Bula Bula everyone. Greetings from the land of sun, sea, and copious helpings of Kava – a mild narcotic root drink!

Well, we’ve been in Fiji for 11 nights now, starting off the final leg of the great affiliate-marketing-funded trip around the globe. When we flew into Nadi, we immediately jumped onto a ferry to take us out island hopping.

As soon as we were zipping over the azure waters towards our beach bure, I got that same old excitement about the life I’m leading right now and where my passion for affiliate marketing has taken me. It’s a giddy sort of feeling travelling to all these places I never thought I’d see in my wildest dreams, and STILL being able to save for a great deposit on the home Duncan and I are planning to buy next year.

When I visit all these great and wonderful locations, my mind always inevitably turns to the vehicle that’s brought me here. It’s all thanks to the wonderful world of affiliate marketing, and I seem to make some kind of connection to it everywhere I visit.

So What Does Fiji Have To Teach Me About Affiliate Marketing?

Much to my surprise, quite a fair bit. We’ve stayed in lots of resorts run by villagers for villagers. The Fijians really do treat their guests as part of the extended village family, and as honoured guests. I was immediately struck when I arrived in our first resort by just how happy the islanders are… I sat outside our Bure for 3 hours with the happy laughter of the villagers and their kids echoing back to me. Not only this, but they seem to manage to be incredibly happy when in fact they have very little. No flash cars, no swanky houses, no mortgages, no worries.

This caused me to have a bit of a look at myself in terms of my constant preoccupation with building and growing my affiliate business. Undoubtedly my obsession with the bottom line is what has created my own personal success. However, like many affiliates I seem to suffer from borderline workaholism when it comes to making m living.

Looking at the happiness of the locals who live so simply and apparently in their own carefree style makes me realise it’s important not to let affiliate marketing be your entire life. The temptation is undoubtedly there. After all, your earnings are only limited by the amount of time you put in. However, I do know there are many top earning affiliates who spend so much time working they never actually take the time to enjoy their money.

It’s important to strike the right work-life balance. What’s the point of being your own person when you’re still tied to a desk?

A pretty odd subject from a girl who’s only worked part-time for the last year. But I know I’m in real danger of reverting to the affiliate-o-holic lifestyle when I get back to it full time. Just ask my long suffering partner how many times I’ve disappeared into the home office for several hours on what was supposed to be various romantic nights in.

So, I resolve to take a leaf out of the Fijian’s book when I get home. Be happy with what I have (which really is so much already) and concentrate on the things that really matter in life.

Bula!!

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