I feel like this blog has gotten off to a pretty good start. I have dozens of posts up already, have an entire library of content from Yahoo! Voices that is just waiting to be published here, and have lots of new content I want to write. Indeed, this is the most excited I've been about a "writing" gig in quite some time.
But what's the end game? What am I looking for out of my online writing? Summed up in two words: financial independence. I want my online writing to generate enough income for me to live comfortably....to do what I want to do, when I want to do it, without being tied down by a "traditional job."
I envision a life where I can stop in my favorite local restaurant, pull out my laptop or my phone, and write exactly what I feel like writing for as long as I feel like writing....and knowing that is enough to pay the bills. Now I know that sounds pretty optimistic.
I'm not crazy. I've done the math and heard other's experiences....I know it is fully possible to make a living just maintaining a blog and writing online. However, it's not easy by any stretch and only a handful out of the people who try are actually able to make it happen. But, I'm putting it out there right now--I would like my monthly advertising and royalty payments from my writing to fully cover the cost of everything that I want to do in life.
I know that this website represents a very, very humble beginning towards that goal....perhaps laughably humble to some. But I have to say....I'm driven. I hate working for someone else. It makes me feel like my soul is dying. I love writing, and I love knowing that people are reading my content. So I definitely have my "why," now I just have to figure out *how* to get there. This is my start...and after all, you have to start somewhere.
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