Sorry about your friend losing her phone ;p If you read The Slight Edge (a short book) you'll realize most people are destined to fail because of bad habits, repeated every single day. It's the small things that make a WORLD of a difference! Instead of complaining that you didn't make an extra $.50 per post for the last week, you should be going ham on next week's posts. Double up the work, hell maybe even triple it. Go full out and eventually, the rewards will exponentially grow. Until then, work on building an empire ;)