After this post, I went through a few months of going bonkers, touching upon anything and everything that I could possibly work on, because, well, I could finally work on whatever I wanted! That was fun. By mid-summer, I hit a rough patch. Because I could work on anything and everything I was working on anything and everything! And as I'm sure you know, that is NOT a good thing. I had no direction. My “why” before was to have the time freedom, to get out of the corporate world. I accomplished that, and it didn't occur to me until after several months of floundering that I needed to set a new Why.

So, I did. My priorities, the things that I really liked to do and was successful at were my networking business and my real estate investments. So those were my priorities. I also started touching upon what I LOVED to do – which I recently identified was my writing. Many fun goals in that department this year, which is amazing and scary and exciting. Additionally, I identified several personal hobbies that I always knew were a part of me but never had the time to be able to expand on – reading more, volunteering, etc.

Our first solo investment property occurred last year, I obtained my real estate license, I defined my new Why and set my focus, I kept up my blog and social media networking, I grew my Vemma business, made new friends, kept up existing relationships. The list could go on and on. What you can accomplish when all you're working on is what YOU want to work on is shocking. Most of all, I settled into my new, amazing, normal. I learned, once I am the only one in control of my time and my schedule and my work, what I truly want to do and when and how I want to do it. The understanding I have of myself now and how impactful that is on everything in my life…that was something I never even realized I needed to know.

This has turned into a monster of a response, but I guess there's no way to put into words what a year and a half of being me, of truly living my life, means.

When I saw the notification in my inbox this morning that you had followed up on this, it made my day. And it's made my week to have forced myself to reflect on it.

Thanks, Sean. Thank you thank you thank you. :)
Annie

It is hard, though, it's all time consuming, and I do often have trouble knowing how much time to spend on what. I seem to know in my gut tho when I've crossed the line! Working at home full time definitely has its perks, but the discipline to create structure and keep the ball moving forward is crucial. Something tells me you won't have any problem with that!

Excited for you and will be watching you fly after Friday!

Congrats on moving forward from your current JOB!

For me I would rather do a few social sites well then do a bunch mediocre. I think that one can spend way too much time on social networking thinking they are being product when they are only wasting time.

A question I ask myself daily is “am i being productive or just acive? am i inventing things to do to avoid the important?”

I'd also consider the community of blogs that I interact on (within “my niches”) to be an outpost.

So, for me, I would rather be really good within a couple outposts than lame on many. BUT, if I quit my job and knew I could focus on more…I would put more time into:

- Forums related to niches/industries I'm working in.
- DailyBooth (I just think it's cool)
- YouTube (it has such huge reach)
- LinkedIn (powerful in the right hands)

And I'd add a yet-to-be-determined “outpost.” I guess what I mean by that, is that I expect the common wisdom of the crowd to be missing some stuff. There are certainly new tools and communities that will blow up in '10 that aren't on too many radar screens just yet.