[magdalene2008]

My name is Magdalene, a single mother, currently have no idea of what to do with life. I love to do graphics designs but just for fun (never thought of going professional). In my sparetime (I have lots of it) I'm setting up a community website (what does PHP stands for anyway) and currently in "eyecandy stage" before it goes Live. Why am I doing it? Because..I don't know. I just want to be..someone..

[TechAfric]

welcome here. PHP originally stands for personal home page; but in common definition, it is hypertext processor. It is used to design dynamic web pages (I got that from wikipedia:-)

[Mega B]

Welcome to the forum i would have said that you would have been in great demand if you can do graphic designing as you like doing that why dont you concentrate on doing that for the future.

[GuyBBY]

Welcome to YE- hope this site helps spark some ideas and gain you connections needed to start something and eventually have it come to fruitionand success.

Best

Guy

[SiteFlipAcademy]

Hello Magdalena and Welcome to YE! You have a great talent as an artist, try to develop your skill on graphic designing and you're be able to excel in that area.

[rogercbryan]

Originally Posted by magdalene2008

My name is Magdalene, a single mother, currently have no idea of what to do with life. I love to do graphics designs but just for fun (never thought of going professional). In my sparetime (I have lots of it) I'm setting up a community website (what does PHP stands for anyway) and currently in "eyecandy stage" before it goes Live. Why am I doing it? Because..I don't know. I just want to be..someone..

First off... search deep for a little positivity.. no one wants to do business with a sour-puss. What area are you from? What type of design experience do you have? Confidence (even if faked) is an important part of success.

[magdalene2008]

Thank you for the warm welcome. I intend to sort things out with my innerself first, and learn new things.

rogercbryn : a fake confidence is acceptable? How's that?

[rogercbryan]

Originally Posted by magdalene2008

Thank you for the warm welcome. I intend to sort things out with my innerself first, and learn new things.

rogercbryn : a fake confidence is acceptable? How's that?

It's how you are perceived by the world that counts. I could be having the worst day of my life, but if a client or even a staff member asks me how I'm doing they get an "OUTSTANDING". My clients don't want to be represented by someone who thinks the sky is falling and my staff members don't want to work for a depressed grumpy boss.

Fake confidence is acceptable and in may cases leads to real confidence. Have you ever heard the expression 'fake it till you make it'?

I'm going through this with my younger brother (23). He didn't graduate from HS (has GED) and he never went to college. He's been very depressed lately because he can't find work and he's lost what little confidence he had. We've been exploring different educational and occupational opportunities for about a month. He's not the 4 year college type nor is he the fast food worker type. I tell you this so that you see that you are not the only one in a rut right now.

I continue to tell him that his lack of confidence is whats holding him back. If you walk into an interview and already know you are not going to get the job... well... guess what... you don't. It's the same in business. If you don't have a good personal outlook on life then you are bound to fail.

Back to my point.... do what ever it takes to appear confident anytime you communicate with another person. After a while you may actually begin to feel real confidence.

[Upperz]

Hi Magdalene,

Also a welcome from me.
What kind of community site will it be?
You should try to focus on a goal, this way the chance of succes will increase.