Addicted to earning

The point of this post was a bit missed. As I said I do like earning money, but I do not associate it with happiness, in fact I think the best things in life are free. Now to explain what I meant saying 'overnight earnings makes or ruins my day', I don't mean the amount of money determines my mood. What I meant is, I usually have spent hours working on something the day prior and realizing that it got me nowhere and I just wasted all that time, is what messes with my mood. IM more or less made money loose value in front of my eyes and I don't think that buying more expensive meal or shoes or whatever will make life better, that's why I don't spend that much money of physical items. Speaking of 'dopamine rush' I think paying for someone who's unable to afford something makes you feel a lot better, instead of buying something for yourself. It might be a case of self validation, but who cares if it helps people...
 
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A648434 said:
IM made money earning my main hobby. I usually spend 30% of my day maintaining current income sources and 70% trying to create new ones. First thing in the morning I usually like to check the overnight earnings on my phone and it usually makes or ruins my day. If somehow all my income sources suddenly stopped working I’d probably have a panic attack. Also this made me a lot more frugal, I like having money, but I hate spending it on anything that isn’t going to have a return of investment. $10 meal? Nah there is food at home. $10 HQ proxy? Sure! Anyway I’m wondering what kind of impact online money had on others?
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Yeah i always do the same. My grades have dropped a bit bc of this.
 
When I first installed Adnsense on my very first IM website (back in August 2011) I checked the earnings like 10 time a day. And I was earning peanuts :).

Must admit it felt great though, when you imagined that someone somewhere on the other end of the world clicked some banner of some unknown company displayed on your website, and you made a few cents in the process :-D.
I still consider ti quite fascinating, that we have such an opportunity...

Now I check Adsense once a month, while doing my regular monthly reporting and statistics for all websites and income sources.
But I still check Adthrive dashboard once a day (they do not have real-time reporting) and PayPal once a day (for product sales income).

Do not consider it addictive, but must admit that when numbers are especially good, it gives me a little extra encouragement to do some quality work on my websites. So maybe there is something about this dopamine theory? :)
 
You're gonna crash if you just think about it like that - $10 for a proxy is better than a $10 meal.
 
I used to have a gambling issue, especially when it comes to online trading and later casinos. The way OP described his story in the first post made me remember that sensation a bit. When numbers grow it gives me a dangerous sensation. The best thing one could do is to become detached from percentages and try to dim down feelings when it comes to doing business of any sorts, I think it's highly addictive to earn money. Usually, it doesn't even matter what method you're using to earn.

Even the best of us can get carried away.
 
I'd stop overthinking, get into reading about addictions, make my life more interesting and filled with other stuff than just making more money. Good luck.
 
Tl;dr people don’t read, just comment based on a satiric title
 
THe frugality can be good in moderation, in most contexts, it is unneeded. A $10 meal once a week shouldn't be too much but of-course not three times a day. To each their own I suppose. Glad to hear you are doing well.
 
This happens to most of us imho, to me especially. Although, throughout the years I've sort of learned to control it. I also enjoy seeing good overnight profits when I wake up, and just like you, I don't like regularly spending $10 on a meal, yet I spend $70 on a wordpress theme for a project that I'll most likely forget and abandon.

What helped me the most was actually saving money, reinvesting it into long term opportunities and just knowing that I have a safety net to land on in case everything goes sideways. Money is a dangerous drug, and leaning on your "gains" in order to have a good mood on that particular day is really the beginning of a shit storm.

What I would suggest you do, and what I do myself is try to stop checking your profits on your phone and do it once you're on your computer after you get out of bed. In the morning you are in the most sensitive stage of the day, and ruining it just by seeing a bit lower numbers is just silly, don't you think? Learn to control it before it controls you mate, best of luck.
 
hello, wath stock website are you using.

I aslo thinks like that but for alcool and tabbaco
A648434 said:
I invested a $1 into some random electricity company stock that I predicted will grow soon. Cashed out $3 few weeks later. It’s not as much about the money, but it makes me happy for some reason.
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Almost all is having same addiction like you except zuck, bezos coz I don't think they crave for more money
 
Haha, this thread brings me back to the days I started with IM....about 10 years ago. Used to check my affiliate and traffic numbers several times per day.

Now I barely check them bi-daily. You learn quickly that it's all about long-term planning when it comes to IM. What you do today will (in 99 % of the cases) not have a direct impact on todays or tomorrows earning. Work hard today and check your income in 6 months...that will help you out. :)
 
A648434 said:
The point of this post was a bit missed. As I said I do like earning money, but I do not associate it with happiness, in fact I think the best things in life are free. Now to explain what I meant saying 'overnight earnings makes or ruins my day', I don't mean the amount of money determines my mood. What I meant is, I usually have spent hours working on something the day prior and realizing that it got me nowhere and I just wasted all that time, is what messes with my mood. IM more or less made money loose value in front of my eyes and I don't think that buying more expensive meal or shoes or whatever will make life better, that's why I don't spend that much money of physical items. Speaking of 'dopamine rush' I think paying for someone who's unable to afford something makes you feel a lot better, instead of buying something for yourself. It might be a case of self validation, but who cares if it helps people...
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I think the point is missed because it seems a bit contradictory.

You say that the numbers you see do not affect your mood, but yet they do, because they make you feel like the work you did yesterday was worthy or not. When you most likely literally know that the work you do today will start having an impact weeks or months from now.

I'm not saying thay I'm perfect and cannot be moved by these ups and downs. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try our best to remain calm and objective.
 
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