OMG! It's not good being stuck! I spent way too much time on Day 8-Scripting! Just saying! And now, Day 9... Okay, so I completed Day 9, watched the video three times and the last time I paused it and took detailed notes. I felt the slightest cringe when I knew I needed to record a video, even though it was only 30 seconds. Like, OMG, "I'm-going-to-be-on-stage" type of fright" (even though I have spoken on stages many times before); or my hairdo is not they way I want it; or I don't have any gift baskets made (although, I actually have 5 gift baskets already made and ready to sell). I wanted to do something else like jump ahead to some other days in the challenge or go back and work on Day 8 scripting. But I didn't. I listed my 5 steps, decided what I was going to practice for my 30 second video, plan my background and my presence, and move on. And I did just that. (Side Note: And why am I dreading the day that this challenge will cause me to record a full long-form video! Well, I have my accountability cheering team below to push me along) I interrupt this Day 9 of the Challenge to share this happening... I will practiced for 2 days. My plan was to have it submitted by today, but yesterday was an extreme interruption: I had a regularly scheduled client, then after completing my work with them for the day, I received an urgent call for a new client! My husband and I prepared for that client and while traveling to their location, I (we) witnessed a debilitating rollover car accident at a very high speed. Yes, I was shook up over it, maybe even a little PTSD. I meditated, prayed, used my private prayer language, and rested for only 4 hours because I had to be back at 7:00am this morning to finalize the service of my previous client. Still replaying this accident in my head, I decided to play some Gospel music and...Release! The songs and tunes were feeding my soul. My spirit was free. I carried on with my day today and will add more days to my 30 second practice. So this Day 9 will have a Part B to it.

Oh No! Y'all are leaving me behind. No worries, I will catch up! I got distracted in my "recovery" and started planning an opt-in for my channel. My hosting checkout app was having problems so I switched to one that I am used to working and it was sooo much faster. I decided to leave ​that alon​e and get back to my other work and this challenge. I have to say, the distraction was good because I kept working.​ But then, I wanted a particular hairstyle for this 30 second video. I wanted to color the grey. Why didn't I think, I could always do another 30 video with the hairstyle I wanted. (Oh the self-perfection drama!) Update on the Taxes: Second one 95% done, Third on 30% done. I have time for the 3rd one so it will wait. I'm not getting FOMO, but I will catch up! Update on the Recovery: Yesterday (7 days later), I had to drive myself past that same accident scene. I did everything not to relive the horror I saw a week ago but the emotional shock started rising up. I breathed, sucked on 2 mints, blasted Pandora with Gospel Music, and thought about your collective prayer wishes (which helped!)—all while driving past this area. In a few seconds, it was behind me. The ​Lesson: Sometimes you must go through the painful horror to get to the other side. What I didn't share in my last post (Day 9, Part A) was that I was in a rollover accident myself, so the memories crept in later as I recovered from the shock last week. I am fine today and the next time I need to travel that area, it will be even better. Now, about Part B of My Day 9 (attached): I watched the video 5 times and made notes in my workbook (see it attached). I created a quick cheat sheet too. OMG, my 30-second video assignment turned into a 6-minute, 14-second video that I edited down to 2 minutes, 12 seconds, then 1 minute, 53 seconds, and now 1 minute, 46 seconds. I worked on it for 3 hours! I decided to stop there. That's still too long. I'm being a perfectionist again! I know I wasn't supposed to edit the video (I think), but I did. I discovered something--I am too wordy!

I want to build my channel around “They told us college was the only path. They were wrong. I’ve spent 30 years watching tradesmen out-earn degrees.”“If you want to be a doctor, nurse, engineer, lawyer — absolutely go to college. But if you’re getting a $120k communications degree hoping something works out — think again.” I only have 11 subscribers but hoping i can get my life lessons out there to be different, be a rebel, go against the grain to be successful in life

Well, I spend 2 days on this one. Two weeks ago, I ordered the logo which I shared here in a previous post as a poll. This one, for me, was a LOT of Work! I did it and got it all done. Yesterday and Today, I spend 10 hours getting it all together: the About Section, Banner Creation, Opt-in, and more. The banner actually has my picture on it, but can only be seen on a TV for now. I will fix that later. But I did attach the entire banner, see the 3rd screenshot. (I keep hearing Alexa say scrappy is better than not at all.) My playlists are created but I don't have access yet to upload them on my channel. Here is some screenshots of what I have completed so far. I will add other links later and update the section. But for now, this is it. So..., Day 4 is DONE! Accountability Tags: @Yvette Bowlin, @Jenny Sharratt, @Dajana K., @Michael LeJeune

I just finished my first video for a new channel. The title is "The HARSH TRUTH About Aging Alone (And How YOU Need To PREPARE NOW)". Which thumbnail would you click?