By CoralLevang in Persona Paper August 15, 2015, 12:30 PM 15-08-15

Persona Paper Payment Practically and Perfectly Painless and Prompt

Pardon me my alliterations, but, hopefully, the title piqued people's proclivities to take a peek!

Many of you are well-aware of my 15K Coin Challenge that I set for myself in June . Initially, my goal was to reach the $20 payout by my birth date of August 10th, which I accomplished by July 28th. I also set a "stretch goal" early on of reaching 15,000 coins by the same birthday, which I accomplished two days early.

It all began, when I first set smaller goals, inspired by AliCanary and valmnz .

On the afternoon of June 24th, I had only 9889 coins in my bank valued at $14.83. I wondered if I could reach the 10K coins level by the end of June, with nearly a week. It not being quite enough challenge for me, I set the push or stretch goal to reach that level in 55 hours.

That is how it started, but this article not about goal-setting. But it is about the payment process here at Persona Paper.

I need to begin by saying I chose not to redeem the moment I hit the 13,334 coins/20 dollar mark, but to do so on my birthday, 15K reached or not. I wanted to see, monitor, and report the progress for myself and others who were watching how goals could be set and reached focusing on a process, rather than a payout.

The request and payment

I sent my request for payment before noon on August 10th. I had approximately 15,130 coins in the bank when I submitted the request.

It was about 96 hours (4 days) later that I received an e-mail notification that there was activity in my PayPal account:

"Dear Coral Levang, Just thought you'd like to know Persona Paper sent you $20.00 USD."

There it was. The transaction details on my PayPal account stated:

Date: Aug 14, 2015
Time:11:20:18 PDT
Status: Completed
Subject: Persona Paper has just sent you $20.00 USD with PayPal
Payment type: Instant

Starting over again

Now, my Persona Paper bank reflects the payment being processed. I am back to 2236 coins valued at $3.35.

Because I chose not to redeem the moment that I accomplished my payment goal, but add a stretch goal, the bank never zeroed out. It is a "trick" I used to help myself get past the discouragement of starting over.

So, here I am. Back to 16 percent of my second run toward the next $20 earned at Persona Paper. And though I am a long way from 13,334 coins, I can rest-assured that I can make the next one easier than the first.

Not only is this possible, but that I can trust Persona Paper's team ( elitecodex and MaeLou ) to do exactly what they say they will do.

Thanks to the both of you for showing us time and again that this site is worth our time and effort, when we choose to look at the big picture.

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Read more about how the challenge began, and the finish, with these few articles:

25 Percent to Pay Out

What Will Happen in a Minute? Find Out Here!

One Hundred a Day? Are You Crazy?

Finishing My 15K

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