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Gem Went To Florida and Wants To Go Back
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Nice blog. The design is nice and clean and neat and very easy to read.gembaxter25 said:So the blog is off the ground, with a suitably awful first post! I needed to just kick things off and the only way is up.
So if you want to have a look then here it is: www.sweetnessandroses.com
The first post is great. [emoji4]
I so wish matched betting didn't confuse the living daylights out of me and I wasn't scared of losing money haha!
Well done on the earnings!
Well done on the earnings!
ToniS2 said:
[member=4100]ToniS2[/member] It really is easy and you never know when you might have a huge win (like me) I just won almost £8,000 last month! katykicker.com/biggest-win-of-my-life
katykicker said:
That's amazing. Well done. I just don't have masses of money to invest and I really can't afford to lose money... hence why it worries me!
ToniS2 said:
You can get started with £60 and as long as you follow the videos/guides you definitely won't get it wrong. The beginner offers give you lots of time to check and just go for a football game, or something similar but high profile, that is a few days away, so no chance of the odds changing in the few seconds you are placing bets.
Maybe you could earn the extra £60 online, or through overtime or something, so it is extra money, rather than household money, just in case you do do something wrong?
I started with £60 and must have taken around £2,500 or £3,500 since last September. It is well worth doing. Or at least trying. The first two offers won't cost you a penny with Profit Accumulator and are literally given to you step-by-step. My biggest tip...don't try to understand it. Just do it. Weirdest bit of advice but that's how I started.
Thanks for the feedback on the blog. I don't like the colour scheme but at the moment I just wanted a nice clean layout. I need to get rid of that orange and get it to pink! But I need to work out how to design my own theme. That is not high on my list.
My next job is to work out affiliate links and advertising. I have seen a couple of websites to register with but don't know if I need to increase my content first. I have a few blog posts in my brain. Going to try and get a couple in the drafts and maybe post my next one Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Thanks for the feedback on the blog. I don't like the colour scheme but at the moment I just wanted a nice clean layout. I need to get rid of that orange and get it to pink! But I need to work out how to design my own theme. That is not high on my list.
My next job is to work out affiliate links and advertising. I have seen a couple of websites to register with but don't know if I need to increase my content first. I have a few blog posts in my brain. Going to try and get a couple in the drafts and maybe post my next one Tuesday or Wednesday.
xxx
gembaxter25 said:
Companies typically want around 3 months content so I'd suggest working on the layout, your posting schedule, what you're writing about etc before you start using affiliates, applying to Adsense/Amazon etc.
Plan to get another blog written and posted tomorrow. At the moment I am writing and posting straight away. Need to get a couple written and ready to post over the course of the coming days.
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Hit my target again for the month so another increase.
Blog is ok. I need to do another little post.
But the best bit - we booked Florida for next year! Ok so we haven't cleared the debt before we booked. But. husband is struggling having nothing to work towards. So I had better just work twice as hard
Blog is ok. I need to do another little post.
But the best bit - we booked Florida for next year! Ok so we haven't cleared the debt before we booked. But. husband is struggling having nothing to work towards. So I had better just work twice as hard
Oh my days! What a crazy couple of months. I had my laptop die on me...lost all my bookmark pages so all out of sorts.
I have had a busy few weeks getting the kids back to school, redundancies at work, and losing family members.
So I am currently in a state of regrouping. Jamberry is slow...I am doing all the things I need to and I am doing it for fun at the moment so we will see what happens there.
MB has taking a back seat. Lack of computer caused problems there. I need to get back into this.
Mentally I have been struggling. Lots of issues with my day job have not helped. I have however been looking at other jobs. I am applying for jobs in schools going back to what I do best - Admin Management. If I get one of these jobs then I will get my weekends back!! MB here I come.
Budgeting is going very well. We are not overspending and are a third of the way to our Disney target. We decided that going away was to take priority over paying off the debt. After the last few months, a family holiday and time to regroup was more important. The debt will still be there. We aren't missing payments. It is all "affordable" and we are paying minimum or no interest. However, things are about to change at home which will change that.
All in all, madness. Pure madness. But I am determined to start November as I mean to go on!! xx
I have had a busy few weeks getting the kids back to school, redundancies at work, and losing family members.
So I am currently in a state of regrouping. Jamberry is slow...I am doing all the things I need to and I am doing it for fun at the moment so we will see what happens there.
MB has taking a back seat. Lack of computer caused problems there. I need to get back into this.
Mentally I have been struggling. Lots of issues with my day job have not helped. I have however been looking at other jobs. I am applying for jobs in schools going back to what I do best - Admin Management. If I get one of these jobs then I will get my weekends back!! MB here I come.
Budgeting is going very well. We are not overspending and are a third of the way to our Disney target. We decided that going away was to take priority over paying off the debt. After the last few months, a family holiday and time to regroup was more important. The debt will still be there. We aren't missing payments. It is all "affordable" and we are paying minimum or no interest. However, things are about to change at home which will change that.
All in all, madness. Pure madness. But I am determined to start November as I mean to go on!! xx
gembaxter25 said:
good to hear things are good for you [member=856]gembaxter25[/member] - btw if you take a look at that blog post you wrote for me you will see there is a right bunch of comments on it now
Obviously people connected with what you wrote!good to hear the Disney fund is on track. I managed to do one earlier in the year and made the money OK and you have a lot longer so should do much better as I was trying to do it all in 3 or 4 months lol
I will head over and take a look
I have until the end of Q1 before it has to be paid...loads of time!
Looking forward to getting back on the forum...it looks great [member=1]Jon[/member]
I have until the end of Q1 before it has to be paid...loads of time!
Looking forward to getting back on the forum...it looks great [member=1]Jon[/member]
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack!!!
What an interesting read this diary was. So much has changed in the year I have been AWOL.
So what has happened. I got hit with the depression tree......every damn branch. Not a surprise as I suffer daily but this was particularly bad. It caused ripples in my marriage and involved a lot of building back up. Everything came to a head in the Autumn and I decided that I needed to make some changes. My husband and I sorted all of our finances out. We remortgaged to swallow up the debt as this was something that was really causing issues with my health. I feel sick when I think of the extra interest we will be paying but it has really helped me psychologically so in my book that is a huge win.
I was working 19 hours a week at a high street bank and that involved working every Saturday. I hardly saw my husband and I felt I was missing my kids. They are now at school so two days a week I sat home alone. It caused me to sink lower every week. I applied for one job. I saw it by chance and applied for a laugh really. It was Admin within a local school, 20 hours a week, term time.....TERM TIME!!! Don't get me wrong I put a lot of work into the application form. I visited the school to get a feel but I really didn't get the vibe. To my surprise I got offered an interview...on my day off. It all felt a little bit like fate. I went to the interview kind of set in my mind that I wasn't really sure I even wanted the job. I got there and had admin tasks to complete. Mundane, simple and I felt beneath me. I was actually quite frustrated by the time the formal interview began. I answered questions diligently...."why are you leaving your current job?"......"I actually love my job. It doesn't fit with family life but I wasn't actively looking to leave"......then I got asked about priorities etc to which I replied with the phrase "my family comes first". I told them about how my children come higher on the list than work. I actually found myself trying to sabotage it. Right at the end another surprise....."OK, interview over so now just tell us about you....." SILENCE! I actually enjoy interviewing because I am good at it. But talking about ME. I don't do that so well. I had made a decision to keep the mental health under wraps as I didn't want it to be the influence. So I said......DISNEY. I am a Disnerd (I don't think I used that phrase).
To my surprise they called me that afternoon. As soon as they finished the last interview they offered me the job. I nearly turned it down. But I didn't......
And it was the best move I made. I haven't been happier work wise. The balance is great and the atmosphere is good. I am good at what I do and if my kids need me.....I go.
What else happened? Oh yeah! So 2018 for Disney. Well that is still in the pipeline. Only we also went last month. I am still in complete shock and for our family it has brought us back together. I'm sure all holidays do that but our love for all things Disney as a family really realigned our love for it and for one another. Fantastic family time. Kids were brilliant and loved being with us 24/7 and we loved being with them.
It went from a pretty trashy year to me feeling back to my less crazy self.
Some of the downsides. Due to reasons I won't go in to I have had to stop the blog and remove it. I had to stop Jamberry and hide all of my internet presence in general. Was a bit scary for a while but hopefully it has all settled down. Sadly though I was enjoying blogging and just starting to find my rhythm especially in the mental health area. So for now I have about a dozen blog posts unedited and waiting to see the light of day. Maybe the future will see that happening.
My new goal.....pay for Disney next August.....MYSELF! I want to treat my husband and children. For everything they go through living with me. And for the support they give me day in day out. No matter how I treat them, they are always there to support me. They see through my demons. So I want to be the one who funds our next family retreat. I need around £600 for 12 months. I am not touching the family budget. Our lifestyle is to remain the same. This should be an above and beyond. I did nearly £3k before in a few months. I know it is so doable.
And whats more.....I know I can do it.
WOW!!
If there's one thing that still amazes me about TMS it's the fact that people just feel so willing and natural to talk about their personal situations regarding money and to an extension their life as a whole.
It seems like you've got a great hold on your finances now and it's literally a case of 'onwards and upwards' which I think is the right mentality. Sometimes you can drag negativity with you for too long when it's best to draw a line under what happened with your finances, you've sorted it! and now it's time to move on!!
I'll leave you a surprise in the Magic Kingdom next month when I go for you to find next August