When I was thinking about how I am going to achieve my blogging goals for 2017, I knew I'd need to set myself up for success. One easy way to do that was to make sure I had all the right ingredients for optimum workflow. I needed a laptop for three basic reasons: (1) to have a way to easily write anywhere and anytime, (2) one location for all my photos and photo editing, and (3) to be able to get my work done quickly. Based on a quick internet search, the chromebook looked like a viable option. A 2006 Macbook (that's right) is the most recent laptop I've owned. Not a Macbook Pro, just a plain ole ten-year-old Macbook. This laptop was still operating pretty well, but in the past couple months, a few of the keys suddenly stopped working. I actually had to plug in a keyboard just to ... read more
My First Income Report {Sept.-Dec. 2016}
I have owned this blog since October 2015. It's kind of crazy that it's already been over a year. Wow... But the thing is, I didn't really start blogging until September of 2016. See, I had a baby in September of 2015, and I started thinking about ways to stay home with my baby - my third child. We had always wanted to homeschool our kiddos, although we don't currently, so I needed an option to earn an income from home. After a lot of online research, blogging seemed to be a perfect fit for my family's needs. Fast forward to today. It has been four months since I started the process of monetizing this blog, and boy are there a million things to know AND do. Anyone who does this full-time or even part-time, knows the time commitment. However, I've read that if I'm passionate ... read more