Personal vs. Professional Blogging
I have been trying to explain to myself, perhaps even come up with excuses about why I haven’t updated my own personal blog, why I am a professional blogger and my own blogs are completely suffering from lack of attention. It has to do with professional blogging versus personal blogging. I started out as a personal blogger. The personal hobby as it started then became a passion. I love it. Then I found a way to take my passion and make into a way I could earn money doing it. That to me was a bonus. As is with everything it seems I took that to the next level and then the next and so on until finally now I am a business owner doing it as a career. This is where I forget about the old days and talk about how hard this fun passionate thing has become.
We all have heard me say I am like the saw about the cobbler’s son not having shoes and that is more of an excuse than I care to admit to, but on this occasion it is true. I must first sit down and pound out a blog post for a client and by the time I get done with the blogging for the pay, the blogging for the fun seems not so fun anymore. I had that same experience as a ski patrolman here in Colorado. I loved to ski. I then made it a job and it was not so fun anymore. We always talk about doing what we love. But what happens when your love becomes a job? I am still wondering about this myself as I sit here and finally put my thought down here at a blog that has been completely neglected. It seems that most of my epiphanies and all gone to client posts and this one gets the leftovers. I guess if nothing else, a little whining now and then is easy to write about too.
Tags: Blogging, Professional Bloggers, Pro Blogging, Jobs
