OK, this is the "Respect" thread. In this thread, you will ask one

Steven who? may want to be clear there are a lot of folks named steve steven etc.
-WD

Well, my life story has been posted several times since I've been here, in
detail, but I'll give you the Reader's Digest version.

I started online in January 2003 after 3 years of being unemployed (Jan 2000
to December 2002)

My first 5 months, I made $28.

Most people would have quit at this point but I had no choice. I had a
family to take care of and was on the verge of losing my home even
though my wife did have a good job as a school teacher. We were very
deep in credit card debt too.

Finally, in June of 2003 I made a few hundred dollars.

By September, I was making about $1,200 a month.

My first "big" success (relatively speaking) didn't come until 2006 when I
made over $45,000. That was the year that I came out with my first
product that sold about 200 copies a month for close to a year.

By 2007 I was earning low 6 figures and have done so since.

I used to work 14 hour days to get to that point. But last year I semi
retired and worked about 8 hours a month.

This year, from boredom and missing the day to day grind, I have gone
back to a "normal" day working about 4 to 8 hours depending on my mood.

I still do spend a lot of time in the recording studio writing my own tunes,
which you can hear up at YouTube under user Wagtunes.

And there you have the story of my life.

I hope it's of some inspiration to you.

Yes, I was a miserable failure who, through hard work and determination,
built a modestly successful business.