knowing what I know now I would instead say if I were just beginning, “If I made $300 a month online that would be perfect because I will have $300 a month to help me get to $2000 a month.” Right now $300 a month probably sounds like a lot of money but once you get there you will be surprised how little it is.
Don’t start using the money for your own personal use until you are consistently making $1000 a month. And then only take out $500 and use the rest for buying links, getting programming work done, advertising on relevant sites, paying copywriters and making your site better. Don’t be satisfied with mediocrity (although I think mediocrity doesn’t come until you are making $2000-$3000 a month).
Keep setting new goals for yourself and build the business up. If I would have stopped and only worked on the first website that ever made me money, I would make a respectable income every year, but I wouldn’t have been able to quit my job and I wouldn’t have the lifestyle and freedom that I enjoy now.
Yesterday I decided not to come into work so I could work on editing a movie I shot with my two boys (Adding over 70 laser gun effects takes a long time). As I was home working on it I realized again how lucky I am and how grateful I am to have the freedom to do those kinds of things. It never would have happened if I didn’t build my online business to where it is.
Set your sights high. Take time to learn the things you need to be more successful. And NEVER give up!
I don’t know how many of you have ever seen the TV show Fringe, but it is one of the if not the best show on television.
I was watching it last night online and the show had a few of those “Holy Crap” moments where I had to text Jesse and tell him how crazy the episode was, and that was just in the first couple of minutes.
If that doesn’t convince you to give the show a try then it may not be for you.
The second season just started last week so if you have never seen it (Thursdays on Fox) I highly recommend you go out and buy or rent the DVD’s from season one to get caught up.
If you are a fan of JJ Abrams, unexplained stuff, unethical science experiments and crazy stuff that is hard to wrap your brain around then this is the show for you.
Check it out if you are in the mood for some good entertainment this evening. (You’ll have to DVR the Office)
I know many of you are thinking, “does Adam really believe that?” Well the answer to that question is maybe not the best movie ever but if I don’t over hype it how else will I get people to see it.
Anyway, I was down in my theater room this morning (I built it after we sold “Diana”) watching the special features of Lady In The Water and it just reminded me how upset I get about the fact that the movie is not more popular.
Truth be told Lady In The Water is a great movie. Probably M. Night Shyamalan’s best work and yet the movie tanked at the box office compared to his previous box office smashes. People were too busy seeing the latest (lame) installment of Pirates of the Caribbean to see Lady in the Water and so instead of seeing an awesome original movie they saw a sequel that was pretty bad.
Warner Bros did a horrible job marketing the movie touting it as a scary wolf story which totally missed what the movie was.
So bottom line here, if you have ever taken my advice before on this blog then take this advice:
Go buy Lady In The Water on DVD or BluRay. It is a clean well written, well acted movie that everyone should see.
I woke up this morning at 5:25am to go play basketball. I played for an hour and a half and then came home to get ready for the “work” day. As I was driving to work I was so tired that I literally fell asleep waiting for a stop light.
I thought to myself, “what can I do to give myself more energy?” I have to ask that question because I don’t consume anything with caffeine in it. Then I remembered reading somewhere that an apple had the same effect on your body as a cup of coffee in the morning.
I decided to put the apple to the test. Our office building is next to a gas station and so I went over and bought me an apple (which cost me $1.38, don’t buy apples at gas stations) and ate it on my way back to the office.
Before I was finished eating the apple I already felt 100% rejuvenated. I had morning energy like I had never known before. This truly is something revolutionary for me because I have a healthy way to get energized in the morning.
Just thought I would share it with you all.
