Coachamatic, Adsense, and dreams of living on the beach

Over the past few days Coachamatic.com has been progressing by leaps and bounds. I just got finished working on the category descriptions and slipping our keywords in there, doing research on the tags (if you're blogging for Coachamatic, you'll be learning about tags soon), filling in the slugs (don't ask--I don't know how to explain what they are), and writing up the how-to for signing up for Google Adsense.

Andy's been working on the techie stuff and preparing the agenda and cheatsheet for this week's training parties. We're chuggin' along and things are going really smoothly. Really, what did I expect? Andy's put together a blog or two in the past.

It's just interesting because it's so much more complicated than my blog in TypePad. I can see that while mine is very user friendly, that the WordPress blog has more versality and opportunities to do search engine optimization.

There's a lot of research involved, mostly keyword and technorati tags. I'm just sort of following Andy's lead. I think the reason why this is so fun is because putting the blog together is so natural for him, and I can tell he really gets a kick out of pretty much every aspect of it. It makes me relax and enjoy it too, knowing that he knows what he's doing.

I think one of the next things I'll be learning is how to insert the Adsense code so that each author has their own ads come up each time they post. This is one of the main things I'm interested in, because Adsense, if you know how to use it, can make you good $$$!!! I'm all over that!

I've been reading Joel Comm's book, "The Adsense Code: What Google Never Told You About Making Money With Adsense." It's really, really good. Joel's got me all excited about the idea that I can feasibly make $600/day using Adsense on blogs. And I'm taking Andy's and Darren's Six Figure Blogging course. What they're teaching goes along with what Joel Comm's book is about, except it's much more in depth.

Anyways, I've got visions of myself livin' in a house on the beach, working for just a few hours a day, then spending the rest of my time relaxing and wondering how I managed to put up with working in a cubicle for the first 10 years of my working life.

It's nice to find I'm still able to daydream about what I'll be when I grow up. For many years, when I was working 9-5 in the corporate world, so bored, so stressed out, so frustrated that I couldn't unleash all of my energy and ideas, I think I temporarily lost the ability to dream about the future.

When I got laid off from my job about a year and a half ago, it took me a really long time to shake off corporate life and remember who I am.

I feel so much younger now, I mean like 7 years old or something. What is the essense of being young? I guess it's having hope for the future, believing that anything is possible, being excited about little fun things that happen during the day. Coachamatic has been one of those fun toys that I've been playing with.

Play--I think that's the very essense of being young. I really wish everyone could live a life like this, where every new thing you learn feels like a little present being opened.

Comments

[Verna]

Sharon,
When work is play, you know you've found what you're meant to be doing. Go Sharon! But I could tell that already from reading your blog--it's so full of joy and enthusiasm. Thank you!
Verna

[Lisa Wilder]

I think what you're describing is living a truly fulfilling life..... being fully present in the moment, in awe of even (especially) the little things, fully expressing yourself and your joy, and living with hope and expectation for all of the wonderful possibilities life offers each day. And isn't that what it's all about? There's just nothing better.