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I had meant to start this progress thread a few weeks back but have been going through some personal events recently that really made me hit some really low points in my life.
Like many others here, I have a dream of escaping the shackles that bind us towards the slow lane and living a live of mediocrity. Stressful crappy job with a boss breathing down your neck or crappy coworkers, being trapped by debt, and exchanging 5 for 2 days.
Unfortunately despite my best efforts in the past to drive on the fastlane, my previous business attempts have been one failure after failure. In fact, I had started a blog a few years back and abandoned it after getting zero traction on it.
Like many, I believed a lot of the BS out there on the market about how these people made money when in fact, it seems a lot of them made their fortune teaching how to make money rather then making their money through what they teach.
I see this all the time, youtubers promoting some affiliate program that they are either not even registered in and then talking about how much money they are making or others that are enrolled in the programs yet their affiliate sales from promoting the programs earns them more then what they make from the program that teaches them how to make money from a blog.
Its quite difficult a lot times to tell what is real vs what is smoke and mirrors.
After a failed youtube channel launch attempt while I was on vacation, I managed to meet a fellow digital nomad that does blackhat seo and internet marketing type of things for a living.
He introduced me to a youtube channel that teaches blogging for beginners and pitches that you can go from zero to making six figure income in 24 months time.
Of course, I was skeptical of it due to all the bullshit out there and also my previous failed attempt at blogging but I figured, why not just give it a try one more time and so my blogging journey began yet again, however this time I had someone to hold my hand at least figuratively.
I learned things like keyword research, how to look at competitors, how to format my blog posts, seo, etc unlike my first blog which I knew zero about seo and blogging.
So I plowed away nonstop pumping out content week after week and at first, I saw nada, zero, zip, but then starting around month 4-5 traffic picked up on my site.
I was estatic and I even earned around $60ish dollars on it too!
I always made sure to put out the best content that was available, based on what my competitors were doing. I used images, tables, and long form thoroughly written articles that I was sure was the beat piece of content out there, and surely enough I was rewarded for it as I started to climb up the SERPS and even won several featured snippets and got #1 positions on several keywords.
The traffic continued to climb, especially after the six month mark when I finally got out of the google sandbox.
I was seeing 20%+ increases in site visitors and pageviews a month.
However, I quickly discovered that the figures that the instructors from the youtuber channel were giving for benchmarks for earnings were grossly inflated.
I was making 1/4 or a 1/3 of what they said I should have been making based on my traffic levels.
I also discovered that where your users come from make a huge difference in your income. Sites with visitors from the USA make a hell of a lot more in terms of advertising revenue, and even affiliate sales compared to other countries. This was never mentioned in their program.
Also depending on what niche your in, amazon associates can be pretty much worthless for promoting affiliate products, much to my detriment.
But the biggest issue that they didn't mention were those god awful google algorithm updates which seems to be happening practically every month nowadays which wrecks havoc on your traffic and visitors.
I was seeing exponential growth month after month until these algorithm updates starting to rain down from the skies reducing my traffic levels, and after every algorithm update, my traffic levels would be like a yo yo, swinging back and forth. One month I would be down and then the next, it would go back up again like someone with bipolar disorder.
My site is completely whitehat with the exception of leaving blog comments and 1-2 forum posts links. I did no black hat linkbuilding and I had tried my best to optimize on-site seo so I couldn't tell wtf was going on and why my traffic was dropping like that, and how older shittier websites with thin content from back in 2014, and even some sites that weren't even relevant to the query was beating me. My only guess as to why they are ranking above me is because of their domain authority which unfortunately if your the new guy on the block, you can't really do much about it in the short term.
Also as of late I have been noticing a lot of sites getting de-index, including mines. As soon as I resubmit a request for indexing, my keywords and SERPS would suddenly reappear again, but then after another update, its vanished. I seems to be a bug on google's end.
Luckily, I had started another youtube channel as another supplemental source for getting traffic to the site and I get little bits and pieces here and there everyday. The channel surprisingly is doing a lot better then I had expected.
As of writing this, it has over 3k subs in under 6 months and I only uploaded less than 20 videos on the channel. One of my videos also went semi-viral and has over 200k views so far, and all of my videos all have over 1k views with several in the 5 digits. I also get around 30 subs a day.
The channel hasn't been monetized yet because I am waiting to hit 10k subs before monetizing it because I am afraid that if 1-2 of the videos gets demonetized, it will stop being suggested and thus the subs will die, but I reason that If I had at least 10k subs then they could help pull up the weight for future videos in case that happens and let the channel continue growing. Also my videos are not very PC-friendly therefore, there is some risk of demonetization.
I also had built a pinterest account but some jackass troll reported my account for spam despite me hardly even pinning anything on it. In fact, I hadn't even pinned a single pin for a whole week before they banned me. There's a lot of jackass swj and trolls out there with nothing better to do with their time to go around reporting accounts for no reason.
I had the same experience on quora as well. Some troll had reported my answer despite me writing out a long detailed thoughtful answer much better then anyone else's because their was a link on it. I got the account re-opened but I stopped using it altogether after the second time it happened. I saw some people on quora brag that they saw it as their job to go around policing any answers that had links on it. There's a lot of people without nothing better to do with their time then try to wreck yours.
No biggy, because pinterest brought me little to no traffic. Its only good for certain niches.
I also started an email list several months back and currently have around 160 opt ins. Nothing crazy. I only get around 30 or so opt ins each month.
In addition, I had started a new blog as well in a different niche however I made two critical mistakes.
So far, I have continued to grind it out and try to push out new content on my first blog but I tell you, I'm quickly reaching my last straw here.
What spurred me to finally start this tread today was because of a hater on my blog leaving me a hateful comment that really got under my nerves.
As of my late, my motivation and mood has really taken a hit.
As I got more and more popular both on my blog and my youtube channel and developed a fanbase, I also seemed to have attracted a lot of haters.
I would see daily comments on my youtube channel such as:
"Your a liar!"
"You don't know what your talking about"
"Your an idiot!"
All these haters and trolls are starting to take their toll on me.
In addition, I recently got dumped by my girlfriend because she thought I was wasting my time with this "fool's dream" and I should have followed the traditional path and getting a regular job like everyone else. Which only makes me question my decision even more. I thought she would have been more supportive or at least given me more time but I guess not.
I find it kind of funny that just like MJ DeMarco, I got dumped for the same reasons.
My earnings right now aren't anywhere near where I would like them to be and my traffic has been decreasing again and even some of my pages are getting de-indexed since that stupid google algorithm update a few days ago, on top of the one about 2 weeks ago which I managed to recover from.
Just seems like nothing is working in my favor right now.
Here are my current stats:
Main blog: almost 10 months old now
About 50+ articles written. Mix of informational and buyer intent. Probably 70% informational/ 30% buyer intent.
Earnings: A little under $400 USD last month, has been going up little by little each month.
Traffic: 20k + last month, has since gone down by around 10-15% down to recent algorithm update
Second Blog: About 4-5 months old
10 articles written, all informational
Not monetized yet due to low traffic levels, although do have 8 keywords ranking on the first page of google right now.
Third Blog: Brand new
Domain name bought and site setup but no posts written.
Mistakes made:
The niche I selected for my main blog was a little too narrow and thus the amount of content I can write for it and also the search volume isn't that high and in fact, I was closing in on running out of topics to write about.
I also messed up the niche selection for my second blog and in fact made a poor choice which was even worse then my first blog niche selection. I quickly found out that the affiliate commissions would be way too low based on this niche topic. There's also a lot more competition in this niche.
I should have focused more on buyer intent keywords instead of just writing informational articles which helped me attract a lot of cheapskate freeloaders coming to my site looking for free information.
In fact, I get a lot of fan mail from people asking for advice and information, and even some people asking if we can meetup one on one. I'm really considering charging these people money for wanting my expertise which I'm sure would be a deterrent for them contacting me looking for free advice and consulting.
Going forward:
I recently signed up for ahrefs trial and spent 6 whole days doing nothing except keyword research until my eyes were burning from staring at the computer all day and my wrists were killing me from the carpal tunnel syndrome of typing all day but I must have compiled at least several thousand different keywords for all of my blogs.
With this new list, I now have enough topics to write at least 100 pieces of content for each site and probably more.
Blog #1
-Continue publishing content and shift the focus on more buyer intent keywords.
-Sign up for more affiliate offers and related offers to my niche
-Continue pumping out more youtube videos and try to get the sub base to at least 10k subs and the monetize
-Try a different lead magnet to improve email opt-ins. I'm currently using a free short ebook but considering switching it over to an email course + giving the ebook as well
-Write an ebook and sell it once I get to at least 50k pageviews or have at least 1-2k email subs
-Expand my niche upwards so that I can attract a larger audience and go after higher volume keywords as well as more buyer intent keywords
Blog #2
-I recently purchased an expired domain with a higher domain authority and planning on switching my old domain over to this new one (301 redirect?)
-Write more broader topics with my new domain that can target higher priced affiliate items
-Hire freelance writers to write a few articles for the blog using the funds from blog #1
-Write up a freelance writer guidelines sheet so that I don't get garbage back from the writers
-Monetize the blog once I hit at least 50-100 pageviews a day
Blog #3
-Buy new domain name (don't like the current one because its too broad)
-Setup site
-Write a few articles and then outsource the rest
Email list Building
I will need to look for a new email autoresponder because I just found out that my current one (MailCheat(Chimp)) doesn't allow you to send out affiliate offers which is pretty lame. I'm using their free plan at the moment and can't do automation series emails neither which I need to build the list up quicker. These autoresponder plans are quite pricey so I plan on using a free one to build the list up to 1k before switching over to a paid plan.
Once I switch over to a paid one that is affiliate marketing friendly, I can start promoting affiliate offers to hopefully recoup some of my costs and hopefully even make a little extra profit too.
I don't like spreading myself out so thin between the blogs therefore to make it easier for myself, I plan on using some of my earnings to hire writers to write the articles for me so that I can focus on my main blog which I have the most expertise. I can't really outsource writing for it because its specialized content unless I hire an expert who I have seen in action before.
Education
Continue learning and reading books/watching videos about internet marketing and blogging.
I'm still a complete newbie to all of this and feel like its quite overwhelming for someone like me.
Goals for 2020
Hit $500 USD a month within 4 months from now
Hit $700 USD within 6-7 months from now
Hit $1000 USD within 9-10 months from now
Hit 60k pageviews a month on blog #1
Hit 30k pageviews on blog #2
Hit 20k pageviews on blog #3
Hit at least 10k youtube subs within 6 months (most likely will hit based on current stats and future projections based on social blade)
Monetize youtube channel
Blog #2 earn at least $100 USD a month
Blog #3 earn at least $200 USD a month
Hit 2k email subs
Complete ebook digital product to sell
The reality of the situation
Before starting this journey, I didn't realize that blogging could be so sophisticated and hard. In fact, I think I work harder on this than any job I ever had. There's not a day that goes by where I don't question my decision and whether or not I should just throw in the towel and quit. There is just so much doubts going on in my mind right now. My friend says that I need to be patient and give it more time, but I am quickly approaching that last straw right now, and these haters I come across on a daily basis certainly ain't making it easier.
I also suspect I got hit with negative seo by competitors or haters because I have a lot of spammy porn links linking to my domain, along with some other junk. I was told to wait it out by my friend and not to disavow the links yet or it might have a more negative effect on my traffic. A lot of people play dirty in this realm.
That's why I told myself that if I don't make at least $500 USD within 4 months time from now, I'm gonna quit. That's over a year of blogging yet I can't continue making less than $500 a month. There comes a time when you got to ask yourself whether or not this business is the right one for you or if you should switch your focus to something else. I'm dreading returning back to a job but if I don't start seeing some results soon I'm gonna be left with no choice.
I didn't realize that I would be a one person team doing 3 people's jobs when I started this journey. I certainly hope that as my income improves, I can start hiring people to help take some of these tasks off my hands because I haven't even taken a day off in months now. Everyday has either been fixing something wrong with the websites, trying to setup a new site, researching article ideas, writing and publishing content, making new youtube videos, or reading books or watching youtube videos to continue upgrading my skillset.
In addition, after going through these last couple of google algorithm updates, it has really shown me how important having control is. I never want to be at the mercy of some corporation or someone else. I'm sure affiliate companies can also screw over their affiliates as well. This has lead me to ponder about how I can exact more control over my blogs in the future (sell more of my own digital products, diversify, building up my email lists, etc.)
like MJ DeMarco, I also love warm sunny weather which is why I have decided that once I hit around 1k USD a month, I'm leaving the F*ck outta North America and going somewhere warmer again with a lower cost of living.
Like many others here, I have a dream of escaping the shackles that bind us towards the slow lane and living a live of mediocrity. Stressful crappy job with a boss breathing down your neck or crappy coworkers, being trapped by debt, and exchanging 5 for 2 days.
Unfortunately despite my best efforts in the past to drive on the fastlane, my previous business attempts have been one failure after failure. In fact, I had started a blog a few years back and abandoned it after getting zero traction on it.
Like many, I believed a lot of the BS out there on the market about how these people made money when in fact, it seems a lot of them made their fortune teaching how to make money rather then making their money through what they teach.
I see this all the time, youtubers promoting some affiliate program that they are either not even registered in and then talking about how much money they are making or others that are enrolled in the programs yet their affiliate sales from promoting the programs earns them more then what they make from the program that teaches them how to make money from a blog.
Its quite difficult a lot times to tell what is real vs what is smoke and mirrors.
After a failed youtube channel launch attempt while I was on vacation, I managed to meet a fellow digital nomad that does blackhat seo and internet marketing type of things for a living.
He introduced me to a youtube channel that teaches blogging for beginners and pitches that you can go from zero to making six figure income in 24 months time.
Of course, I was skeptical of it due to all the bullshit out there and also my previous failed attempt at blogging but I figured, why not just give it a try one more time and so my blogging journey began yet again, however this time I had someone to hold my hand at least figuratively.
I learned things like keyword research, how to look at competitors, how to format my blog posts, seo, etc unlike my first blog which I knew zero about seo and blogging.
So I plowed away nonstop pumping out content week after week and at first, I saw nada, zero, zip, but then starting around month 4-5 traffic picked up on my site.
I was estatic and I even earned around $60ish dollars on it too!
I always made sure to put out the best content that was available, based on what my competitors were doing. I used images, tables, and long form thoroughly written articles that I was sure was the beat piece of content out there, and surely enough I was rewarded for it as I started to climb up the SERPS and even won several featured snippets and got #1 positions on several keywords.
The traffic continued to climb, especially after the six month mark when I finally got out of the google sandbox.
I was seeing 20%+ increases in site visitors and pageviews a month.
However, I quickly discovered that the figures that the instructors from the youtuber channel were giving for benchmarks for earnings were grossly inflated.
I was making 1/4 or a 1/3 of what they said I should have been making based on my traffic levels.
I also discovered that where your users come from make a huge difference in your income. Sites with visitors from the USA make a hell of a lot more in terms of advertising revenue, and even affiliate sales compared to other countries. This was never mentioned in their program.
Also depending on what niche your in, amazon associates can be pretty much worthless for promoting affiliate products, much to my detriment.
But the biggest issue that they didn't mention were those god awful google algorithm updates which seems to be happening practically every month nowadays which wrecks havoc on your traffic and visitors.
I was seeing exponential growth month after month until these algorithm updates starting to rain down from the skies reducing my traffic levels, and after every algorithm update, my traffic levels would be like a yo yo, swinging back and forth. One month I would be down and then the next, it would go back up again like someone with bipolar disorder.
My site is completely whitehat with the exception of leaving blog comments and 1-2 forum posts links. I did no black hat linkbuilding and I had tried my best to optimize on-site seo so I couldn't tell wtf was going on and why my traffic was dropping like that, and how older shittier websites with thin content from back in 2014, and even some sites that weren't even relevant to the query was beating me. My only guess as to why they are ranking above me is because of their domain authority which unfortunately if your the new guy on the block, you can't really do much about it in the short term.
Also as of late I have been noticing a lot of sites getting de-index, including mines. As soon as I resubmit a request for indexing, my keywords and SERPS would suddenly reappear again, but then after another update, its vanished. I seems to be a bug on google's end.
Luckily, I had started another youtube channel as another supplemental source for getting traffic to the site and I get little bits and pieces here and there everyday. The channel surprisingly is doing a lot better then I had expected.
As of writing this, it has over 3k subs in under 6 months and I only uploaded less than 20 videos on the channel. One of my videos also went semi-viral and has over 200k views so far, and all of my videos all have over 1k views with several in the 5 digits. I also get around 30 subs a day.
The channel hasn't been monetized yet because I am waiting to hit 10k subs before monetizing it because I am afraid that if 1-2 of the videos gets demonetized, it will stop being suggested and thus the subs will die, but I reason that If I had at least 10k subs then they could help pull up the weight for future videos in case that happens and let the channel continue growing. Also my videos are not very PC-friendly therefore, there is some risk of demonetization.
I also had built a pinterest account but some jackass troll reported my account for spam despite me hardly even pinning anything on it. In fact, I hadn't even pinned a single pin for a whole week before they banned me. There's a lot of jackass swj and trolls out there with nothing better to do with their time to go around reporting accounts for no reason.
I had the same experience on quora as well. Some troll had reported my answer despite me writing out a long detailed thoughtful answer much better then anyone else's because their was a link on it. I got the account re-opened but I stopped using it altogether after the second time it happened. I saw some people on quora brag that they saw it as their job to go around policing any answers that had links on it. There's a lot of people without nothing better to do with their time then try to wreck yours.
No biggy, because pinterest brought me little to no traffic. Its only good for certain niches.
I also started an email list several months back and currently have around 160 opt ins. Nothing crazy. I only get around 30 or so opt ins each month.
In addition, I had started a new blog as well in a different niche however I made two critical mistakes.
- The niche I picked has very low cost products to promote on amazon which means I would be earning around $1 a sale.
- I have zero interest in this niche and find it very difficult to continue writing topics on it unlike my first blog.
- In addition, there is some competition here, especially for buyer intent keywords which I don't see myself being able to rank in the top 5-6.
So far, I have continued to grind it out and try to push out new content on my first blog but I tell you, I'm quickly reaching my last straw here.
What spurred me to finally start this tread today was because of a hater on my blog leaving me a hateful comment that really got under my nerves.
As of my late, my motivation and mood has really taken a hit.
As I got more and more popular both on my blog and my youtube channel and developed a fanbase, I also seemed to have attracted a lot of haters.
I would see daily comments on my youtube channel such as:
"Your a liar!"
"You don't know what your talking about"
"Your an idiot!"
All these haters and trolls are starting to take their toll on me.
In addition, I recently got dumped by my girlfriend because she thought I was wasting my time with this "fool's dream" and I should have followed the traditional path and getting a regular job like everyone else. Which only makes me question my decision even more. I thought she would have been more supportive or at least given me more time but I guess not.
I find it kind of funny that just like MJ DeMarco, I got dumped for the same reasons.
My earnings right now aren't anywhere near where I would like them to be and my traffic has been decreasing again and even some of my pages are getting de-indexed since that stupid google algorithm update a few days ago, on top of the one about 2 weeks ago which I managed to recover from.
Just seems like nothing is working in my favor right now.
Here are my current stats:
Main blog: almost 10 months old now
About 50+ articles written. Mix of informational and buyer intent. Probably 70% informational/ 30% buyer intent.
Earnings: A little under $400 USD last month, has been going up little by little each month.
Traffic: 20k + last month, has since gone down by around 10-15% down to recent algorithm update
Second Blog: About 4-5 months old
10 articles written, all informational
Not monetized yet due to low traffic levels, although do have 8 keywords ranking on the first page of google right now.
Third Blog: Brand new
Domain name bought and site setup but no posts written.
Mistakes made:
The niche I selected for my main blog was a little too narrow and thus the amount of content I can write for it and also the search volume isn't that high and in fact, I was closing in on running out of topics to write about.
I also messed up the niche selection for my second blog and in fact made a poor choice which was even worse then my first blog niche selection. I quickly found out that the affiliate commissions would be way too low based on this niche topic. There's also a lot more competition in this niche.
I should have focused more on buyer intent keywords instead of just writing informational articles which helped me attract a lot of cheapskate freeloaders coming to my site looking for free information.
In fact, I get a lot of fan mail from people asking for advice and information, and even some people asking if we can meetup one on one. I'm really considering charging these people money for wanting my expertise which I'm sure would be a deterrent for them contacting me looking for free advice and consulting.
Going forward:
I recently signed up for ahrefs trial and spent 6 whole days doing nothing except keyword research until my eyes were burning from staring at the computer all day and my wrists were killing me from the carpal tunnel syndrome of typing all day but I must have compiled at least several thousand different keywords for all of my blogs.
With this new list, I now have enough topics to write at least 100 pieces of content for each site and probably more.
Blog #1
-Continue publishing content and shift the focus on more buyer intent keywords.
-Sign up for more affiliate offers and related offers to my niche
-Continue pumping out more youtube videos and try to get the sub base to at least 10k subs and the monetize
-Try a different lead magnet to improve email opt-ins. I'm currently using a free short ebook but considering switching it over to an email course + giving the ebook as well
-Write an ebook and sell it once I get to at least 50k pageviews or have at least 1-2k email subs
-Expand my niche upwards so that I can attract a larger audience and go after higher volume keywords as well as more buyer intent keywords
Blog #2
-I recently purchased an expired domain with a higher domain authority and planning on switching my old domain over to this new one (301 redirect?)
-Write more broader topics with my new domain that can target higher priced affiliate items
-Hire freelance writers to write a few articles for the blog using the funds from blog #1
-Write up a freelance writer guidelines sheet so that I don't get garbage back from the writers
-Monetize the blog once I hit at least 50-100 pageviews a day
Blog #3
-Buy new domain name (don't like the current one because its too broad)
-Setup site
-Write a few articles and then outsource the rest
Email list Building
I will need to look for a new email autoresponder because I just found out that my current one (MailCheat(Chimp)) doesn't allow you to send out affiliate offers which is pretty lame. I'm using their free plan at the moment and can't do automation series emails neither which I need to build the list up quicker. These autoresponder plans are quite pricey so I plan on using a free one to build the list up to 1k before switching over to a paid plan.
Once I switch over to a paid one that is affiliate marketing friendly, I can start promoting affiliate offers to hopefully recoup some of my costs and hopefully even make a little extra profit too.
I don't like spreading myself out so thin between the blogs therefore to make it easier for myself, I plan on using some of my earnings to hire writers to write the articles for me so that I can focus on my main blog which I have the most expertise. I can't really outsource writing for it because its specialized content unless I hire an expert who I have seen in action before.
Education
Continue learning and reading books/watching videos about internet marketing and blogging.
I'm still a complete newbie to all of this and feel like its quite overwhelming for someone like me.
Goals for 2020
Hit $500 USD a month within 4 months from now
Hit $700 USD within 6-7 months from now
Hit $1000 USD within 9-10 months from now
Hit 60k pageviews a month on blog #1
Hit 30k pageviews on blog #2
Hit 20k pageviews on blog #3
Hit at least 10k youtube subs within 6 months (most likely will hit based on current stats and future projections based on social blade)
Monetize youtube channel
Blog #2 earn at least $100 USD a month
Blog #3 earn at least $200 USD a month
Hit 2k email subs
Complete ebook digital product to sell
The reality of the situation
Before starting this journey, I didn't realize that blogging could be so sophisticated and hard. In fact, I think I work harder on this than any job I ever had. There's not a day that goes by where I don't question my decision and whether or not I should just throw in the towel and quit. There is just so much doubts going on in my mind right now. My friend says that I need to be patient and give it more time, but I am quickly approaching that last straw right now, and these haters I come across on a daily basis certainly ain't making it easier.
I also suspect I got hit with negative seo by competitors or haters because I have a lot of spammy porn links linking to my domain, along with some other junk. I was told to wait it out by my friend and not to disavow the links yet or it might have a more negative effect on my traffic. A lot of people play dirty in this realm.
That's why I told myself that if I don't make at least $500 USD within 4 months time from now, I'm gonna quit. That's over a year of blogging yet I can't continue making less than $500 a month. There comes a time when you got to ask yourself whether or not this business is the right one for you or if you should switch your focus to something else. I'm dreading returning back to a job but if I don't start seeing some results soon I'm gonna be left with no choice.
I didn't realize that I would be a one person team doing 3 people's jobs when I started this journey. I certainly hope that as my income improves, I can start hiring people to help take some of these tasks off my hands because I haven't even taken a day off in months now. Everyday has either been fixing something wrong with the websites, trying to setup a new site, researching article ideas, writing and publishing content, making new youtube videos, or reading books or watching youtube videos to continue upgrading my skillset.
In addition, after going through these last couple of google algorithm updates, it has really shown me how important having control is. I never want to be at the mercy of some corporation or someone else. I'm sure affiliate companies can also screw over their affiliates as well. This has lead me to ponder about how I can exact more control over my blogs in the future (sell more of my own digital products, diversify, building up my email lists, etc.)
like MJ DeMarco, I also love warm sunny weather which is why I have decided that once I hit around 1k USD a month, I'm leaving the F*ck outta North America and going somewhere warmer again with a lower cost of living.
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