August 2017 Update

What this episode covers

In This Episode This is the August 2017 monthly report. I talk about my goals, focus and what’s next. Links * Cashflow Diaries * Microcosm Publishing * Smart Passive Income * Austin Podcasters Meetup * Toggle Time Tracker * Trello * Google Keep Show Credits Hosted, produced, mixed, edited & music by Mark. Blog Why Publish A Business Report? Publishing my business report allows me to reflect back on the month to see what I did or didn’t do so well. Lastly, I have read blog income reports such as SmartPassiveIncome and I like to see what they have tried. It is a form of motivation for me and I hope that this can be one for someone else. Be sure to check out CashFlowDiaries for bloggers that share their blog income reports. Or one that I’ve recently found from publisher Microcosm Publishing. August 2017 Business Report Disclaimer: Any income reported will only be reported as “cash” in hand. If it did not deposit into my account, or if I didn’t cash a check, then it does not count as income. Additionally, income will only be reported for ApexThis business and not for personal income. I may discuss side hustles for additional side income, but only income in which I represent ApexThis will be counted.  Income/Investment Report Investment – $1065.90 Expense Report RawVoice (Blubrry) – ($12) Blubrry is a service I used to host the podcasts for Admins of Atlassian and ApexThis. It has built-in integration with WordPress making it vastly easier to upload and maintain the podcasts. Google Apps – ($5) I use Google Apps for email primary, docs and drive. It’s also great to use my Google account as authentication to other services and apps. Google Domain Renewals – ($36) Austin Podcasters Meetup – ($15.69) I run the Austin Podcasters meetup. Expenses would be to cover food and beverages. Amazon – ($27.05) Overall * Total Income/Investments – $1065.90 * Total Expense – ($95.74) * Total Net – $970.16 Hours Worked Time Logged – 11h06m41s   What Happened? Motivation For a period, I was moving along with tasks and projects and I hit a wall. I couldn’t really write. There were times I would sit in front of the computer screen and the cursor would just blink. I can’t say for sure what happened but for the past two months, I’ve had a big reduction in the work I was doing but I think that may turn around. Health I started the month of August out great with a writing session for my new project and very soon after activity ceased. One morning I woke up to very bad lower back pain. My muscles had spasmed and became inflamed. If you’ve ever experienced lower back pain, then you know how I felt. The majority of the pain lasted two weeks before sciatica kicked in as the lower back pain began to dull. This made it extremely difficult to focus on any task. With the help of physical therapy and other changes, I’ve been getting much better. And with that a reminder – take care of yourself. Not only physically, but mentally. Podcast Movement

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