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Originally Posted by Steve Pavlina  I stopped posting income updates a while ago because it became too much of a distraction. For starters, it caused dozens of Internet marketers to target/spam me for inappropriate joint-venture offers, it generated pointless criticism from people who thought I was lying or exaggerating, and it generated tons of newbie emails about blogging that I didn't care to answer. Also, some people had a hard time handling how much money I was making, so they began acting all weird about it. One guy I knew went totally kittywompus over this, sending me long emails filled with cursing... most likely due to his frustration at his own results. All of this became rather annoying... and a waste of my time to deal with.
At the same time, I stopped caring about how much money I was making. I just felt a sense of abundance, and the specific amount seemed irrelevant. Many months I didn't really know how much I made until I caught up on my accounting months later. I just knew I had plenty.
Since I stopped posting specific income updates, I don't get as much attention from certain corners of the blogosphere, and I'm happier for it. To be totally honest, I find most of the Internet marketers out there rather creepy, and I'd prefer they simply forget I exist for a while. There are plenty of other bloggers they can swarm if they just want to make more money.
FWIW 2008 was our best year ever financially, and I expect 2009 will top that. But I don't really care. I don't even bother to set financial goals anymore. Money has become a very small part of my life. There are far more interesting things on my plate these days.
Erin and I earn more than we spend, and we expect that to continue indefinitely at this point. Consequently, we'd rather invest our time in other areas of growth and contribution. |
I know what you mean by people acting all "Kittywompus", especially when you start earning more per month than they do per year. However, lets assume for one second that there was a positive side to sharing a bit more about this part of your life, wouldn't it be the courageous thing to do even if it does mean getting some stupid emails from idiots and some negative feedback from people who are jealous?
In other areas of your life you don't hold back sharing things because of what others might think and because of the garbage emails you might have, so I'm wondering why not this part. Meaning, you are OK sharing that you're going Poly for example, and don't give a rats ass if that gets you negative flack from some people.
Of course as I mentioned above, there would have to be a positive side to doing this. If there is no reason for doing it, and just negative distraction for not doing it, then it makes sense to ignore it.
So I guess my question then becomes, as one of the most successful Bloggers on the Internet, and now having completely converted your Blog to have no Advertising and such, you've successfully created a "Lightworker Blog". Would you be willing to write an article talking about this subject at some point to help others who are trying to grow consciously in that area?
Even if it only helps 10 other Lightworkers out there and pisses off 1,000 Darkworkers who call you a liar and bad names, wouldn't that be worth it?
It's always nice to see examples of how a Lightworker is able to have financial success in an online marketing world predominantly full of Darkworkers. Then again, I could be wrong. Maybe the only people who would care how your income on the Blog has changed since the removal of advertising are the very "Internet Marketers" you're trying to avoid.