I have thoroughly enjoyed this challenge for a number of reasons. It's been great to keep a daily journal of everything I have been doing, it's really helped me to stay focused and organized - 2 things which I struggled with before.
In terms of performance, I'd probably only give myself a 7 out of 10 - I know I could have put more in. At the beginning, I was looking to work 6-8-12 hours a day, but I've found that easier said than done. Between 2 and 4 hours seems to be the average. That is one of the main reasons I'm probably going to fall short of the 1k target.
Speaking of the target, I don't even look upon it as important any more. I've moved forward so much from where I was in December, that the amount of money I am making doesn't seem to matter so much any more. Of course, the more the better, and the chances are I'll hit the $500 mark for the 30 days, which isn't bad for someone who didn't make a cent for six weeks not so long ago.
This probably sounds ridiculous, but I liken it to Rocky(I'm a huge fan) in the first movie - beating Apollo Creed was irrelevant in the end. The fact he proved he could see it through and be competitive was more important. After that, he knew he had the ability to beat him, and of course he did second time around.
I don't think I've mentioned this yet, but in the last few months I've pretty much sacrificed one of the big loves in my life - music. I play various instruments, write and record original songs and just love to play. I think I thought to myself that I need to put things like that on hold while I get to grips with this whole IM thing. Pretty silly really, everyone should find time for their hobbies and interests. Now though, I'm going to get back into it - even if it's just half an hour a day.
There's still a pretty long list of things I should be doing better with, but I'm always looking to improve. I need to improve. For example, I've written very few new articles during this challenge. I've concentrated more on rewriting and spinning existing ones and submitted them to lots of directories and web 2.0 properties. I know I should also be writing lots of fresh ones every week too. On that note, I think I'm going to get into freelancing too, as another income stream. I briefly tried odesk and guru a few months back, but found the whole portfolio/bidding/application aspects to be daunting. I'm now looking at sites where you simply submit, and people buy if they want to.
OK, with 9 days to go - how much have I made? I'll break it down week by week.
Week 1 - $105
Week 2 - $35
Week 3 - $206
Total - $346
I really want to break the $500 mark, so I'm going to put a lot of hours in this week.
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