$100,000.00 in 60 Days!

I've never been one to shy away from BIG dreams or LARGE adventures, so when I read Robert Allen's, Multiple Streams of Internet Income, I confess - stars filled my eyes. Allen claimed to hold the key to a dream I've have long since cherished - an online at-home business that allows me to earn money while I sleep using tried and true methods for creating FAST CASH! Hey, who couldn't use a little fast cash, right?

At present my life is a financial mess. For the past two years I've been unemployed, injured while on the job and unable to return due to a lack of modified work. Not necessarily a bad thing. For example, there were many aspects of my job I disliked. Other factors caused chronic pain and depleted me of vitality. But not having an income sucks especially because it makes me vulnerable to financial dependency on my common-law husband who loves the opportunity for control. Of course he doesn't mean to be controlling, but his fears know no other way. You see he doesn't like his job (he's an electrician) and only works part-time (he quit his job when I got injured - please don't ask me why). And because he doesn't want to work but would prefer to be supported for the rest of his life, he’s very tight with money. We've already had to borrow $20K from his mother and that’s just about gone. Of course my husband is in survival mode and will most likely never escape without my help. He simply does not see how his fear of not having enough, of money running out, keeps him in a vicious cycle of not wanting to work yet feeling forced to return to something he doesn’t particularly like. In case you missed it earlier in the sentence, my husband would rather NOT work. Yes, yes. I know. He's lazy. But most rich people are. Us poor people slave for our money while rich people live lives of luxury. Doesn't seem fair, does it? But this is exactly what I'm talking about. This attitude that the poor are slaves and the rich are taskmasters is wrong. Rich people don't enslave themselves to money. Poor people do that. Instead, rich people make money the slave. Yet because my husband doesn't want to work, nor does he want to put his money to work, THAT is what defines his poverty. Huh? Try explaining that to him and watch him squirm like a worm on a hook. Good luck! 

The most interesting part about my husband is his arrogance of comfort. He believes because he has lived a life of comfort (mommy and daddy took care of him most of his child and adult life) he is entitled to live out the rest of his life the same way. One day while out strolling I confronted my husband and asked him if he considered me a cash cow. Further, I asked him if he thought I would financially care for him the rest of his life. In pursuing my many lofty dreams I intend on providing myself with a life of abundance and financial independence. My husband knows that once I set my mind to something I almost always succeed. Of course some dreams take me considerably longer. My husband declared yes to both questions. That got me wondering. Of course I love my husband and already take care of him in many ways. But would I be willing to hand over my rewards to a man who seems to have no appreciation for and takes for granted my consistently challenging and oftentimes lonely efforts? I don't think so. But in truth, I don’t know.

Unlike my husband I am fluid with money, sometimes to a fault. Like my husband, I recognize money earned is money spent. Of course we both save and invest a little, at least I did before I lost my job. But because I have had no income (am disputing WSIB in the hopes I'll receive some financial compensation) I've had to withdraw all my investments and savings. Yet unlike my husband I didn't feel the least bit fearful in the process. Why? Because I have faith in my ability to create more wealth. Rainy day money is invested and saved. Yet all my rainy day money is gone. Lately I've resorted to using my line of credit to make payments on my credit card. Unfortunately, or fortunately (the verdict still isn’t in) it's been raining non-stop for the past two years and I'm in serious need of a life raft. Last week while out walking I realized my life had come down to two choices. Sink or swim. What will it be?

Not knowing how long it would take to resolve my WSIB case, I immediately set out to learn how to earn money online. I took to heart the saying, “Do what you love and the money will follow” and tried writing for Helium.com. That didn’t work. In spite of my love for writing, apparently I’m not a “good enough” writer. I inadvertently plagiarized and had one of my articles banned though it could have been worse. I could have been banned! I kept trying but to no avail.

Did I give up? Did I curl up in my bed and decided that was it – I would never be a writer?

No! No way!

Instead, I realized I was writing with a voice that didn’t fit that particular market. So instead of trying to fit my square little body into an even smaller round hole, I decided to seek out other squares. Unfortunately I couldn’t find any, at least none that offered financial rewards. Hey I don’t mind volunteering, but eventually I have to clothe and feed myself. 

What to do?

Oh, I know! I’ll rewrite that book I wrote two years ago (Majestic Power)! I’ll give it voice and creativity. Instead of telling, I’ll show. I’ll slightly exaggerate the conversations while leaving the facts in tact to create something of great value not only to me but to the reader as well.

Robert Allen calls this “long money” and I believe it is this money my husband thinks will keep him in a lifestyle of great comfort and leisure. Sure hope he’s right lol!

In the meantime, I need fast cash! Unfortunately I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. I’ve wasted 55 days and only have 5 days left to go!

Normally I'm a big picture person with a great capacity for attention to detail, normally. But normal exists within my comfort zone. Creating an online business is not my comfort zone. Firstly, there are many people out there doing the same thing I'm doing. Secondly, out of the many, a few don't care about the true value of their product. Because of this they use traditional marketing (scarcity and fear) tactics to manipulate you into thinking that what they are selling is exactly what you need in order to create an online business. And when you've already allocated a fear of time (60 days), you'll jump to just about anything to make it more achievable.

The greatest area of struggle for me is in not having a live mentor, someone I can talk to, bounce ideas off, ask for guidance, etc. Thus I am completely on my own. And while my husband truly wants to reap the rewards he’s adamant he wants no part of the birthing labor. And while Allen will have me believe in the simplicity and ease of creating an online business in only a few short hours or days, I disagree. Not everyone is Robert Allen. That is what makes Robert Allen unique. 

Now I'm not saying I don't think OTHER PEOPLE aren't capable of living up to Allen's challenge. And I haven't quite concluded I'm incapable either. However, I am saying I recognize certain behaviors and limitations that are preventing me from manifesting my dream. For example, while it's true I quickly grasp theories and concepts at lightening speed, I’m relatively slow in applying theory to new projects. Several psychologists I have seen over the years have tried to convince me that my failure to learn is the result of my having experienced and witnessed violent trauma.

Gee. Wouldn’t it have been so much easier for me to concede and receive general disability based on their argument? Heck, they were even willing to do the paper work and endorse me!

Alas, I’m too big to settle for little dreams. I don’t think God gave me the desire and ability to dream big for no reason, or worse, for some twisted reason. No. I have faith in my creator. I have faith in myself. And I have faith in my dreams. And maybe the psychologist and I are saying the same thing but in different ways as I believe I need to feel emotionally safe while processing information. Thus the more emotional resistance the more fear I feel and the harder it is for me to learn.

Mental resistance is the result of realizing a project is much larger than I originally thought. To equate it to painting, something I know very well, it's like thinking you only have to paint a room when you realize after you've started, you need to paint the whole house. Suddenly time lines get changed. A project you thought would only take two days now requires two weeks. Doubt of ability sets in. Suddenly you start to question your ability to assess things. Fear creeps in when you realize you've overextended your resources. Soon you feel overwhelmed due to a lack of help or support. And if you're anything like me, to help keep the fear at bay to avoid feeling overwhelmed, you dig your heels even deeper and become super focused. It's in this area when you begin to make some of your biggest mistakes. It's in this area that you begin to seek out rapid "cut corner" solutions. It's usually at this point that you begin throwing money into a fire hoping to put it out. I know -counterintuitive and straight out dumb! For all my brilliance I am one of the dumbest people I know and after years of doing the same thing over and over again, you'd think I would learn. Right? Right!

The good news is, I have learned! I now see what I didn't see before. And that is everything I just shared with you about me in the process. And so instead of feeling foolish for having spent money I know I don't have due to ignorance and ineffective actions, I choose to move forward with prudence while suiting myself in the armor of hard earned insightful knowledge. Besides, what good would it do to beat myself up? If I beat myself up I lose the momentum of all the energy I’ve invested into this goal. Learning is wasted if I never allow the opportunity for it to be applied. It’s one thing to learn from an experience and quite another to actually apply it.

I cringe at the idea of only having five days left in my timeline. Yet if painting has taught me anything, and I’ve painted many houses in 8-10 days including ceilings, walls and extensive trim, it is this – timelines are guidelines that gage approximations and don’t necessarily factor in other competing or critical emotional qualities such as fear, hurt, anger and joy.

What? Joy? Can joy really prevent me from achieving my timeline?

Of course it can, especially if you spend most of your time in celebration! Success is determined by temperance, the balancing of opposing forces through diligent and unforced constraint.

Will I achieve my goal of $100,000.00 in 60 days? I sure hope so. God knows I’ve put in a lot of effort. Yet I’m practical enough to know a more effective effort is needed. As for the timeline, I’m still aiming for my targeted goal. Yet in the event that I require more time, I will not surrender. I will not give up under any circumstance. Like they say, “It aint over till its over!” I intend to succeed.

Grab your copy of Robert Allen's Multiple Streams of Internet Income at www.ahundredthousanddollarsin60days.com

About the Author

Judith Windover can be found on Facebook or at one of her three websites, onestopveganhealthshop.com ahundredthousanddollarsin60day s.com and intuitiveandpracticalsolutions .ca. Please note intuitiveandpracticalsolutions .com is not yet a published website.

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