At 35, I went back home to the Philippines after 7 years of working abroad. That was in 2013. I told myself that I am retired, and will not work again. We were not rich. Still not rich. I thought the money I brought back would be enough. But money was never enough. It probably will never be enough. When my daughter turned 2, I started searching online for work. I tried working as a Virtual Assistant but it only lasted for a month. My daughter is still too dependent, and my boss always check my output. I tried Affiliate Marketing. But it seems I was already late for the game. I tried dropshipping but I got discouraged when 10k of my money was gone in a flash, and I still got no sales. I heard about Amazon FBA but the required capital is just too much. Then I heard about POD and still did not start coz I am too lazy to learn Photoshop. I still applied to Amazon for Amazon MBA. The big earners in our Dropshipping group has started shifting to POD. I checked on my email and to my surprise, I got approved. And a year has already passed. It took me one more month to overcome my laziness to study Photoshop. It was October of 2017 when I submitted my first design. February 2018 when I got my first sale. Fast forward to 2020, and I am still doing it. Not only with Amazon but other PODs as well. I got excited when I had my first sale and made tutorials on how to do it. Only one friend followed. He earned 3x more than I did! When this whole pandemic happened, I felt sad with all my friends losing their jobs and all. I tried to make another set of tutorials. Only 2 followed and they are already earning now. I feel socially obliged to share this to others. I know a lot will be interested but only a few will follow. Even if there's nothing to invest but time. Even if it's really not hard to do. Even if people can earn without ever talking to someone. I know only a few will do this and its ok. I only realized it recently. Its ok to not have that many likes or subscribers. As long as your intention is to help, just do it. I'm still hesitant to share it to strangers because our group is quite small. I also might get judged for my methods. But its 2020, and with what is happening with the world, what is it that's still stopping me?
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