I have a funny feeling that when I post for the third morning in a row this morning my readers are going to think "Kim Comer Jackson must be wrapped in a rug in a ditch and someone's writing in her place because she would
never, ever, ever be able to post three days in a row ... she's just entirely too spastic!"
Well, good news gang -
I'm getting a handle on all of my disorganization
and I'm totally coming up around the bend on it...
I've been working on it for some time, but the truth is it took a long time for things to spin into total chaos and it's taking a bit to clean it up. And when I say chaos, I mean years of procrastination, incompletion and half-assing on everything from bills to my storage unit to my car to my trunk to my apartment; due to being overwhelmed by the *Gloomy Gusses*
So am I talking to you kids about my mood swings now?
I guess I am... but I think that's okay... I mean, I practically know all 139 of you like family... that's roughly how many "unique readers" I have on Nucleus of my Noggin now, according to the analytics and stats and whatnot.
I think we established a long time ago that I'm not necessarily shy about the discussion of personal things... now, ask me out on a second date and I'll clam up like there's a mafia hit against me should I make a peep, but personal questions I can handle all day long...
I'm definitely seeing improvement in my moods... I've been seeing a fabulously intelligent doctor by the name of Dr. Call in Brookport, IL. She's a chiropractor who specializes in Nutritional Response Testing. I'm cutting back on sugars as much as I can. I tried Truvia and some of the others, but they're not doing it for me... terrible aftertaste! It'll be easier for me to stick with real sugar and just cut back on it. She's added some supplements to my schedule and that seems to have helped...
I guess the reason I started chattering about that is that it pisses me off that "depression" is something to be "whispered" about. For years I've called it "a funk", "the gloomy gusses", "the blues".... but for the love of Peter, Paul and Mary... let's just call a spade a spade - it boils down to depression.
In general I'm a quantumliciously happy person ... and for years during the time that my marriage was running off in a ditch I learned to put on an Academy Award winning performance of delight and cheer... so I guess now sometimes I don't even realize I'm depressed. In fact, in the weeks following my first visit to Dr. Call, I can truly say that I've realized I was far more depressed than I ever realized... It's been an amazing journey so far and I'm going to keep you folks posted on it because (A.) I'm not shy and (B.) it's good for blog traffic... :)
NOW, about that blog traffic... I first started blogging sometime around 2006 or 2007 and if I remember correctly, my first blogs were on MySpace. I occasionally wrote silliness and a time or two I actually did a serious piece.
One of those pieces centered around the insanity of current cannabis laws in this country and went in depth regarding the astronomical amounts of money spent annually by the U.S. Government to continue the prohibition of cannabis as opposed to the astronomical amounts of revenue the U.S. Government could be profiting annually if they were to regulate and tax it.
It was that week that I made it into the top of the "MySpace" blogs. I reached #1 in News and Politics and stayed there for about 36 hours. If I recall, the MySpace blogs didn't let one embed an analytics tracker - but I do remember that I received well over 400 comments on that blog, which totally addicted me to sharing my thoughts...
So now, three or so years later I still love to write and I've learned that money can be made off of it...
No worries, it's not like Amway and whatnot...
I have several things in place, one of which pays me for views on the ads of their's that are placed on my page. So by going to my page and reading the blog, you're counted as a "view" and after so many "views" I get a few cents. That doesn't sound like much, but it CAN equate to a good little chunk. I've had several postings that have had enough traffic that I made 80 or so cents off of them the first day they were posted.
Now as I've continued to study this and help my mom implement it on her blog I see that the idea of making money really is a very reachable goal. She's aces about posting nearly every day of the world and that of course helps her readership to grow at a very consistent rate and it's starting to show on her analytics and monetizing counters.
I have been lacking the consistency in writing daily to grow my monetizing, but I'm really working on that among a million other things. Some of you may have caught the "superbowl day outhouse video" I uploaded recently and released in a blog. That's another thing I'm working on, "vlogging".
I feel I'd come across much better in a vlog ... and by "better", I mean funnier and easier to understand; not necessarily "more attractive" because I have to admit when I'm on my "entertainment switch" is on full tilt, I make some absolutely outlandish faces.
Exhibit A
Marking that as "public" was one of the most difficult things I've done in some time...
I truly hope you enjoyed it...
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I have been cocooning, gang...
Do you know what cocooning is?
In "my"definition, it is "going underground", pondering, planning, catching up and recharging one's batteries...
and I was in great need of it. My "undergroundedness" generally begins around Halloween when the weather starts cooling off. I don't like Winter ... in fact, I detest Winter and pretty much everything about it including but not limited to .. the holidays and this arctic blast that moved in yesterday morning.
I'm feeling a bit angryish with a few things lately ...
I have a neighbor who likes to sleep on his couch (which borders my LIVING room) and he seems to think since he's chosen to sleep on his couch that I should cease all noise and movement until he wakes ... which is generally around 11 ... He's called the police on me once (upcoming blog about that) and he's probably going to have an ambulance called for himself by the end of the weekend if he keeps it up .... Honestly I'm a pretty easy person to get along with ... but he's one of those "springer people" who doesn't know how to effectively communicate. He's being an unreasonable puke and I don't have the time, nor will I make the time to tippy toe around his tomfoolery.... I'll even do a bedroom remix for him free of charge ... where else could he get a deal like that?!
Let's see ... what else is rubbing me wrong?
I've got to get this stuff vented out ... I'm sure happy you're along for the ride :)
Oh YES! People keep telling me about jobs that I could "apply for".
If I haven't made an announcement already, I want to be sure to ... I'm what's called a "freelance contractor". I work for myself. I do Marketing projects such as Facebook, Public Relations, Graphic Design, Media and Event Planning, etc .... I'm also a photographer ... and the remixing and designing skills I've been honing since getting in trouble on multiple occasions for moving my canopy bed around my bedroom as a child haven't paid off too shabbily either. A "regular room remix" can "pay my way" for anywhere between 2 days and 10 days ... and a "major room remix" (i.e. painting, etc) can "pay my way" for as long as a month...
So while I do appreciate that folks occasionally tell me of ways that I can toil 40 hours a week away working towards someone else's goals ... of which they're usually not even clear themselves ... I have to decline as I've spent far too many years "working for the man". I do realize that it's due to "wanting the best for me", but I can assure you that what is best for me is to make my own decisions and work towards my own goals and I do of course always appreciate your prayers and good vibes on that front.
I can't tell a lie ... it's been very tight financially at times ... what I like to call "Counting cigarettes and eating Ramen Noodles tight". I have counted cigarettes, but I haven't eaten Ramen Noodles ... I hate those things...
Anywho, things are really and truly starting to look up now ... I have only one client left that I need to totally humble myself before and eat crow with and I'm planning to do that this weekend...
I have a multitude of stuff that I've been piling up from my excavation of the Ocho and it's surrounding properties that's going to be sold, donated, thrown away, given away, etc ... including but not limited to two cats, a portable tv/vcr combo and an incredible red table .. the likes of which I've never seen and who knows what else.
Also, something for you to be extremely excited about, I'm sure ...
you can start keeping an eye out for posts on a more frequent basis.
I always edit and rewrite myself to death before posting
and I'm going to try and pull my reigns back on that a bit...
so I hope you enjoy whatever flies out of here :)
Have a Grand and Groovy Day!
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