Question of the Day

Hi Grace,

Happy new month. Thanks for sharing The benefits of Blogging with us. My question is, can I blog
while working full time? 

In my opinion, it totally depends on the type of blogger you want to be. If you decide to be a professional blogger, then a whole lot of work, time and investments will be required. Also, you might decide to go into it full time or part time while focusing on other aspects of your life.

The first step to you should consider taking is to answer some important questions like:

- Why do you want to become a blogger?
- What are your long term blogging goals?
- Do you want to create a professional or a personal blog?
- Do you want to make passive income from it?
- If yes, how do you intend to make income from it?
- What are your blogging strategies?
- Do you want to start out by having a website or on a free site?

These questions will give you a bigger picture of the blog you envision. Having a blog is an ideal platform to get your ideas and thoughts out to the world so your blog can be linked to your business which will make it easy for you to manage your professional life (full time blogging) or create a personal blog and compartmentalize your streams of income (active and passive). What I will advice is that:

- You plan how you want to blog
- Be consistent
- Have a content calendar
- Have a niche (or a direction)
- Be creative
- Don't force it, be passionate about your blog
- Don't be discouraged when you don't start making money immediately, it requires lots of work
- If you decide to go into blogging full time, have some financial back-up plans

Irrespective of the blogger you want to be, make sure you don't feel overwhelmed by it.