Fighting shiny object syndrome

There are so many wonderful-sounding money making ideas I want to try. Some of them are pretty easy to setup, many are free to start. So I start to think that I should diversify and add one more potential stream of income.

And then I realize that shiny object syndrome has struck me again. I look at my browser and notice I have about 10 tabs open and I'm bookmarking everything. I have to stop! I find myself praying a lot more often for the will to stay focused.

When I first started school my goal was to become an expert web developer so I could own a web development business. So everything I do should be focused toward that goal and that includes my side hustle ventures. I looked at the seven gigs I listed on Fiverr and realized that only two of them were related to web development. Why? Because I discovered some graphics programs that made me want to create stuff other than websites. So I'll edit those remaining five gigs to offer web development services instead.

All side hustle ideas that are not related to web development are on pause until I max out the Fiverr and Etsy listings with web development services. Then I'll also open accounts on freelancing sites to be able to place bids to win web developer jobs there as well.

Shiny object syndrome must lose so that my goals can win. With God's help it will happen.

Ecommerce activity update

Sales have been slower lately due to my laziness. But now that I've started my bachelor's program, I forced myself to create a schedule to get things done. So here's what sold recently:

• One book via my ebay resale account
• Two handmade items via my Etsy shop
• Eight more items via my ebay dropship account! (yes, I'm excited about it)

This first dropship store is in the beauty niche with items from Aliexpress and seems to be doing well. I've learned (and been reminded of) a few things though:

1. Profit is important! Yes I've been selling a good number of items so far, but my profit is only $4-5 per item. I need to sell items with higher profit.
2. Aliexpress doesn't display order processing times. So the only way to find out is to ask the seller. I mistakenly assumed all order processing times were the same, and had to cancel an order because it was going to take seven days to process and my customer didn't want to wait that long.