- At the aged of 11, I went down a very fragile slide which had been hardened by the sun and was very brittle. I was way too big for said slide, and half way down fell right through the middle, bottom first, much to the mirth of everyone watching.
- I once took out a loan of £5,000 to attend a 'Making Money Through Direct Mail' two day course, and after finishing the course, then promptly did nothing about it.
- For 6 months, I believed that my boyfriend was working and 'couldn't get a bank account because of his poor credit rating', when all he was doing was sitting at home playing computer games, spending my money and smoking weed.
- I once tried to open a cutlery drawer whilst holding a plate of spaghetti bolognese in the same hand.
Secondly, if I am so foolish, what on earth am I doing attempting to make money online? Very good question, but one which I hope has a plausible answer.
I am, as I write, on the train to Manchester, where my boss lives, and there is a distinct possibility that I could get fired.
The reason this is becoming a more likely possibility the closer I approach Manchester is because I haven't hit my sales target, not by a long shot, and I need to make £60,000 towards the target for my event which is in 26 days time - 26 DAYS!!!!
But because I am not even close to a fraction of this, I get the sense that today my boss might decide that it's not worth the next four weeks of hand wringing, scrutinising prospects spreadsheets and disappointment and hand me my P45 today.
The thought of the conversation I'm shortly going to have with my boss makes me feel very shuddery, but, despite, or maybe because, of being a foolish girl, I have a plan.
Three days ago, knowing that I had this sobering conversation looming, I decided to attend another two day 'Making Money' workshop. Armed with pen and very large note pad, and trying to avoid the weirdos that tend to sometimes crop up at these things and always seem to single me out specifically for a long conversation - I decided I was going to make the most of it this time, take good notes and soak up all the valuable information the sage internet gurus had to teach me.
It was while I was there that I decided to buy two programmes about making money online, with fail safe instructions for each, so that I can't possibly fail, I will become obsessed with the internet, make a fortune, and retire with a big smug grin on my chops and buy a huge yacht.
I decided to buy the two programmes, knowing that I had the impending 'chat' with my boss, and that it would put me £1,202 out of pocket - FOOLISH! I hear you cry!
And I would say so too ordinarily. But, I have a plan, and this is:
That I will make the £60,000 I need to hit my sales target at work, in the next 26 days, online.
Not a revolutionary one by any stretch, but one which I am willing to try, as I have tried everything else, and I don't think I've got anything to lose:
- if I make all of, or some of the money, then hooray! I can prove my boss he is wrong about me and live happily ever after. I won't even need the job by then as I will know EXACTLY what to do to make money online, unless by some crazy stroke of luck, I get given £60,000 and there is more chance of me winning the lottery than that happening
- if I make very little, or none at all, then I will have tried every option, and at least I'll have found all the ways NOT to make money online, and I'll try bingo instead
Over the next 26 days, I am going to use the courses I have bought to find a product, set up a website and get traffic to start selling on the internet. I have tried this before when I lived with aforesaid weed smoking, computer gaming boyfriend, and it was starting to work for me, before he got us evicted, I left him and he stole my computer. So I know it can work, and I can do it again.
My aim is to make £60,000, but of course, I would love to make more than that, but we shall see what happens! Over the next 26 days I will be documenting this all in my blog and sharing my tips on what does and doesn't work, so hopefully it can help you too.
Now, as a foolish girl, I am bound to do, what some might think is a foolish thing.
At the end of the 26 days, I am going to give someone 10% of everything I earn online.
Of course, this could be 10% of £1, or 10% of £70,000, but either way, you have nothing at all to lose, and could win anything between a modest, to very substantial sum of money
I am doing this for 2 reasons:
Firstly, I am determined to do this, and would love to get as much help along the way as possible, so I'd be really chuffed if people hear about my plan and have tips to offer.
Secondly, I haven't told anyone I'm doing this (my family and friends are generally very suspicious about online money making) and despite my own dread of what might happen in 26 days time if I don't, I want to be spurred on, and in turn, I would like to reward people for this.
As I said, whether I make £2 or £50,000, you'll get 10% of what I make, so this could be:
20 pence to buy: two or three sweets of the penny (but they were only worth pennies donkeys years ago) from a shop,
OR: £5,000 to
Go on a wild shopping frenzy in New York
Buy 1,000 wind up space hoppers http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/wind-up-space-hoppers/index.html
Put the money towards an amazing car
Pay off a loan
Have a 3 night stay in ultimate luxury at the Burj Al Arab, Dubai's 7 star hotel www.jumeirah.com/en/Hotels-and.../Dubai/Burj-Al-Arab
And........well I could go on, but you know what you'd spend that kind of money on........
So, all I'll say is, you have got nothing to lose! I have my job to lose and that is why I'll be working like a maniac over these next 26 days to get this money in, and I'll be sharing every nail biting detail, so with any luck, I'll come out at the end wite the ultimate guide to make money online, no matter how foolish you are!
Get guessing now, email me at afoolishgirl1@gmail.com with the amount you're guessing in the subject line. If it turns out that more than one person guesses the right answer, the first person to guess the answer will win. You can enter as many times as you want. And don't worry, I won't share your email address with anyone, this will be used for me to see who guesses the right answer.
Right, now I had better go because I'm nearly at Piccadilly, and my late afternoon chat with my boss is about to begin (Blimey) I'll be back tomorrow!
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