I had high hopes at the start of 2013, most of which consisted of “this is not going to be a replay of 2012 or someone who is not me is going to get hurt.”
So far, so good! 😀
To be more serious, it is true that 2013 has not been all manna from heaven. My January rent is in arrears and being paid in installments; my electricity got turned off early last month; my bank account balances are wayyy low (mint.com keeps pinging me with “low account balance” notices, as if I just somehow forgot to deposit all that money I have sitting around).
But February rent was paid on time, I finished a freelance job that will help with the bills, the electricity was turned back on that same night, someone may be interested in buying my broken car, and my new business the Task Mistress (Personal Project Management for Success) is in successful beta-launch.
AND I WON SOME MONEY!
This is not something that happens to me often. But here you go, I wrote a site review for the blog Dukeo, which is a very helpful resource for bloggers trying to make money from their blog. It was part of a contest that Ste, the person behind Dukeo, was running in order to get feedback about the site. I figured, what the hell, and entered. I figured I had as much of a chance at winning as anyone, for not too much effort.
SCORE!
The Dukeo post announcing the winners is interesting reading in any case, to see how others review a site, what they see or did not see that escaped me. Interesting stuff! I admit to being somewhere between an amateur and professional webmaster/blogger, so it’s always good to read analyses like the ones Dukeo got.
Thanks, Dukeo, for the money! I’m sitting on it for now, and going to use it for business expenses for my blogs. I really appreciate the help!
So yeah: 2013, doing it RIGHT.