The Blog and Its Adventures

I have to say that this blog has given me some great moments, but it has also been a royal pain.  Last night I spent almost 4 hours trying to create a professional blog, where I owned my own domain and could set it up the way I wanted it. I spent 20 on the phone with customer service and in the end I ended up canceling anyway.

After this adventure I started looking at my stats for this blog.

One word. Depressing.

I have been writing for about two years now, a little more I think. I have poured hours into trying to update things and edit things to make them great. I would LOVE to earn a little extra money on my blog.

I have read blog after blog after blog about how to earn money and how to create a great blog that other people will want to read. I have read every blog post I can find to create a great blog, but yet my average post is still only getting 15-20 views. I can easily list at least 4 of those people. (Hi Mom, Dad, Aunt Lisa, and Grandma Ida) You 4 have been my support and I am pretty sure that you all have read almost every single blog post. You have commented and participated in random things that I have tried.

Obviously, I am not going to quit my day job to become a blogger and pour 7-8 hours a day into my blog, but my goal was to earn $20 bucks off my blog, just to show that I could, but in the current format, I can’t earn anything because of the way it is set up.

I switched from Blogger to WordPress because it was supposed to be better, but I wish I wouldn’t have because I went from earning 2 cents a post to earning nothing.

Now, my love of writing isn’t based on money. I love to write and get feedback, but I have hit a point where I am frustrated because I feel like no one is reading my posts, no matter how hard I am working towards them.

This post is really just a rant and perhaps a request, if anyone has comments or ideas for me to do something with it. I would love to hear them.

Thank you for those who have continuously supported me.