I saw this post and HAD to read. It helps to hear what other bloggers are going through. I, too, recently added Google AdSense to my site and updated my newsletter, along with last week being my very first week to 1) sell and ad, 2) gain a sponsor 3) set up a sponsored post so it IS focusing on the positive and not always the number. It can be so hard no to get caught up in the hamster wheel of chasing numbers though! Thank you for the post! :)