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Shortly after I started blogging in January 2012 I had what I like to call a laundry room epiphany, with low readership and dismal earnings I was in the middle of a major pity party when it occurred to me; Almost every career out there worth having requires either a 4 year degree or a lot of working your way from the bottom to the top, why would blogging be any different.
That day, I entered my own personal “Blogging University” and decided to devote four years to learning as much as I could about blogging and putting it into practice. At the end of the four years, I would evaluate whether it was working for me and my family; until then, I am giving it all I can without disrupting the family balance we all love.
2025 Update: I am in year 13 of blogging and spend roughly 5 hours weekly on it. Why so little? Because AI and changing algorithms have made it extremely hard for one-person blog operations to get traction. This isn’t to say that I am earning nothing. I am still earning an AMAZING return on average for that hour a day on my two blogs, but the return doesn’t get much higher when I spend all the additional work hours I have available on my blogs. Because of this, I had to turn to create another income stream, which led me to reopen my eBay store.
I keep going with blogging because there is no other job I know of that is so flexible. I can work at it whenever I want and walk away from it whenever I need to. If you are looking for a side job to bring in some part-time income, blogging is an excellent choice.
Blogging wisdom I have shared along my journey
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