Jul 24 2008
7 Traps For Full Time Blogger
So you want to be a full time professional blogger or problogger? Do you really think it’s a dream job?
I’m not against becoming a full time blogger but I guess those who have such ambition need to beware of a few traps and how to overcome them.
First, our lifestyle will change, hopefully for the better. But it’s not always the case. Since we don’t have to be at work from nine to five and we can work anytime we like, we may just sleep, wake up and eat at the wrong hours. And you know our human body has been designed to follow a certain biological clock.
Second, our health may deteriorate since our lifestyle is not right. Night may become day, and day may become night. We may watch TV more. We may just relax at home gaining weight. We may just sit in front of the computer screen too long time and harm our eye sight and posture.
Third, we may become more and more antisocial. We humans are not designed to be islands. Since we don’t have to meet people that often as at work, some of us may just slowly leave the crowd into isolation. But relationships can make or break our life. We still need real connections with friends and people around us.
Fourth, we may just stop to grow mentally and develop ourselves. Again, of course we can still read up on the Internet. But real growth comes from real life experience and interaction with people, not virtual one.
Fifth, we may lose meaning and purpose in life. Full time bloggers may be earning a lot. But some of us may just think we have retired and lose the drive to go on to achieve more success and meaning in life. Do we live on this earth just to blog, achieve good money and do nothing else?
Sixth, do you really think blogging can be a long-term job? Let’s commend that blogging and earning from advertisements such as Google Adsense and other PPC works pretty well now. But is this business model going to be sustainable a few years down the road?
Seventh, some of us may depend too much on blogging money. But to be really wealthy, one may need to have multiple sources of income, instead of putting all eggs into one basket called blogging. Since we are so free everyday, why not do some other things to generate more sources of income?
In fact, an Internet guru recently talked about “blogging less but earning more” by having other sources of income. By blogging alone and doing nothing else, one might miss many other opportunities.
In summary, I suppose we human are designed to work, not to just sit there and wait for heaven. When I say working, I mean keeping ourselves active. We can work for a charity cause, take up some responsibility in some non-profit organization or carry out some activities to spice up our life. When we stop working, our mind, body and soul start to deteriorate.
So as full time bloggers, let us not fall into these traps. Let’s keep our life active, do some exercise, keep on connecting with other people, do something worthwhile, and leave a legacy for our life!
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