{"id":7520,"date":"2013-08-15T02:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=7520"},"modified":"2013-08-15T09:17:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-15T13:17:08","slug":"how-to-blog-and-earn-fame-money-from-it-without-actually-blogging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/social\/how-to-blog-and-earn-fame-money-from-it-without-actually-blogging.html","title":{"rendered":"How To Blog (And Earn Fame & Money From It) Without Actually Blogging"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you find out, please let me know. I will never, ever advise anyone to go into blogging for the fame and money because (1)<\/strong> It may never happen, and (2)<\/strong> If it does happen, it doesn’t happen easily or overnight. I love blogging. I really, really do. It’s actually my first job, no longer my second job. It started off as a hubby that turned into a non-paying second job<\/del> volunteer job. Now, it has overtaken my first job. I don’t talk much about my [other] job here. Have you noticed?<\/p>\n

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I spend so much time on Verastic that it’s ridiculous. If I am not typing up a post, I’m thinking about a post to type up. Or tweaking something. Or adding\/removing a plugin. Or responding to e-mails. Or Twitter. Or Facebook. Or Instagram. \u00a0Speaking of Facebook, I put up a status update on Monday saying it was the best Monday ever and people should guess why. Some idiot from the pit of Idiot Land sent me a message to ask if it was a blow job — and did I like it.<\/p>\n

I thought of 99 ways to curse him out, none of which I can write on here. Then I wondered why I was even bothering with him. Meanwhile, the thing I was doing that made my Monday so special was the Pit Bill Dalmation dog I was playing with. Her name is Fiona, and she’s awesome. She looks like a Pit Bull, but her skin is like a Dalmation (white, with black spots). So you see, when you encounter people like this guy, it makes you wonder.<\/p>\n

Where was I? Oh yeah, blogging. There. Are. So. Many. Blogs. \u00a0I mean, so many beautiful blogs. Sometimes, when I see the time and energy and passion and creativity bloggers put into their blogs, I am blown away! This thing takes so much time. And these bloggers give out so much information. It’s crazy. I am so proud to be a blogger. So, so proud. We are a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n

Still. Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if I could just think the post in my head and have it miraculously appear on the world wide web. \u00a0Then, as soon as the post appears, it is followed by e-mails upon e-mails from brands that I love, asking me how many millions they can pay me — and would I be available to be interviewed on CNN. And Huffington Post. And ABC. And Oprah’s Next Chapter. And so much more. I can’t be the only one thinking this. Right?<\/p>\n

Right now, I’m literally bouncing off the walls with ideas. Most of these ideas center around my blog. I am still a one-woman army though. It’s not easy doing it all by myself. Blogging. Responding to comments. Replying e-mails. Tweeting. Facebooking. \u00a0Instagramming. Meeting deadlines of sponsored posts. Doing The Verastic Show<\/strong><\/a>. Finding Co-hosts. Thinking of show ideas. MC’ing events. And so much more.<\/p>\n

But you know what? If I had to do it all over again, the only thing I would change is that I would start blogging sooner. Thank you to everyone for reading this blog. You make it all worth it. I love you. And err, no, I don’t know yet how to blog without blogging.<\/p>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Here’s a picture of Fiona because Odesh left a comment stating her disappointment, and I just can’t sleep at night knowing that Odesh is disappointed. I didn’t include the picture before because it’s not a very clear picture, but it’ll just have to do for now.<\/p>\n

\"Fiona\"<\/a>

Fiona<\/p><\/div>\n

Odesh, are you happy now? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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