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When I first started online I worked double hard and never seemed to stop.  I’d work late at night and I’d work weekends too.

Yeah I’d have the odd break here and there, but getting my online business off the ground took up a huge amount of time.

When I was also working as a teacher I didn’t see my friends for weeks.  I barely saw my family.

For about 6 months I just threw my all into everything I did online and didn’t stop until I succeeded.

Was this the best way to achieve my goals? Probably not.

Am I glad that I did this? Absolutely!

I’m sure it would have been possible to still make money online without taking my personal workloads to the edge of insanity.  But I’m glad that I took a bit of short term pain, as now I feel as though I’m really starting to enjoy the benefits.

This weekend I was feeling tired so I just decided to go away for a few days.  I dropped everything and enjoyed a mini holiday and yet the money continued to roll in.

This morning I was tired so didn’t get out of bed until 10am, and I’m now sat in the garden in the sun while typing this message. What a way to start the day!

I’m going to finish this blog post, send some emails, and then enjoy some fresh orange while reading the sports pages.  And I get to do it all on my terms while sat in the sun.

I’m even quietly debating whether to open a cold bottle of beer as not many things beat an ice cold beer when the sun is shining.

Here’s my point…

Running an Internet business can be hard. And starting one can be even harder.  It’s important to know that if  you really do want to succeed you’ll have to suffer a bit of pain while you get your business off the ground.

But the good news is that all that work is worth every second.

Yeah it’s hard getting going, but trust me that life feels pretty nice once you get to the other side. If you’re like me you’ll probably have moment of doubt where you question everything.

Where you wonder if it’s all going to be worthwhile.  When you consider whether you should be doing something else with your time.

I’m not here to tell you it’s easy.  It’s not.

But the rewards you will enjoy when you reach the other side are something that most people can only dream of.

I guess the question to be asked is ‘how badly do you want it’?

Anyway, I have a cold beer waiting for me and I really should make the most of this Manchester sunshine before the rain comes back for the rest of the summer…

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