So, this weekend we hit a huge milestone here at Adventures of a Broken Housewife (and Mom). We hit 10,000 page views. When I started this blog five and a half months ago, I thought I might see ten or so a day which would put us at about 1,650 page views. Here we are with 10,000+ and I couldn't be happier.
This blog has literally been a life saver for me. If I hadn't started this I don't think I would be much more than a shell sitting on the couch hurting my life away. (Well, I still sit on the couch hurting a lot, but I am much happier and not feeling as sorry for myself most days) This blog also got me off my butt and working on my novels again. These novels are things I loved dearly and couldn't imagine not finishing, but somehow I kept avoiding it. Fear, kids, boredom, shyness all kept me from acting on my true desires.
So Five and a half months ago I was a wreck, not knowing what I wanted to do with my life (besides being a mom), and now I am a self confident blogger and published author. My life has changed for the better in so many ways. I have met a bunch of great people, I have become confident, I am finally living the life I want (except for the money which still hasn't come in, and may never come in) without having to go out into the world and worry about not being able to do a good job in my career because of my physical limitations. I feel emotionally, and intellectually fulfilled for the first time in many years. I always felt fulfilled with love and family because, well, I have a big family, but never in those other two areas.
So what is next for me? Well, I'm not sure if it will ever work, but I am determined to make a living at this blogging and authoring stuff! Most of the places that provide ad revenue for blogs have requirements that I don't meet so I hope to eventually meet them. And as for my books. I know people love them, I just have to get the reviews coming in to Amazon! Hopefully that will all fall into place with all of the social media hell I put myself through every single day! I also want to expand the blog and my writer's site to include author and blogger interviews! That will hopefully not only benefit me with page views, but the writers with publicity. After all I studied public relations in college so it's about time I used it right?!?! And after that, I just hope to have fun doing what I love to do. I have many more novels in my future and probably a few non-fiction titles too.
Thank you all so much for all of your support. I am so glad you enjoy what I do and I hope that you keep coming back to see what the future holds. If there is something you want to see here on the blog, do not hesitate to let me know MY EMAIL. Also if you are interested in being interviewed please let me know and we can arrange something. I will be thinking up questions over the next week and then will start the interviews the week after.
Until Next Time...It might take awhile, but you will eventually find something you love to do, whether it is a career, a hobby or just something to take your mind off of things. Work hard, have fun and live your dreams.
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