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Aug 7, 2016

Achieve Your Blogging Dreams

I am on my way to achieve my blogging dreams, and I know it is a road less traveled by. It was around 2008 going 2009 when I started to blog. I tried blogging for myself and failed because all my time was consumed by blogging for someone and else. It was the infancy of my online writing career and I had no idea how to market myself.

Maybe I had an idea but I felt insecure, feeling like my work is substandard compared to the millions of blogs out there. Insecurity caused me to find joy ghost blogging.

Normally, when you write about hair growth potions, microwave ovens, divorce advice and tips, it isn’t really fun right? But I had fun then, besides it pays my rent and allowed me to keep something extra to splurge on buying books.

I don’t have blogging dreams of my own, not until the recent years. Sadly, it was followed by confusion and delusions, then followed by total cessation from blogging.

Until recently I realized, maybe the reason I had no blogging dreams was because I never really allowed myself to establish my own brand. I had this mentality enveloped within my insecure nature that I am not good enough. But if I am not good enough, why the heck was I able to land those writing jobs? A lot of stupid dialogs between me, myself and I.

I have not started PatBagano.com yet when I first thought of it. I didn’t do it right away. I had about 6 or more good months of thinking it deeply. I have a friend named Richard ready to grant me a domain name, and possibly proper equipment to start. Don’t be envious, not everyone gets “Rich”, pun intended.

If I will start my own brand, what will it be? My initial planning was not using a computer. They were pages or doodles, some thrown and some kept.

1. I have a deep affinity for writing

I may not have a degree in writing, or anything close to it. But writing has been my best friend, my escape and my refuge. My thoughts woven into words provide me comfort. Often, when I was younger, there is no other way to feel good but to write. Write my joys and miseries.

2. I am in this for the long haul

Burn me, peel me, curse me. I will blog as long as I can. I have never made this kind of commitment, ever. I guess that is how I failed my relationships. I know the feeling of truly committing now, and I would’ve never discovered if I did not speak to my hosting company that night of June 2016 and asked them about a free domain name that I could’ve claimed back in 2012.

Within a short while, I was publishing like a maniac in this blog. It is a good flow. I am not complaining. In fact, I love it.

3. I am not aiming to make money from this directly, at least not now

I am not planning to run affiliate marketing ads or other stuff. I want this blog to be my springboard to send me somewhere good and with a stable source of income. These reduces my feeling of being overwhelmed, reduces the risk of quitting and ultimately, reduces the risk of competing. I know I will earn through this blog, maybe not in the same way other people did with their blogs.

I am letting my blog discover its own path as I nourish it with good content. I am simply sharing my passion on content marketing, SEO and other stuff.

4. I am ambitious and I know how to admit my mistakes now

The reason I never really reached my other dreams is because I was ambitious but failed to recognize and admit my mistakes. Not a good combination, it is always better to have great ambitions but be ready to fail, admit mistakes and learn from them.

This new mindset helped me understand why I am here for the long haul, as mentioned in #1.

5. I am ready to learn

Always ready to learn actually. I want to study plenty of things. Not only related to this blog. In fact, I do plenty of DIY, including my beeswax balm that I’ve researched on my own and now giving benefits to a few people aiding acne, psoriasis and other skin problems. (No, I am not a dermatologist)

You see, dreams are meant to be achieved through mistakes. It does not happen overnight and certainly relative to your attitude in life. If you feel like complaining all the time and blame the world for being unfair, you would end like the old me. Always seeking approval from other people and dependent on someone else. I have learned not to hate that person anymore, I learned to love my past imperfections. Without them I am not who I am now.

Oh! one last thing.

Stop procrastinating

Blog your ideas, thoughts or whatever you feel like as long as it may fit the brand you are establishing. Like this one, while the majority of my posts are helpful tips on blogging and digital marketing, I have this section in my blog called self-mastery, probably where you found this post. I can include such category because my brand is my name. However, if your blog’s name is “information technology” I don’t think publishing posts outside IT would be taken well by your readers.

If you love to read, you probably can write. If you can write a few sentences, then you can make a paragraph. If you can compose a few paragraphs, you can blog. Do not be afraid, no matter what.
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Originally published at www.patbagano.com on August 7, 2016.