We needed more money. That was an accepted fact. We were both retired and the cost of the insurance AND the co-pays on the medications was overwhelming us. The rent keeps going up as well as the cable (with our internet connections) and everything else was too. Now, gas is costing $3+ per gallon! Yup! We needed more money coming in. So I decided to see if I could do something on the internet.

My first adventure was surveys. That went over about as well as a frog in a flight suit! I would fill them out and click submit and the only things I got was a sweepstakes entry or a promise of money. This just wasnt working! I even sent emails to one of the survey companies. I had racked up over $500 in surveys and only received $130 - where is the rest? No response AND no more money. I had to find something else. I had submitted thousands of surveys and all I got was a lousy $130 bucks!!!

The second adventure started with an ad from an internet marketer. He would build me a website and set it up with an automatic advertising system for 400 days...WOW! I bit like a starving man in a pastry shop. I followed his instruction in the lessons he sent and was feeling very good about myself, BUT again, no money! **I should note here that the site looks fantastic. Of course, this put my name out there as new meat and the sharks came fast and furious. I was amazed (I didnt see them as sharks then). Every time one would offer a free site, free subscription, free trial, free anything I would jump and run. After I got into most of them ... the you need this program to make the maximum money or you need that program for this one to run properly popped up - so THIS was what the old bait & switch was all about. Well, to make a long story short ... I suckerd for almost every one of them. Thousands of dollars worth. Yes, you guessed it - STILL NO MONEY! But I had lots of programs, articles, information, directions, and plans that were supposed to solve my hopes, prayers, aspirations, desperation.

As you would guess, the end finally came ... no more money-charge cards maxed out and I was against the wall. The firing squad was lining up, what a time to quit smoking! While I sat in front of the computer looking at the massive collection of information I had accumulated, an email popped up - I absentmindedly opened the email and started to read. Oh, this one sounded good. It seems I never learn, I guess. Now I'm buried in content and don't know what to do with it!

The moral to this dismal story is NOT to stop looking for that one golden opportunity but to be very watchful in HOW you are doing it. Take it slow and easy, consider each one carefully and read, read, read and research ad naseum. Slow down and take it one step at a time. Taking a FREE trial run first is a great idea. Then, when you get inside, you can look around for the pools of quicksand that will suck you under faster than Click Here. When you find something you like and it increases your heart rate...do it. As you are downloading the program, and later downloading the free gifts and bonuses put them all into a separate folder with the name of the program. Keep them organized and when you want to go back and review, it will be an easy task. Yup! You guessed it - mine arent! I probably have $20-$30,000 in information that looks like a pile of pick-up-sticks. They all have labels but no organization.

I firmly believe that if I had gone slower and READ THE INFORMATION I downloaded a lot things would have been different. Im like a starving man with no arms in the middle of a glorious feast! Sad but true.

Come to think of it...Oh God! Another light bulb...I could probably take a couple of long days and organize all of them and SELL THEM. I have Master resell rights for most of them. Sh_t! Here we go again...

Sometimes I think I am a split personality and the other half is an evil twin! At any rate, if you have stuck with me thru this article - GOOD LUCK in your efforts. May you have a better result than I have had to date. If you need a friendly shoulder ( or ear) to cry or complain on drop me a line. I would be happy to listen.

Thanks for reading.