When It’s Time for Change and You Want a New Life
It was Wednesday of the week between Christmas and New Year’s in 2005. I worked as a classroom teacher back then and we were on a two week break that I needed more than I ever had during my twenty years of teaching. I wanted a new life, but I didn’t know where to start.
I woke up early that morning and turned on my computer. Months earlier, I had attended an evening conference and learned that ordinary people were earning a full time income with businesses on the internet. I had begun to blog, but I hadn’t been consistent. If I truly wanted a new life, I knew I had to take action every day.
That morning, something shifted. It wasn’t dramatic or loud. There was no lightning bolt of certainty or perfectly mapped plan. What I felt instead was resolve—the kind that comes when exhaustion finally gives way to clarity. I realized that waiting for the “right time” had become my favorite excuse, and consistency, not talent or luck, was the missing piece.
I sat down at my computer and wrote the blog post.It was about my little dog, Mickey. I shared how I had been attempting to train her to sit, speak, and follow other commands. I had learned how to train her from a video I had purchased online. At the end of my post, I added the affiliate link to the product so that readers who were interested could find out more and maybe even purchase the video. If they did, I would earn a commission.
The blog post was only about three hundred words, but that was long enough for me to share my story and to publish it, both on the on an article directory called Ezine Articles and on the free Google blog I had set up quickly just to get started. Within a few days I received an email telling me that I had made a sale. I had earned $21.60 from the sale of the dog training video, and I was ready to write more blog posts the next day.
Not because I knew exactly what I was doing, but because I had promised myself that this time would be different. I wrote about what I was learning, what I was questioning, and what I hoped might be possible. When I finished, I published the post and made a quiet decision: I would show up again tomorrow. And the next day. Even if no one was reading. Even if I felt unsure. Even if I didn’t make a sale each day. Even if progress seemed invisible.
I Wanted a New Life and I Could See It Coming to Fruition
That simple commitment—to take one small, imperfect action each day—became the foundation for everything that followed. Over time, my confidence grew alongside my skills. I learned how to market, how to write persuasively, how to create value for people I might never meet in person. Slowly, opportunities began to appear. Then income. Then choices.
I didn’t quit teaching overnight. I built my new life in the margins of my old one—early mornings, weekends, and stolen hours fueled by possibility. There were setbacks and moments of doubt, but there was also momentum, and that changed everything. I was no longer just dreaming of a different life; I was actively creating it.
Looking back, that Wednesday morning didn’t change my life because of what I accomplished that day. It changed my life because of the decision I made—to stop waiting and start acting. To trust that consistency would carry me where motivation never could. And to believe that an ordinary person, willing to learn and persist, could create an extraordinary new chapter.
That belief has never left me. I wanted a new life, and because I believed that this was important enough for me to follow what I was learning about my online business to give myself the best possible chance to succeed.
I’m bestselling USA Today and Wall Street Journal author Connie Ragen Green. My goal is to help at least a thousand people to reach six-figures and beyond with an online business for time freedom and passive income and to simplify your life. Come along with me, if you will and let us discover how we may further connect to achieve all of your dreams and goals. This is also why I want you to think about what you really want out of your life and becoming open to doing what it takes to change your life in amazing ways. Perhaps my “Monthly Mentoring Program” is right for you.
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