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Focusing More On My Career and Less On Numbers

2015-04-28T12:00:00.000-07:00

I'll admit it, I got frustrated with the lack of traffic and gave up on the blogging challenge. After sulking for a few days I decided to focus less on the numbers and focus more on a career.

I signed up with the Social Media Manager School. I'm in the second week and loving it. There is so much material to learn. I am kicking myself for not doing this a few years ago. I've also been busy reviewing products for my two blogs The Elements of Review and Beauty, Fitness & Health...Oh My!.

The best thing to happen was that two articles I submitted to Midlife Boulevard where published. Check them out right here!

Just a quick update to let you know that I haven't abandoned this blog, just switched course.

Update For This Week-Blogging Challenge Day 8

2015-03-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

Well if you're reading my blog you know that I'm doing a 30 day challenge. 30 blog posts in 30 days. I wanted to quit a few days in because it feels like I'm talking to myself, but I love a good challenge and will continue on.

I'm still taking classes online with CreativeLive and Skillshare. I really enjoy the photography classes. I've been attempting to take more photos of just about everything. Here are a few I've taken this week.


This is a tree in the back of our new house

Blog post picture for one of my other blogs

My son with his hands shaped like a heart

My workout area in my bedroom. It's a little messy, but I think this is my favorite.

What is Your Theme Song?! Blogging Challenge Day 7

2015-03-23T10:00:00.000-07:00

It's a manic Monday so this blog post will be a quick one. Still counts though! LOL I love the little quizzes on Facebook. I have had theme songs in my life. Basically my theme song is the song I feel describes me best at that time in my life. When I was a teenager it was Left of Center by Suzanne Vega. The song is from the Pretty In Pink soundtrack. For years my theme song has been Overkill by Men At Work. Yes, I love 80s music.

So I completed a quiz on Facebook recently. It was called What Song Sums Up Your Entire Life? Not just a particular point in your life. And the answer was!

Your song is:

"Hey Jude"

You're a smart, cultured, unconventional individual, but you're also humble. You're highly respected in your circle and people genuinely love you for your quirks and all. You can be very playful but your brain is full of knowledge and wit. You're fascinating in every way possible and people feel really lucky to be considered your friend!

I think this describes me perfectly. How about you?! Take the quiz here and tell me what song sums up your entire life? Or is there a song you've always considered your theme song?!

Manifesting True Success-Blogging Challenge Day 6

2015-03-22T07:48:00.000-07:00

Love

Yes, it can be scary to do what you love.

When I first typed this sentence, I stared at it for a long time. I have that feeling every day. Every day when I sit down to write a blog post, take a picture, review a product and connect with others on social media, I think to myself I'm doing what I love, but will I ever make a career of it?! Am I wasting my time doing what makes me happy?! Will I ever be a success?!

Manifesting True Success Through Meditation

I'm doing a meditation program with Deepak Chopra and Oprah. It's a 21 day meditation program called Manifesting True Success. Doing these meditations every day will give me the power to stop doubting myself and discover the greatness within me. I started late with the program, so I'm only on day 3. Here's what people are saying about the meditation program.

Let me know if you are taking the meditation program. What do you think of it?! Does meditation help you in your daily life?! Please let me know in the comments below.

Blogging Challenge Day 5: The Beauty Outside Our New Home

2015-03-21T10:00:00.000-07:00

Today we visited our new home to take some measurements and just to remind us what we are buying. I think we will be happy in the new home. I took a couple of pictures of the trees outside our home. I'm trying to take more pictures of things that catch my eye.


This tree is going to be so beautiful when it blooms!

The tree is over our deck and the sellers told us that it provides some great shade during the summer.


Someone besides the sellers was there to greet us!

The sellers told us that the frog comes with the house;-) We are looking forward to moving into our new home. The last home we bought was in Chicago. When we left Chicago we said we wouldn't buy another home until we are officially settled in a city. I guess Toronto is it!

Blogging Challenge Day 4: Failure Is An Option

2015-03-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

"Failure is a stepping-stone to greatness."-Oprah Winfrey

I don't know when I subscribed to her email list, but I've been getting emails from Oprah every day for the past couple of weeks. These emails contain some thoughts of the day and self improvement tips. I have heard Oprah say many times to listen to the tiny whispers and that failure are God's little whispers.

Failure Is A Prerequisite To Success

Life Coach Erica Diamond Editor-In-Chief of Women on the Fence was interviewed in an OWNShow video called Tiny Invisible Signs You Are On the Wrong Path. Here are some of her tips. Listen to your instincts. They are the tiny whispers Oprah talks about. Use your gut along with the intellect. So many times people ignore that gut reaction when they shouldn't. And my favorite, failure is a prerequisite to success. So many of the most successful people in the world have failed many times and that just makes them stronger and more determined.

“Failure is an option, fear is not." -James Cameron

A second video that comes on immediately after the Tiny Invisible Signs Your On The Wrong Path is called Reasons People Keep Failing At Resolutions. Interviewed during this video are TV Host Leeza Gibbons, Olympian Carmelita Jeter and Comedian Erin Darling. Each of them had some great tips for approaches to setting goals.

Writing them down month by month.

Visualize your success. Another way to say this is "Claim it!" Whenever I told my mother I wanted something, she would always say "Claim it!" Make it yours and it will happen.

Have fun and just let it go. Don't beat yourself up when something doesn't go the way you wanted it to. I have trouble with this one.

Some tips on how to reach your goals are:

Take them week by week or day by day. Slow and steady wins the race,

Have small and realistic goals. Don't try to do too much at one time. You will be overwhelmed and will then give up.

Be patient because sometimes it will take longer than you want to get to your goal. Another one I have a problem with.

Failing isn't permission to give up.

I'm so glad I watched these videos. Accomplishing your goals is definitely a process. I have to learn how not to beat myself up, be more patient and just let go and have fun. You can watch the videos here.

Do you believe that you have to fail to succeed? Do you believe failure is an option? What steps do you take in achieving your goals? Are any of them listed here? Please leave me a comment below. I would love to here your story.

Blogging Challenge Day 3: Is This My "Aha Moment?"

2015-03-19T09:00:00.000-07:00

I think I this is my "Aha moment!"

I can't believe it actually happened but I submitted my first article to Midlife Boulevard. When I read the email from them saying they approved my application, I read it several times and then did the Snoopy dance. I'm already looking forward to submitting more of my work. And then I realized that this is what I have to do to build up my brand and make myself more visible.. My "Aha moment!"

The article I submitted is from my other blog Beauty, Fitness & Health Oh My! called Living In A Decaffeinated World. BFH was originally a blog about my weight loss journey. Now it's about my journey through menopause and also I talk about some of my favorite products I have found along the way. I plan to also submit post from this blog too.

Hoping that this is the beginning of a new career. I'm liking the path I'm on now with my writing and photography. I have been looking for more ways to express myself creatively and I think I have found it.

Have you had an "Aha moment?" I would love to hear about it. Please feel free to leave a comment below.

Blogging Challenge Day 2: Good Morning!

2015-03-18T04:59:00.000-07:00


Woke up this morning and saw this image on my wall. I just had to take a picture.

I'm really enjoying taking pictures again. I remember when I was a kid, I wanted to be a photographer when I grew up. It's nice to show my creative side. Have a great day!

Blogging Challenge! Getting More Blog Traffic!

2015-03-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

I'm always up for a blogging challenge. I read a good way to get more blog traffic to your website is to write more content. So the challenge is to write 30 blog posts in 30 days. Starting today until April 16th, I will try to do my best to post everyday!

I'm starting to get into photography. I took a great class today from Skillshare called Mastering Mobile Photography: A Practical Guide. Check out the class here. It was short, but just enough to give me some good tips. Today was the second day of spring break with the kids and we made a cake! I took some pictures of us making the cake using the VSCO Cam app. I'm just starting out, but I really would like to take my own pictures for my blogs. Here are the pictures I took down below.


My son trying to make an action shot with the batter


The first time my daughter spooned the batter out like this I didn't have the tablet available and it looked like an amazing shot with the shadows and light. Tried to replicate it, but I don't think I was successful.

My son said "We need a shot of someone stirring the batter!" Here it is!


Tried to get a good shot, but too much sun. I still like it though!


Aaaand here's the finished product!

I really like spending time cooking with my kids in the kitchen. Here is my first post for the blogging challenge! I'm already thinking of what to post for tomorrow. It's fun getting the creative juices flowing, right?!

My World Revolves Around SEO and My Head Is Spinning!

2015-03-16T09:00:00.000-07:00

Learning SEO basics remains supreme in my world!

I've been dreaming about long tail keywords! I remember reading about SEO a few years ago and didn't pay any attention to it. I didn't think I needed it. Now every time I see an article or a class on it, I'm interested.

This week in SEO education began with a great course from Skillshare.

The class is called SEO Mastery. The instructor Vladimir Raykov is very thorough and explained things well. He's so thorough that I felt overwhelmed and decided I can't do every thing he suggested, but I will do a few. Including making sure my photos on my blog posts have alt tags, using subheading in my blog posts and to be smart when link building. If you're interested in the class you can find it here.

Renae Christine's SEO webinar had similar tips.

It wasn't as lengthy as the SEO class from Skillshare. She introduced me to SEOBook and showed us her strategy of getting more traffic to her blog by using SEOBook and Google Adwords. She also suggested using Google Trends as well.

Let me just stop right here! If you have an Etsy business or any type of handmade business and you need help with getting traffic to your website or just marketing the business, Renae Christine is for you! She has a Rich Mom University which is a lot cheaper than Market Impact Academy or Marie Forleo's program, but her focus is definitely Etsy and other handmade businesses. Renae Christine has opened up registration for her Rich Mom University. You can find out more here.

I wrote her to ask if she ever thought of expanding her brand to moms who don't want to sell homemade items, but would just like to learn about how to market any type of business. Never heard back from her. And that's ok. She has her niche and is sticking to it.

I have learned so much about SEO and keywords in the past month. At this time last year I didn't have a clue. What about you?! Do you have any good tips for learning SEO basics?! Let me know in the comments section below.

It's Hard Out Here!

2015-03-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

THIS!!!

This is the first official update of my new career journey. This was the first week of the Handmade Business Online training with Renae Christine. I was so excited to get started. The first video was released on March 3 and then we had to wait a couple of days for the next one. The videos are about 19 minutes long each and she has some good stories and information. One thing she talked about in her second video was how she brought all of this traffic to her mom's website. She said she would tell us how she did it in a webinar next week. This is a webinar that we have to sign up for and may not get in because of such high demand. That's what I need! I need to know how to get traffic! I need to know now! Gimme! UGH! *weeps*

So I will continue with this training, but I have other places to go too. I guess because I don't have any money to spend on education right now, I will do my best to get it from wherever I can. I did attend a good webinar on SEO for Etsy. I don't have an Etsy shop and probably will never have an Etsy shop, but I have partnered with some handmade businesses before who asked me to review their products. Some didn't have any social media presence at all. I would like to help market companies like that. So it was good information to learn.

I'm looking into more courses on Alison Online. Signed up for a couple of interesting classes on Creativelive and thinking about trying out Skillshare. Skillshare has a deal where the first month is .99 and after that it's about $10 a month. I could possibly do that. I would like to take better pictures for my blogs and Skillshare has a photography course that looks great.

This week I signed up to write for some publications, hoping to get writing jobs. I read an article called 51 Tips & Tricks for Bloggers. Tip number 20 was to write for Beyond Your Blog. I didn't submit there, but they have listings for other opportunities in dozens of other categories with various other magazines and websites. Check it out here! It would be nice to get some more exposure and earn some money!

Sigh, it's hard out here for a poor stay-at-home mom, but I am determined to do this! Are you trying to change careers?! Are you taking online courses?! What has worked best for you?! Please respond below in the comments section! Thank you!

Which Online Program?!

2015-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00

I've been taking free online courses for the past month. I've learned a lot, but it's been kind of scattered. I'm like that dog in the movie Up when he sees a squirrel. Oh there's a class in copywriting, oh a class in getting more traffic to my blog,Facebook marketing class and SEO. Oh boy, SEO is going to be the death of me for sure!

I want to take a structured online program. I've been taking the online program with Alison for social media marketing. I've learned about branding, auto-responders, landing pages and the dreaded SEO. The courses seem to be a little dated.

I started searching online for another program. I found Marie Forleo. Her website looks perfect, she looks perfect, happy and successful. Her program looks great and exactly what I'm looking for, but it's $2000.00. It's the same thing with Chalene Johnson, you know the Turbo Jam lady. I just thought she was a workout instructor, I didn't know she had online courses. Her program is called Marketing Impact Academy (MIA) and it's also $2000.00.

I talked it over with my husband and he wants me to go back to school, but to spend $2000.00 he wants it to be an accredited program.

So I kept searching and I found Renae Christine. She seems to be the anti-Mario Forleo. The first thing I saw of her online was a video of her spoofing Marie. I like her videos even though they are a little silly, but she seems to know her stuff. The program is free and is starting in March. She has a book called the Home Business Startup Bible and she gives great advice. Some things concern me though, Renae's niche seems to be helping people build an Etsy business. Now I could still use it to help others build their businesses, but what I'm looking for is learning how to promote businesses through social media marketing. I'm sure that will be an important part of the course.

I am going to give it a try and I will update this blog every week. Let me know what you think! Have you tried any of these online programs?! Did any of them help you?! Do you know of a great online program?! Please feel free to leave comment below. Thanks!

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Roar! Awaking a Sleeping Giant...Well a Sleeping Blog.

2015-02-28T05:41:00.001-08:00

Here we go! I was just looking over previous posts and I've been saying the same thing for five years. I need to do something different with my life. I can't get a job in Social Services. My career is over.

I've decided to start blogging here again. Why Kelly why?! You have a hard enough time with the other blogs. Because I want to document this journey and it doesn't seem to fit with the other blogs. But please visit my other blogs The Elements of Review and Beauty, Fitness & Health...Oh My! and buy everything advertised on them. I'm just kidding...no I'm not.

Let me bring you up to speed. Since my last post we have moved to Vancouver, yes Canada. I know I said I didn't want to go, but it happened anyway. My husband has always loved Canada and wanted to raise the kids here. The kids are now 10 and 8. We have been living in Toronto for several months and just bought a house. Phew! Exhausted yet?! I am!

So here we are. I haven't worked in Social Services since 2005. I did volunteer at a great place in Vancouver and thought that would eventually lead to getting a job, but no. I've sent out resumes in Chicago, Vancouver and now Toronto for the past 8 years and I hear nothing but crickets. Oh did you see that tumbleweed roll by?!

I love social media and marketing. Marketing was my original major in college, then I changed it to Psychology. I have a BA in Psychology. After much soul searching I finally realized again maybe this is a sign and I need to try something, anything new. Social media marketing is what I want to do, but how?! Those marketing classes I took in college isn't enough.

And this is where my journey begins. Will you join me?! Help to keep me accountable and focused.

Trying to be optimistic

2010-12-30T12:30:00.000-08:00

For me and others that I know 2010 hasn't been that great of a year. I hope that the new year will bring new opportunities. Goodness knows I'm trying with the blogs and selling make-up. I realized I need to take charge of my destiny. Sitting around and waiting for someone to realize that I'm a great person didn't work last year. Going to make an effort to come out of my shell and get people to notice me. I'm ready to change. I'm ready to evolve. So, at this time next year I hope to be at a place where I'm finally satisfied with my life.

Christmas is almost here!

2010-12-23T15:26:00.000-08:00

Well, I'm ready for Christmas. Done with all the Christmas shopping. Hoping that the snow that's going to arrive this weekend doesn't keep us for traveling to grandma's house for the holiday. Excited for the new year to arrive. Hoping that I get some good gifts this year. I would like a netbook most of all. I already got a great Christmas gift. Duran Duran finally released and new album and it's fabulous. My favorite song off the record is The Man Who Stole a Leopard.
Looking forward to a tour next year. No matter where I am I will see them in concert.

Weight Watchers

2010-12-14T15:17:00.000-08:00

I have decided to try Weight Watchers again at the beginning of the year because of this http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/12/03/is-the-new-weight-watchers-points-system-better/. Yes, fruits and veggies are free. So, instead of going for a cookie that's worth 2 points and skipping the banana. I will go for the banana. And since I plan on eating fruits and vegetables for breakfast and lunch the points system will be much more easier for me to follow. I'm excited about this. I think I can really do it this time. Finally get the weight off and it will stay off.

I haven't been exercising as much lately. I've been taking a break, but I will be back to it January 3, 2011. I'm ready for the new year. I'm ready to finally get control of my life.

Ready for the new year

2010-12-01T15:20:00.000-08:00

So at this time of year I'm tired of the year we are living in now and ready to begin a new. Of course a lot of the things I said I was going to do this year (lose weight and get a full-time job) didn't happen. I always start out with good intentions. To be honest the job thing wasn't my fault. I applied for many jobs and got very few interviews. This is the first time in my career I can't get hired in social services. Something I just don't understand. Now, DH wants me to get my master's degree. He thinks that will make me more marketable. Frankly, I think I will have the same problem and we'll have less money because it's so expensive to go to school. I know what I want to do. I'm scared of failure. I'm scared I won't be a success. I'm just scared about the future. I love blogging, sharing things on the internet through social media. I had lunch with an old friend a couple of days ago. She suggested I try the blogging, social media thing for about 6 months. If it doesn't work out then go back to school.

DH is another story. He wants to move to Canada now because he thinks the US is going in the wrong direction. The GOP don't want to work with Obama. Some of the Democrats don't want to work with Obama. So, nothing will get done and the country will go to hell in a hand basket. This is what my DH is thinking. He thought the same thing after Bush won in 2004. The country is in trouble lets move to England. I don't want to go. I want to stay here and try to make things better in my own way. So, my entire life is up in the air. I just wish for once I could have a stable life. A life where I know what I want to do and where I'm going to live.

The battle of bulge or what I like to call the battle of the century with my weight. I know what I have to do. It's doing it that's the problem. With all the stress in my life eating fruit and vegetables aren't going to cut it. But we are going on a trip next year and I want to look good. So, I'm going to have to do more yoga or something to calm my stress levels down and get more willpower to stick to the diet I know works for me. I had a bit of success with it earlier this year.

2011 what do you have in store for me. I can't wait to find out!

Nostalgia

2010-11-24T15:05:00.000-08:00

I've been thinking about this for a while. We are we always romanticizing the past and not the future? We've been hearing a lot lately that some want to take their country back and go back to a time like the 1950s. Now I wonder if people in the 1950s would ever imagine that time in history being so popular. Times were hard back then too I'm sure, but we tend to remember mostly the good things. I personally loved the 1980s. Sometimes I wish I could go back and experience a good day back then. I was a teenager then so I didn't really pay any attention to politics. We always had food on the table, clothes on our backs and a roof over our heads. I spent most of my time shopping for clothes, records and of course going to school.

What triggered all of this for me was the fact that Revlon has brought back it's Fire & Ice collection http://www.revlon.com/Revlon-Home/Featured-Collection/FireAndIce.aspx. It has Jessica Biel dressed up like a starlet in the 1950s. The collection has eyeshadows, lipsticks and nail polish in bright colors. I think Revlon is capitalizing on the feelings of many people wanting a little bit of the past. Personally the colors are a bit bright for me, but I'm sure there are some people out there who are happy to see it return.

Workout Schedule For The Next 2 Weeks.

2010-11-13T13:17:00.000-08:00

Ok, it's crunch time! Thanksgiving is almost here. This is when my workout schedule starts to get intense.

Sunday 11/14 Tae Bo Cardio Inferno
Monday 11/15 Jackie Warner Xtreme Time Saver & Amy Bento All Pump Xtreme
Tuesday 11/16 Bob Harper Pure Burn Super Strength & Tonique
Wednesday 11/17 Jackie Warner Xtreme Time Saver & Jillian Michaels Shred It With Weights
Thursday 11/18 Tae Bo Cardio Inferno & Tonique
Friday 11/19 Bob Harper Pure Burn & Tonique
Saturday 11/20 Tae bo Get Ripped & Jari Love Get Extremely Ripped 1000
Sunday 11/21 Jackie Warner Xtreme Time Saver & Jillian Michaels Shred it With Weights
Monday 11/22 Working all day
Tuesday 11/23 Bob Harper Pure Burn & Tonique
Wednesday 11/24 Walk 3 miles & Jackie Warner Xtreme Time Saver

Busy Week!

2010-11-11T11:01:00.000-08:00

So glad this week is almost over. It's not so much work. I only have 2 stores plus the cigarette collection in the gas station. So this next check is going to be really small. No, my son was on tv with his art class on Tuesday. Originally it was supposed to be the 18th, but they moved it to the 9th. So, I was nervous about that and didn't get a lot of sleep. Then we had to get up early that morning and hang around the art studio for about 3 hours. My son was in about 3 segments. The reporter didn't talk to him, but she did like his painting and asked him to stand right by her for what they called "a tease." It went well. I made sure to tell everyone that he was going to be on. I guess some people saw it. I don't get much response on Facebook. I've kind of decided to stay away from Facebook. I think people just ask to be your friend to show how many people they have friended. I don't think they sincerely want to be your friend. I will try to get some rest this weekend.

I have kind of started The Hormone Diet. I bought some of the supplements she recommended and I'm trying to stay away from dairy and sugar. I'm having a hard time staying away from artificial sweetener. I just want to have this bloated feeling anymore. Will keep you updated on the progress.

Starting to make sense

2010-11-06T12:20:00.000-07:00

Ok, so for the past couple of days I've been reading The Hormone Diet. What Natasha Turner ND is saying in the book makes a lot of sense. I started having the fatigue, bloating, hair loss, trouble losing weight and stomach fat as soon as I hit 40. My hormones are completely out of whack. Now I just have to narrow down exactly what hormones are out of whack and the right regime to follow. From what I'm reading so far I have too much insulin, estrogen and cortisol. The next section I will be reading is the start of the 3 step program. Can't wait to get started!

Here we go!

2010-11-03T09:46:00.000-07:00

Just got my copy of The Hormone Diet in the mail. Now I have to find time to read it. I'm hoping that this will explain some of the things that are happening to me. On another note...I just got a DVD of The Hurt Locker. So, I plan to have that on a continuous loop. Yummy Jeremy Renner!

The Hormone Diet

2010-11-01T13:04:00.000-07:00

Wondering if it's my hormones that are out of whack. Will be ordering this book. It's gotten some good reviews on Amazon. I will be updating my progress with this diet on this blog.

Workout Schedule for the Week of November 1st

2010-11-01T09:59:00.000-07:00

Doesn't look like I will work out today. I did some dancing in the living room for an hour. I might do a little more before I pick up the kids from school. Then I have to take him to acting class, go back to my daughter's school for a meeting with the teacher. Pick him up from acting class and then we come home. So, I will be doing a lot of walking today. Starting tomorrow....

Tuesday-Tonique and Lean Machine
Wednesday-Xtreme Timesaver and Shred It With Weights
Thursday-Off
Friday-Tonique and Yoga Meltdown
Saturday-A Tae Bo workout
Sunday-Xtreme Timesaver and Shred It With Weights