Posts Tagged ‘Ultra Underachievers’

A Question Of Perpsective

15 July 2006 Nez 0 Comments

I’m not going to the San Diego Undies conference in September. The brutal truth of it is that even if I get the cash together before then, my home repairs this year aren’t all paid for yet, and I’m a man who believes in paying his bills. You get what you pay for, and the work that’s been done has been outstanding, and these guys deserve to be paid in full.

I’m not using the words “I can’t go to San Diego”, I’m saying “I choose to not go to San Diego”. There’s a vast difference in those two phrases. It’ll hurt not to go (as I had made it a priority before my house started caving in), just like it hurt not going to Orlando last year. But I simply cannot justify jetting off to the northern hemisphere using money that in essence belongs to people who’ve done work for me recently. It’s not like a debt with a bank (they could just wait and choke on it), a tradesperson’s livelihood is dependant on people paying for sevices rendered, and I couldn’t live with not doing just that.

I’m not bitter or angry about not going, just a little disappointed. I really want to meet the people I’ve gotten to know online. It’ll happen, just not in September.

It’s all about perspective really.

When It Rains It Pours!

15 July 2006 Nez 0 Comments

So, in my (current) full time job, I’m a school teacher. We just had our latest school holidays which was for two weeks. In the first week, I had a nice, quiet time at home, working on my existing sites and improving things conversion wise. Week two and the 30 Day Challenge starts. No worries, I had the week off, so I made an excellent start and everything was going smooth.

Then this week started. Now, this isn’t a complaint, I have nothing to complain about, it’s simply an observation of timing. First up, Google changed the rules. Painfull, but manageable due to the awesome people in Ultra Underachievers who have helped each other (and more importantly ME) get our heads around it and get back to making money.

The second thing, I arrive back at school to discover our UPS has failed, our network servers have crashed (in the worst possible way), and admin used faulty back-up tapes for the week leading up to the crash. Although I’m a classroom teacher, I inherited the job of “I.T Guy” a few years ago since I was the most qualified person in the school. I should point out I have NO I.T training whatsoever. So I’m slowly rebuilding servers and workstations at school (thank God for Norton Ghost).

The third thing, my own backup solution at home let me down, and I lost an enormous amount of stuff (if Bill Hely ever reads this I shall hide my head in shame). I won’t bore you with the details, let’s just call it user error. So I’m slowly sifting through restore files looking for my current project work.

The fourth thing, is that I was offered some work this week, which I of course didn’t knock back. It’s about four weeks of work, pays well, and quite frankly I need the money.
Why the universe decided all of this should happen in 30 Day Challenge month I have no idea, but it has and I’m up for it. I’ll take each challenge head on and make the best of each opportunity. I must admit that my undies project isn’t looking good for getting me over the line in 30 days, but that’s cool. My first choice niches have tanked and I’m back to the drawing board. Having been a winner last year still entitles me to a free ticket to the Melbourne conference in December though, which will be great as it’s my one opportunity this year to finally meet some undies friends face to face.

Bring on August!!