4 Difficult Lessons I Learned Making 5 Figures Online Last Month — That No One Warned Me About
The surprising elements of "living the dream"
I remember loading up the calculator app on my phone.
I took inventory of my two revenue streams.
I had three different accounts I needed to include in the calculations:
- $2,918.80 from Stripe
- $1,834 from PayPal
- $5,827.41 from Medium
You add all of those up and it gives you a grand total of $10,580.21.
I sat back in my computer chair for about 30 seconds.
"I finally made it!" I thought to myself, "the elusive 5 figure month."
And on the 31st second, a wave of disappointment rushed over me.
Why was I feeling a bit empty inside?
I had financial goals that I laid out at the beginning of the month — and I absolutely crushed them.
My digital product sales were through the roof. I was making consistent money on content platforms as I'd done in the past.
Why was I feeling like it wasn't even close to enough?
Over the past couple of days, I've been…
