Inspired

I researched blogging as a career, affiliate marketing, ad networks, general tips for blogs and read a few blogs today.

It's almost been 2 years (or maybe 3 years) since I started my other blog and I think now's the time I should start taking it a bit more seriously.

After all the research I did today, I learned quite a few things that I should start doing immediately and I also wrote down my short and long term goals.

Tbh, I'm having a slow season this year at my day job and when it's slow, I can't help but wonder what else I could be doing during that slow period... my blog always seems to pop up. Maintaining and having a blog involve so many things, that I don't even think there's that many possibilities for there to be a slow period, period!

When I am working, I love to be busy. I love to get things done. That feeling of completing something successfully just makes me so happy and it's like I've leveled up. When I'm away from that, I feel unsatisfied and always want to do more.

It's been one of my goals to work on a blog as a career. Also to do things on the side as well. Things I am interested in.

I'm pretty sure I wrote a similiar post in the past, but today was the day I took a lot more time to do more research.

This is what I need to do to get to my goal:
- Get paid hosting/buy a domain name - It's tough not to know my statistics and I can't put Google Analytics on my blog because it's a free blog. :(
- Migrate my blog contents to the paid one
- Do as many quality posts as I can on a variety of topics that I am passionate about
- Gain readers and engagement, and once I do that, I can start reaching out to brands
- In the meantime, take a look at affiliate links, etc.

I want to try this and succeed at it. Reading the blog posts of all these bloggers was truly motivating and showed me that blogging can be a lot of fun, but of course it can be a lot of work! And I like to work, so I feel like I will be able to commit to it.

This means devoting most of my free time to creating content, reaching out, etc... as much as I can do after work hours.

Looking back at my past self, I remember how I was always working so hard to land a full time job, because that's what I wanted to do, and I wanted to get experience. I am so grateful for my day job and the many experiences and skillset it has given me so far, as well as the opportunities for growth that it has provided me. Even though I've developed a steady routine there, I'm always trying to find something new to learn. I will cherish these skills forever. :)

My personality is quite driven and I love to learn new things and to try new things when it comes to my career goals, and this is what I want to try.