For those of you thinking you can start a blog about getting out of debt and get out of debt by getting rich from your blog…stop it! Take the time you were going to spend on the blog and pick up some overtime at work or find a side job utilizing your best skills and get someone to pay you to use those skills in a way that benefits them.
Only after you have exhausted all available hours and opportunities to make some real money should you even consider taking your valuable time and spending it on a blog. The return on investment for blogging is horrible!
Yeah, I know. I’m a blogger and I did the very same thing I’m telling you not to do. Well, that’s why I’m telling you not to do it. I made the same mistakes. I’m still blogging and I still plan to be a blogger for the long term, but my priorities have changed. The blog is now the last thing on my list. I make time for the blog after I’ve put in my regular work hours, done all of the freelance work I can, and spent some time developing contacts and skills that will benefit me in my real work and my real areas of expertise.
It’s nice to read about bloggers who have quit the day job and blog full-time now, but those are the exceptions. It’s okay if you hold on to dreams of getting there some day, but if you are deeply in debt or struggling to get your weight under control, your time is better spent achieving real results in those areas of your life. The blog can be there and it can grow slowly in the background, but you shouldn’t concern yourself with spending lots of time on it. Face it, almost no one will be reading it for quite a while! I know, it hurts, but it’s the truth. Take the time to write for yourself, determine your style and what you really want to write about. Find your voice and take it slow. If you are good at it, you’ll rise to the top some day. Focus on the problems in your life that caused you to start a blog to help solve them. The blog will still be there when you’re done.
