For every professional blogger you see, this cyber niche seems littered with failing bloggers.
Why do bloggers fail? For many reasons, bloggers fall and decide to permanently quit blogging. Chasing money is one cause. Not following your blogging passion is another critical issue.
One element of blogging leads to failure but this aspect of blogging seems difficult to understand. I had a difficult time grasping this truth. Going down this path felt confusing, frustrating and flat out maddening sometimes. But I finally got it; after a long time.
There you go: the time element of blogging is one few get. Few bloggers understand what it feels like to give 1000’s of hours to blogging. Few bloggers understand what it means to give 1000’s of hours to blogging. But those 1000’s of hours span years Right now, we are in late December of 2020. Can you imagine yourself blogging for 1000’s and 1000’s of hours until December of 2023? You better. At least if you want to go pro.
Even if you are pro, it takes that effort to keep everything expanding for a long time. Unfortunately, most people think in employee terms. People think about working 8 hours today, then working 8 hours tomorrow then wrapping up the week in 5 days, After 40 hours, employees expect a paycheck. Work for 40 hours. Get paid. We are used to this deal. Work for a short period of time. Get money for the work. Bingo! Boom! Good deal.
Being a professional blogger adds a time element unlike working for 40 hours to get $500 or $1000 or $10000. Blogging is working for 500 to 1000 hours to lay the foundation for a special blogging campaign while getting paid 0 dollars. Does that sit well with you? Does that sound realistic to you? Does that sound unbearable to you? Does that sound insane to you? Do something else. Blogging ain’t for you. Blogging is a different gig all together. Blogging demands a time element misunderstood by humanity because most humans think, feel and act like employees.
Get into the entrepreneur mindset. Think long term. Think working for a long time before one penny flows through your blogging business. No way around this one. No shortcuts for this one. Study every powerful blogger. Study every professional blogger. Every success worked for free for a bit to increase their:
- skills
- exposure
- credibility
- income streams
to the point of growing their blogging profits to professional levels. Everything changes if you change your time frame approach. Once you stop being impatient, time becomes irrelevant. Time becomes no issue. Patience becomes your buzzword. No longer will you quit – or want to quit – every few months, or every year. See the blogging journey through. Be patient. Be persistent. Be generous. Success will find you.
But making shifts from employee to entrepreneur mindset feels uncomfortable because getting paid after 6-12 months feels different than getting paid over 40 hours. Getting paid $45 after 3 months feels different than getting paid after 80 hours. Making this shift feels scary but becomes necessary because it takes generous service and significant time to create something special.
See the journey through. Being free is worth it. Succeeding is worth it. Living your dreams is worth it. Simply reframe your view of blogging and building an online business. Observe top entrepreneurs. Every single one worked for a long time before making dough. Follow their example to create something special and lasting. Do not follow examples of employees working 40 hours weekly to demand payment every week.
Blogging and business building are quite different than working a job in terms of the time element.
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