$500 per month not inspiring enough?
A friend of mine recently asked me, “Why are you only shooting for five hundred dollars per month? That seems rather low and uninspiring.”
I told him, “Actually, my eventual goal is five hundred dollars per DAY. That just seems amazingly out of reach right now when I’ve never even made five hundred per month from one website.”
I went on to say, “It’s not that I’m aiming low. I’m just picking a figure I think is reasonable to start with and I’ll build from there.”
When you’re working to make money from home on the internet, you should have a goal you’re working towards.
Some people are trying to earn money to pay down a five or six figure amount of debt. Many have done so.
Others are trying to make “a million dollars” on the internet. There are plenty of people who have done so, too.
Regardless of the goal, you have to start somewhere. And, if you’re like me working on this part-time between other responsibilities, you should set your goal small enough to succeed, and large enough to still be a challenge.
Hence, we start with a goal to “go for 500″ dollars per month.
Once that’s achieved, then I’ll set a higher bar. The race is on!
Filed under Status Updates, Staying Motivated by on Jul 19th, 2007. 
Comments on $500 per month not inspiring enough?
I just wanted to say I agree–I just set a goal of reaching $300 and many think that is small as well, but like you I think you have to start somewhere and I wanted to be realistic. Plus it feels good that I am over halfway there and I just started trying to make money 3 weeks ago. I have 4 children and my youngest is only 2 months old. So finding time to work this is limited, but YEAH–I am able to do it and I know my goals will grow!
Thanks for the comment, Donna, and for the vote of support for starting small the realistic. I’m sure 4 children keep you busy, so your goal is all the more reasonable!