I have a small problem to solve as far as sharing stuff I find for posting in here - pasting from FB has stopped working via tha Locals app!
Just realized I oughta ask support about that ācause itās hindered two posts already. Boo. :)
In other news, have been needing a lot of rest since starting down the Your HD & Your Business offer trackā¦
I found myself at my laptop (first time on over a week Iād guess) ā¦ āIām not deadā is what came out as I went to post in the pop-up group for those buyers yesterday lol. I think it was yesterday š¤
Then I felt new energy for the project.
Slid around the pieces that had me stuck for the moment (with new possibilities for those still stewing- but back burnered for now) ā¦
I can see now that Iād set a linear outline/ flow that might make sense for consuming, but thatās not how it comes out of me.
So yesterday, I fleshed out the basics (good enough for now) of the Story Selling Unit - and wove in Dave and Matt as my support system via an affiliate link.
Thatās so much more āmeā ā¦ as soon as I saw that clearly, it was easy for it to come together.
And then I noticed, after about 2 hours ā¦I was at āgood enoughā ā¦ ie. someone else could come to it and have stuff to consume that can stir their own new energy and possibilities.
From that sort of foundation is where more interesting conversations can be born from.
Once people are asking questions - everything literally flows.
Which reminds me of something else I finally found myself doing a few days - maybe a week ago.
I made an āask me thingsā YouTube video. And it was so perfectly successful feeing to post it and almost right away have someone ask a question- which I video answered the next day.
Almost immediately, another person messaged āI found you on YouTubeā and my Mind was like ooh, maybe this is something thatāll be a thing.
But since then, nothing š
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But itās infrastructure. And thatās never been a bad thing for me to have on hand.
Case in point - for the Story Selling Unit - the page I worked on yesterday I was able to utilize 3 short videos of my own that were created across 4 years for that. Who knew that theyād all live together on this particular one page - no one - till it made sense for them to. Yesterday.
Now if I can get in a habit (takes remembering itās there) of pointing the people with a question who just wander into my inbox - minus a specific invitation and recognition for me ā¦ it really only works when they come ready to bare their soul ā¦ till then, pointing to that video could be a thing. :)
I can find the link and drop it into a comment below. Or you can hunt for it - itās on my Doing Business as Yourself YT channel.
Other things Iāve been up toā¦
Lots of video watching - both Netflix series and YouTube following. Weird assortment of topics.
Lots of current events through the lens of my ever-skeptical 3rd line and also the lens of those even more skeptical than I š ā¦ systems are falling apart at a rapid pace ā¦ itās wild to watch and at the same time feel zero panic. But thatās how it is for me. Popcorn is available.
Feel more concern about things like moving a hose out of the way as John heads towards it with the mower (last time I mowed, I sliced into a long one lol)
The other core themes that seem to be holding my attention are relationships and survival - also foundation-type topics eh?
We find ourselves without any large loans outstanding ā¦ well except for a stupid student loan I incurred late as I was ālooking for directionā - what a mistake that was ā¦ except also maybe not.
Because then as my kids have come up against those decisions, I was able to guide them away from that track that our culture would have them on.
āJust say no to school loansā was the wisdom I was able to offer with clarity and zero hesitation. So far one is past that temptation and the other will either heed me or find out for herself - so far sheās found a paid-for 100% by grants track - or so she tells me. š¤·š»āāļø
Anyway, I digressā¦
So we find ourselves without any large overhead costs (no mortgage, building finally paid for, no car notes) ā¦ but again - infractructure is the word that comes to mind.
Home improvements and maintenance have definitely been deferred in the course of getting here (for example) and I can see a season of that for the next few years.
Now is the time for that because John is still young enough (he turned 58 this year) to have the interest and the energy. And anything that we refresh/replace/upgrade now oughta last for 15-20 years. Could be the last time itās necessary. š¤
Those sorts of projects also stir my production pot.
Real life project goals that my own efforts can support - with funding.
In the words of Zig Ziglar -
āYou can have everything you want in life if you just help other people get what they wantā
Thatās what gets me moving.
Thatās how I get direction.
Thatās where I receive #projectorsuccess level recognition.
But the spark is always - resources for my tribe here at home.
Thatās how my Design is wired.
Nothing else moves me quite the way resources for the tribe does :)
Planet Andrea and itās many parts is the other 1/2 of this tribal synergy. Being within that circle puts you on radar. My interest in you getting what you want is elevated. Me helping you get what you want is the key ā¦ the secret.
As is it with anything on the material plane.
Oh one other thing to add to this brain dump - Iāve also been in consulting relationship with a couple of private clients this year - and one of them recently drew me back into funnel building.
Which has me revisiting my own flows - and caused me to stumble across an email about a launch for a software that makes building quiz funnels easy.
Have always wanted to create a sort of āchoose your own adventureā type funnel - have attempted in the past with a ādoorā system for people to step through, but the technology wasnāt ready to do that in a way that was visually easy (I just had this memory of me designing my first website years back - I couldnāt figure it out until I broke out a legal pad and used a page for each page in the website flow š) - this new software appears to be the solution Iāve been waiting for.
So I wanna play.
Play and brainstorm about refining systems. Mine, yours, whoeverās shows up.
Itās a launch email for that software that caught my eye - a couple days late, but still, it was interesting to watch myself write an email to my own (oldest) list to invite along. This is maybe the 2nd email Iāve sent this year š¤·š»āāļø
Like riding a flippin bicycle I tell āya.
So yeah thatās part of next steps for me. Some sort of choose your own adventure system that can weave together my different infrastructures (seems to be the word of the day - and not because itās in the news ā¦ but maybe š¤)
And let people self-filter through to Planet Andrea and even ON Planet Andrea.
Could use your help with that for sure.
Of course, in-person tours are necessarily the most expensive - for all concerned. Or they should be ā¦ sometimes my open head gets caught up in the concerns of people who havenāt bought their ticket - I continue to notice that - and the related bitterness š¤
Automation is the solution - it can serve many more via self-filtering (value adding) systems, with some high touch portals like this community in the mix.
Well - that got to rambling š
Whatāve your been up to?
What is it that you want next?
Maybe I can lend you my thoughts :)
Of course youāre welcome to step into any of the projects / explorations I currently have rolling - should your Authority be a yes for that šš¼