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Day 2790 – Crying In The Coffee Shop – or – Officially An Author

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I am sitting in the coffee shop, crying. Neither of things is out of the ordinary, but the reason today is new. I am officially a paid author. I realized I published my book* in December, but today I got my first payment for book sales. I also got my first payment for being an affiliate partner with Amazon. I officially made money while I’ll slept. It is so awesome to see the physical, er, digital statement, of a few of my goals. I found myself feeling the same way I did when I saw my book in person for the first time. Utterly overwhelmed. I’m so thankful for the spark in my soul to write and share my experiences. I’m so thankful that others are interested in reading what I’ve written. Thank you to those who have purchased my book, read my blog, or clicked on an Amazon link* and made a purchase. Y’all encourage me to keep going.

And to those who have dreams, continue to chase them!

* Affiliate links.

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Day 2769 – You Can Take A Cross Country Trip, No Matter Your Budget – or – Making Progress On My Road Trip Book!

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve realized I am really, really, really passionate about encouraging others to follow their dreams, especially travel dreams. We’ve taken four cross country road trips and every time we tell people that, we get the “I’ve always wanted to do that!” I realize that I always say, “you should!” It takes planning, but I think you can do it for any budget.

As I’ve been reading some of my old blog posts about our travels, I realized in 2013, we were able to make the trip for just under $500 (there are lots of great tips here that I still follow today). We only stayed in one hotel and we took food with us.

Now, we’ve also taken trips that were well over $2,000. There is a budget for every type of road trip. But I’ll bet you didn’t think you could take a cross country trip for under $500, did you?

Make sure you’re subscribed to the blog to learn more about how we take these trips for so cheap. I hope to make a few videos about travel budgets on our YouTube Channel too. And hopefully soon, I’ll have a book you can buy with all our trips and experiences!

How do you save on your trips? Have you done a cross country trip for under $500? Tell me below!

Here’s a sneak peek at my first page! (I’m writing from the future and the book is done! Check out the link below)

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Day 2732 – My Book In Person!! – or – Reading Goals

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Last night, or very early this morning, we arrived home around 2 a.m., driven by an awesome Uber driver, I might add. While we were away, I ordered a few things from Amazon, including the softback version of my book. I purposefully waited until we were close to the end of the trip so we wouldn’t miss the packages. Amazon is a great service, unfortunately for me, too good! Thankfully, we know some of our neighbors well, and one of them grabbed the first package. When I got notification about my book, we texted the neighbor but he said nothing was there. I was sad because I realllllly wanted to see my book as soon as we got home. Even though I stopped the mail, on a lark, I check our box…..there it was! The first thing I did was rip into that package!

Oh friends, I sat on the floor and cried….I’m sure some of that was from traveling for 10 hours, not eating a ton, and enduring another crying baby for the duration of our flight…..but what joy it was to see something I created. I realized while we were away that it has taken me well over 5 years to write this book. It has given me courage to write more and write like crazy. It has also given me reason to read more. I find I am a much better writer and creator when I’m reading a lot. I’m signed up for the Modern Mrs. Darcy’s 2017 reading challenge and I’m excited to see what books that will bring my way…it’s a bit of a choose your own adventure reading challenge. I’m doing both of the challenges: Read for Fun (book you chose for the cover or a book you don’t want to admit you’re dying to read) and the Reading for Growth (book more than 600 pages, a Newbery Award winner). I like having some direction to my reading but I also like freedom to choose. If you have any challenges or books to recommend, throw them my way! You can check out my to be read list on Goodreads and get a feel for what I like.

Now for the geek out portion of the post….

I’m a Goodreads author!!!! Eeeep! I mean, it wasn’t that hard to get my account set up that way and add my book….but still….as a Goodreads nerd, I’m excited. 🙂

Are you interested in the printed version of my book? Check it out!

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Day 2730 – Highlights From November And December

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In November, we enjoyed a delicious Veteran’s Day free meal.

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In December, I finally published my first book!

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Day 2714 – It Only Took A Million Years, But I Finally Submitted My Book For Publication!

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I FINALLY hit the submit button on my book! I was all excited to share links with you…but alas, it can take up to 72 hours until the book is ready. *sigh* But I will share when it is ready to purchase!

I’m just a little excited…

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