I'd love to hark back on the glory eCPM days of 2005-2006, not to mention that Adsense has had a few problems here and there over the years. BUT, I can't think of another company - or thing I have done - that has positively impacted my life so much. [Yeah, I know I sound like an infomercial].

After having Web sites for over a decade now, I have seen a lot of crap out there, including god-awful ad networks, dodgy affiliate companies and other sham's that try to tell you $0.10 CPM is a good price or a CPA network that tries to tell you it is CPM.

Today I ran an 'all time' report, and after getting up to make a coffee while I waited for it to complete, the end result tells a great story. I can see the moments I crossed each goal, each one more adventurous than the last. There was also the sinking feelings that came with sudden drops in earnings. Later I would watch it climb back, and occasionally shoot up - each time it would give me a spring in my step.

I know some people are really down in the dumps about Adsense earnings, but that's part of the ride.