Want to Start a Blog? Don’t be the one to Hold Yourself Back
If you want to start a blog and make money check out my adventure that led me to where I am today.
Do you like to write?
Ever since I was little, I have loved to write. I have an appreciation for words being able to come together and tell a story, but in a fun and engaging way…no boring print or words for me, please. Before the blogging world became a “thing”, I’d always considered starting my own blog. The problem? I didn’t know where or how to start.
Based on my own assumptions after reading about a million (total exaggeration, but you get what I’m saying) per month blogs, I figured that there had to be a way that I could figure out how to start my own blog. If all these other bloggers were doing it, I could too, right?
When my mind started racing about the possibility of starting a blog, I was about 6 months pregnant or so. Guess what I spent my time doing on my maternity leave? Researching on how to start a blog and ways to make money from home. And of course…take care of a newborn child at the same time!
I actually had a fair amount of time to research since newborns sleep like 20 hours a day. And that whole “nap when your child naps” thing? Out the window. I was too excited to even consider resting. I was determined to find a way to be successful pursuing blogging.
Blogging Can Easily Generate Income
After reading page after page of information, I learned that good, real income could be generated from blogging. It wouldn’t be easy…It wouldn’t be overnight…but it was possible. There were ways to make money, whether it be some chump change, or to replace my full-time income, there was only one way to find out.
After being at home for just a few days, I found myself totally motivated. My new baby had me wrapped around his finger, plain and simple, and there was no way that my previous life before him was going to be the same life after.
My biggest obstacle? Myself. I knew that I had to overcome the fear of putting myself out there. It was time to sink or swim, I loved to write, and I had the skills, I just had to go for it.
I decided to swim.
Due to my research skills, I knew that having Bluehost as a provider for my blog was the way to go because it is on $3.95 a month to host my site through WordPress. Within minutes of going to their website, my blog was launched. It was seriously that simple. (Shout out to their online chat…they may have helped me out just a LITTLE bit). Seriously, the amount of times I have reached out on their chat feature, its a real person too, thank goodness.
I was able to ask questions and get everything that I needed all extremely easy and quick. I had built up starting a blog in my head to be a mountain, when it all reality, it wasn’t even a speedbump.
My blog (yes, the one that you are reading right now) was created in 2016 and not only is it my favorite hobby, but it’s an outlet that I need as a mom, and a teacher. I can write what I want, speak my own opinion and with my own voice, and have a place that I’m safe to be who I truly am.
People always ask what my favorite part of blogging is, and honestly…it’s all of you. I love when you reach out to me and tell me that my post has helped you in one way or another. Isn’t that the point of all great writing? To touch someone in a way that they can’t forget the words.
If you are on the fence about starting your own blog, don’t be your own enemy. You can start your blog, and with Bluehost, it’s super simple.
Think of all the time that you’ve spent wondering if you should start a blog or not…You could have probably started several blogs with the ease of Bluehost in that same amount of time!
Don’t delay. Just go ahead and make the decision to start your blog. With Bluehost as your provider, you really can’t go wrong!
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