La Bene Vita

Friday

GOAL: Reach 145 lbs by 6/30/09.
Weight: 151.2
Exercise:
Meals:
10:30am Raisin English muffin (2.5) with butter (2)
1:45pm Skinny roast beef sandwich (7)
2:15pm Oatmeal raisin cookie (4?)
2:30pm Tall, skinny, hazelnut latte (2)
4:30pm Chai (1)
7:00pm Fiber granola bar (2)
9:00pm Chai (1)
10:00pm Fiber PopTart (3)

Launch one new Potbelly song per week.
Goal met.

Launch one new Praise Band song per month.
Goal met.

Submit one short story/article per month.
Goal met: "The Butterfly Stone" (ezine) and "How Soda Is Made" (print magazine) are pending.

Write one new original song per month.
Goal met: "Inside These Walls"  [ASR]. This song hasn't had a lot of views or any comments, and I'm interested in feedback! {e:prettyplease}  If I haven't said this before, I want honest feedback. That goes for everything I write or compose.

Post at WordPress at least once per week.
Goal met.

Write one Helium or Textbroker article per week.
Goal met. This was actually met yesterday, and I forgot to mention. I wrote an article for Textbroker worth $15.26 on Wednesday, which was accepted by the client yesterday, so, woo-hoo!  I wrote another two articles worth $5.60 apiece yesterday; one has been accepted, and the other is pending acceptance.

I've also been "Leapfrogging" my articles at Helium to try and boost my score.  I've had a couple rejected, which bummed me out because it looked like my only shot at fixing an article.  However, [e-mail] informs me that I can try again after seven days.  I'm thinking about doing an end-of-month push to get a bunch of Helium articles written, but I'm just not sure when.

Textbroker seems like the easier way to earn money.  It's small money, but I've found a couple articles that were easy to write.

For any considering checking it out, be aware that it's basically a ghost writing service. The client posts a request for an article with the offered price, you sign up for the job, you write the article, the client either accepts or rejects your article, and if it's accepted, you get paid the offer price.  At that point, the article is no longer yours. The client owns the rights.

Work for fifteen minutes on "Poor Witch"  [E] every day.
No activity.

Complete and edit "Poor Witch"  [E] by 6/30/09.
In progress.

Read a book in print for fifteen minutes every day.
Goal met. I started Midnight Hours by Vivian .

Resign from Abbott by 12/1/09.
In progress.  I finally spoke with the General Manager at the other Potbelly, and starting next week I'm picking up two additional shifts per week!  So now I'm playing Potbelly five days a week.  That's good for my budget.

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Poor Witch: Chapter 1  (E) Mildred meets a flagpole. The little witch's broomstick is down to five bristles! #1308374 by Brandiwyn🎶

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