What’s next?
The Tuesday Topic group provides motivation to write at least once a week, even when life gets in the way. This week’s topic, What’s next?”, is a little too close for comfort, but I’m going to try and tackle it with aplomb.
I walked by a rack of Christian books once and saw a title that has intrigued me now for several years. I did not pick up the book and flip through the pages because the title was so perfect for my own brainstorming that I didn’t want to take the chance the book wouldn’t deliver. The title? Just enough light for the step I’m on.
I’ve always been a planner, almost compulsively. One daughter-in-law bestowed the title uber-planner on me after a wonderful family reunion, and she’s one of the most organized people I know. I’m currently at a stage of life that I have planned for over and over again in very general terms. Now that the specifics are upon me, I can’t plan the rest. I have to trust that it’s time to stop and smell the roses, take each day for the gift it is, and ask the Universe specifically for just enough light for the step I’m on.
Since this is my business blog, I’ve tried to think of a way to relate the what’s next topic to business. I think that the very essence of the online marketing industry is that success comes when you’re passionate about the place where you’re standing right now. Learn as you go, adapt to the changing market, keep your wits about you, and try to figure out where the rest of the crowd is going so you can sell them a map and go the other way, into uncharted territory.
What’s next? Whatever it is, it’s sure to be as good as I make it.
You are a rose…just take a deep breath!! Hugs.
I tend to be a planner as well. You made a great point about whatever does come your way, “it’s sure to be as good as I make it.” Wow, that is so true. Anything can happen and as much as we plan there are things we cannot control, so it’s up to us to make the best of it.
Like you, I am a constant planner. My poor husband didn’t even know that we were going to get married and I had already picked out the church and named our kids. The hard but exciting part about affiliate marketing is that things can change so quickly that you may have to change your plans without much notice. You’ve been doing such a fabulous job of managing all of the changes in your life lately. You are a rock star!!
I’m so glad you guys stopped by! It’s very inspiring to be on the radar of the superstars in our field. Isn’t it amazing how many wonderful, strong women make up the universe we revolve in?
Thanks for the kind words, also. I think that I have demanded that God give me patience “right now!” so many times that I’m getting the great big super-size lesson right now! It’s working out and our kind of work is a real blessing. My problem is still that I haven’t figured out how to actually get it done yet. Still practicing the little minutes theory.