I made a BIG mistake.
Last week, I took an action that cost me ten years worth of work.
That day that I chose to change my website admin email address.
I have been using blogger for the last ten years or so for my website. Being a Google platform, I had used Gmail to sign up on it. At some point it occurred to me that I could use an email of my own domain to run it and this was the day to do it. As I added my new admin email, it gave me the option to switch between the two. So I added my domain email, removed my Gmail and clicked on save. The next minute, I couldn’t login to my website using either of the emails. The website was still there but I couldn’t edit anything on it. However, as I had long contemplated moving it to WordPress which I have since been experimenting with, this could be the sign to do it immediately, or so I thought. In a short while, I had transferred the domain to WordPress and put up a homepage with the intention of copying the articles over. The assumption was that my original blog would still be there as it would automatically revert to the blogger default domain. I have never been so wrong. As soon as the transfer process was complete, I literally had no trace of a website online. Ten years of work gone. Just like that. I am now here starting from scratch. This is my first article on my new site.
Have you ever lost in such a big way?
How did you recover? Please tell us in the comments.
As for me, it didn’t worry me quite. I was reminded of the fact that many times in life we lose something we value so much, in order that it may give space to something bigger and better, of more value. I have so many stories to this effect. I want to believe that this is the case here as I begin building this new website. I pray it is the same with you on anything valuable you may have lost. If undergoing a loss of any kind at present, may you recover and exceed your wildest imaginations.
The idea is to keep the faith and keep moving. Be persistent on the path to your chosen destination until you arrive.
If you have a dream to achieve, persistence is a vital ingredient that will lead you to success. By the way, this is one of the ingredients I discuss in my new manual, the Achieve Your Dream workbook. Please check it out. It contains seven ingredients that I discuss and help you apply to the success of your big dream. Wishing you great success. Go for it.
Wow, I am really sorry to hear that. So many times we believe that technology is the answer and makes our lives so much easier, when in fact the opposite can be true. However, as with any loss, by having the right mental attitude you can overcome, push through, and come out a better person. I wish you all the best as you create a new platform to reach and inspire people around the globe!
Thank you very much. Again we rise.
Brother, I know what its like and how it feels to lose big time. Three and a half years ago, with a click of a mouse, I signed up for an “investment” online which, based on voices I had fully trusted at the time, would bear incredible dividends in a big way and in a short time. 7 months down the line, one morning I woke up to realise that everything had vanished without trace. The website was gone. My funds gone. Disappeared. Leaving me with £24,000+ worth of debt.. Five years to repay in full. But by God’s grace I repaid in 3.5 years! I have since fully recovered from the tight grip of financial debt, but the memories still remain as vivid as yesterday. It cost me almost 10 years worth of progress just by that very incident. And it taught me a lesson I would never forget, about choosing the company you keep and who you trust with the most important decisions of your life. We don’t want to be lonely, but we don’t want to be naïve either. There must be balance.
Thank you. Glad that you recovered.
Where there is a will, there is a way.