I realised today with horror that I haven't even found the time to say thank you to all the people that I heard from in response to my last post The State Of Play.

I wrote the post a mere 2 days before the Thirty Day Challenge kicked off for 2008, and it's been very hectic, but that's no excuse.

I had comments to the post, a lot of emails, DMs on Twitter, people calling me up on Skype and iChat, and some phone calls. All from people wanting me to know they were either thinking of me, wanting to know how they could help, or just to say hi. It was pretty gratifying to know that so many people took the time, and it as greatly appreciated. So thank you.

I must admit that after I'd written the post, I was a little unsure as to whether it had been the right thing to do. I'm not a person who tends feel sorry for himself, and I was concerned that some people would perceive the post that way. Glad I was wrong.

It really was a public statement intended to spur me into some action. The month of August for me is all about the Thirty Day Challenge, but really, I'm treating it as a renewal or reboot. Using Market Samurai and the 30DC process, I've already found a few new markets, and am looking forward to spending some quality time on them as the 30DC winds down for 2008.

We've had our big sit down with the accountant, and now know exactly where we are financially. It's not where we want to be, but at least we now have all our ducks in a row, and now we can move forward. So all things considered, the stagnation is now over. We have a plan and are moving forward again. And that feels good no matter how you look at it.