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I can relate, I've been a professional photographer for 28 years http://www.dcolegrovephotography.com ... and in all that time I have never struggled as hard as I have the past year.

I have seen many in mine and many other related industries tank and then just give up

Roll with the punches... But never roll over.

Daniel

YOU ARE NOT FAILING. You have to STOP saying this. Negativity brings more...it's a self fullfilling prophecy. Stop now! The Diva COMMANDS IT!!!

You are just finding what does not work. Eventually you will find what does work. Ask the Dyson Vacuum cleaner guy about finding out what does not work. Ask any large corporation R&D department. Did you know that 3M has to have a failure rate of X% for their R&D? The logic being if they aren't failing...they aren't trying.

I know how you feel. I have worked my butt off for these 7 years trying to create a succesful business. I've advertised in my target market, jumped through hoops to make my customers happy. I've received great comments from my customers, BTW. I just don't know how to make more money this year. But I haven't given up...

You have your up days, and your down days... Point is to keep pushing forward, You are the only one who can admit total defeat. I always take a change such as this not as a terrible end, but a new beginning.

Amazing story, Puzzleman. Edison is a true inspiration, and even though he lost everything, the sheer determination he exhibited shows that while things may go wrong, it can never break the will of ones goal.

Success, as what you said, isn't how much you have in your bank account, it's you meeting your own personal goals and how much you've learned in life. Maybe to some, alot of money makes them happy, but to others the bar is on a completely different level. Always remember that you work a job where you learn while doing so, and not go stale. Lifes lessons need not be learned through suffering, rather through every experience you encounter.

blitzlocal -

That was my personal feeling at the time of that post. I had been hit from every angle possible and the week only got worse.

Since that post here has been my week:

Tuesday: Anxiety and Stress Overwhelmed me, and an agressive dog showed agression towards me and my daughter.

Wednesday: I tried to talk to the dog owner about there agressive dog, and they became even more agressive then there dog, with the man almost assualting me and the woman almost assualting my lady friend. I called the police, and they stated we were the agressors, so nothing good be done. Later that night I went to the hospital as I was having stage 2 hypertension.

Thursday: Released from the hospital, but needed to schedule a stress test(nuclear medicine) for the next morning.

Friday. Had the stress test, and results were good, but I found out the woman who almost assualted my lady friend is probably a nurse in the nuclear medicine clinic where I got my stress test.

Saturday: Spent all day fixing a plumbing problem for my lady friend's dad, and had to deal with some slight police agression. I came home to find the email problem I have been having where I am not able to send and recieve all email is still there, yet Godaddy and Verio state there is no problem.

So the "Bruised and Beaten" is more of a statement of not only business but how life has been going for quite a while now, with no end in site, and no help for resolution.

I think the one thing people miss is that God has my back.

My business has been succesful on a level that I have been able to give back through volunteerism.

My business is a complete loss on a financial level.

I am down and out for the count, and God puts on my gloves...................

story to continue....................................