I'm Sick Of Social Media

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" Social media can be an absolutely brilliant thing if used correctly but it can also have I'm Sick of Social Media" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" title="I'm Sick of Social Media" width="550" /></a></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Work Sans Light'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Work Sans Light'; line-height: normal;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Time for a bit of truth: </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">I'm sick of social media</span><span style="font-kerning: none;">. Social media can be an absolutely brilliant thing if used correctly but it can also have a hugely negative impact on your life and mental health and I've experienced that to the fullest recently. No matter how many times I've tried to disconnect from the internet or avoid my phone, I always find myself scrolling aimlessly through instagram and twitter. <b>Social media has become an addiction</b> to our generation and it's an addiction no one wants to beat. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I wake up. I check my phone, check my emails, check instagram, check twitter, check youtube.<b> </b></span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Repeat.</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> This seems to be the recurring theme every single day and for some reason I can't get out of it. Even if I'm watching a TV show or reading a book, two minutes in I'll be reaching for my phone, without even realising, to do the subconscious mandatory social media scroll. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I'm not someone who gets validation through likes or views,</b> to be honest I couldn't care less how many likes I get, it makes no difference to my life whatsoever. I don't scroll through social media looking to see new followers or more engagement, I think I do it because I'm subconsciously looking for something more interesting than the last thing I read, something to distract me from life for a while. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Loneliness doesn't exist like it used to in our generation. You can be completely alone yet have an abundance of entertainment and people to follow and </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">live your life through theres.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> No one sees the danger in this until it's too late. You've spent so long on social media <b>you've missed out on living your own life. </b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><br /></b></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://amzn.to/2nmdeJb"><span style="color: #e06666;">Read: A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled </span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I feel like I have social media drilled into me. Anywhere I go I immediately try and see if I can get a good instagram of myself or the surroundings, as if it's essential to make a perfect portfolio of my life online. I was in a cafe last week and I tried to pick the seat that had the best lighting so I could get a good picture for instagram. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><i>What the hell is wrong with me?!</i></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i> </i>How have I gotten to this point where I live my life according to the standards of what's popular on social media. Not to mention the amount of time I spend applying filters in several different apps to make sure the picture blends in with my instagram theme. <b>Life doesn't come with a theme! Who cares!</b> And if I haven't posted in a week and I see my followers go down, it's like a subliminal pressure to please these strangers on the internet who I have no obligations to. It almost feels like I have a group of people that I have to go out of my way to keep happy. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part of me would love to delete all of my social media and disappear from the internet completely. Go off the grid, <u>start living in the world.</u> It's amounted to so much pressure and stress that I find it very hard to enjoy it anymore. I enjoy writing and being creative, it's just a shame that I have to be part of the social media circus that comes along with it. I don't want to completely disappear off the internet because it gives me a voice, it enables me to write about things I care for. I'm still trying to find a way to manage the stressful side of social media so I can still the enjoy to freedom of creating.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">A great way for me to de-stress and relax when I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed is <b>to read</b>. Reading really relaxes my mind and takes me away from the pressures of social media. At the minute I'm reading <a href="http://amzn.to/2htbBKk"><span style="color: #e06666;">The Year I Met You</span></a> by Cecelia Ahern, it's a great a book and you should check out some of her other books if you're into reading too.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Social media gives me no fulfilment,</b> if anything it has drained me and had a hugely negative affect on my mental health. I find myself in a negative headspace, more times than what's healthy, due to being attached to this thing that I can't seem to let go of. If I wasn't in the blogging/social media world I definitely wouldn't use any social media apps at all, but it's something that's mandatory in this field of work.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=why-i-quit-my-job"><span style="color: #e06666;">Read: Why I Quit My Job After 2 Months</span></a></span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've never finished scrolling through social media and felt happy and inspired, in fact I'm always left feeling down and depressed from it. Yet myself, along with millions of others who are affected by it, can't seem to help it. We know it's bad for us but it constantly reels us back in without realising. <b>It's an addictive cycle</b> and it's one I've come to hate.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">I guess I'm just tired of it all. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">I'm tired of being tired.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> I don't have a solution to it yet but I'm working to find a way to use social media more effectively as a work tool rather than in my personal life.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-size: large;">I'd love to know your thoughts on this and if social media has affected you in a similar way.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt=" Social media can be an absolutely brilliant thing if used correctly but it can also have I'm Sick of Social Media" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk2zFjF63tBkhUxm80mNohTWTxUg2phq0XG5J6SpfoqwRHeMafKJj-tnddxpew25arEMZnv0nmM9RwmGt-WTW2JpmmwKJrG3TUn-lwF3r_swJ9Qx5w6gjLM8mrclJ4YsKQ-Olj0gS5n6o/s1600/WHY+I%2527MSICK+OFSOCIAL+MEDIA.jpg" title="I'm Sick of Social Media" width="300" /></span></a></div> </div>

I'm Sick Of Social Media

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Should I Follow My Dreams Or Get A 'Real' Job?

<div style="text-align: left;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagSbiIpct-yHO16RCEdFkIkDsoKA2fjH9UF1QyROFJ6TKfBQU9GJ61TEbKg3qQKdrc_Q0N-Bq117bTh7r5927C9IKKZLZGgxTGb16HcgZW7esYUw0rTVgOi5ahVI15w-w7XxHB1b2pV8/s1600/follow+dreams+or+safe+job.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Should i follow my dreams or get a normal job Should I Follow My Dreams or Get A 'Real' Job?" border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagSbiIpct-yHO16RCEdFkIkDsoKA2fjH9UF1QyROFJ6TKfBQU9GJ61TEbKg3qQKdrc_Q0N-Bq117bTh7r5927C9IKKZLZGgxTGb16HcgZW7esYUw0rTVgOi5ahVI15w-w7XxHB1b2pV8/s1600/follow+dreams+or+safe+job.png" title="Should I Follow My Dreams or Get A 'Real' Job?" width="490" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">The question we all ask ourselves: should I go with my head or heart? Should I chase after that dream job or take the safe route? You can either be a realist or and idealist when it comes to life, or even a bit of both. If you're somewhere in the middle, you might find yourself stuck on which career path to choose. How do you give yourself the best life possible? Do you follow your dreams and find eternal happiness? Or choose the safe route and have guaranteed financial security?</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;">There are pros and cons to both so if you're unsure whether you should take that risk and follow your dream or play it safe, it's important to compare your options:</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Pros of Following Your Dreams:</b></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">You'll wake up everyday getting to <b>do what you love</b>.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Can you live your life knowing that you didn't go after the one thing you always wanted? By following your dreams you're staying true to yourself and potentially having the life you've always dreamt of. If you can dream it, you can achieve it and if you want it bad enough, there's no reason why you can’t have it.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">You will have a constant drive to achieve and reach your goals because <b>you're working for yourself</b>.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">You're potentially creating a better and happier life for yourself by doing what you love and what you were born to do. If you’re skilled in a particular area then you owe it to yourself to pursue it and <u>make the most of your skill and talent.</u></span></li> </ul> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Cons of Following Your Dream:</b></span></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">It may not guarantee financial security. This is where the realist part of me would advise you to plan carefully to make sure you have a secure future for yourself. I highly recommend following your dreams however I know it's very important to have financial security. Just make sure your dream can assure you security in life too.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">It may take a lot longer to go down this route rather than the 'traditional' job route. Overnight successes rarely happen and a lot of successful people have worked very hard every single day for years to get close to their dreams. If you're chasing your dream then you more than likely have a lot of drive and ambition so this shouldn't be a problem, but just be aware <b>it may take you longer</b> to reach a steady income in life if you're going after a big dream.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><b>It may be harder</b> to actually make your dream a reality than to choose a steady job.</span></li> </ul> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">As you can see there are a lot of pros to following your dream, and being a big dreamer myself, I highly recommend that if you're passionate about something then you should <b>go after it full speed ahead.</b> That's not to say that a 'normal' job may not be for you either, so here's a list of pros and cons of going down the 'safe' career route.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Pros of A 'Safe' Career:</span></b></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></b></span></div> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">*Almost* guaranteed financial security. Not every job can guarantee you a good pay cheque but you're more likely to have a stable income sooner if you choose the school-university-job route. It's no secret that we live in a world where we need money to survive so it's a safer bet to choose a 'normal' job if money is your main focus.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">Security in the workplace. A lot of people start at entry level jobs and work their way up the career ladder and although no job is guaranteed, you may have <b>more job security</b> in the long run this way.</span></li> </ul> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Cons of A 'Safe' Career:</b></span></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;">If you're choosing a job purely because it's safe and will make you money, you could end up very unhappy in life. <b>Money does not equate to happiness</b> and you should never make a decision based on it. We all like to be safe but stepping out of your comfort zone is so important especially when it comes to your career.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><b>The 'safe' job may not be the job you really want</b> and therefor it could negatively impact your mental health. An unhappy job can really affect your state of mind so choose carefully when it comes to your career path. Life is long, so make sure you're doing something that you love.</span></li> </ul> <div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next';"> </div> </div> <div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next"; font-size: 16px;">While I'm not qualified to tell you exactly what to do with your life, I strongly urge you to find your passion and fight to make it your livelihood, whether that's through an untraditional route or the standard job route. You are responsible for giving yourself the best damn life possible and doing that by any means. Follow your dream and <b>make it a reality.</b></span></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next"; font-size: 16px;">Read:<b> </b><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=10-reasons-why-you-should-follow-your-dreams"><span style="color: #e06666;">10 Reasons Why You Should Follow Your Dreams</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next"; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">You Can Do Both</span></u></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next";">There's no reason why your dream career can't involve safety and financial security too. You can always work a 'normal' job while you're on the road to achieving your dream. Not only will you have some experience in the 'traditional' job field to fall back on but it will give you the funds to allow you to pursue your dream.</span></span></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-indent: -36px;"> <br /></div> <div style="line-height: normal;"> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next';"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><u>Inspire Yourself</u></span><br /> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">A great way to help you decided on how to get started with your dream career is getting advice from others. I highly recommend a book by Aliza Licht called<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(224, 102, 102); color: #e06666;"> <a href="http://amzn.to/2fhmYkn" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">Leave Your Mark: Land your dream job. Kill it in your career. Rock social media</span></a></span>. She gives great advice and guidance on how to kill it in your career and get your dream job at the same time. You'll feel hella inspired after reading this.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Another super inspiring book by Jen Sincero is <a href="http://amzn.to/2jRDZGK"><span style="color: #e06666;">You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life</span></a>. It's a brilliant how-to guide on creating a life you love and make money doing it.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><u>Go With Your Gut</u></span></span></div> </div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal;"> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">A lot of people describe this predicament as choosing between your head or heart, however I'm telling you to ignore them both and follow your gut. Ever heard of a gut instinct? If you have a gut feeling about something, always go with it. Trust your gut, you can always try both career options or even work a day job and pursue your dream at the same time!</span></div> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;"><u>Happiness or Money?</u></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">It comes down to what your goal in life is and what you really want. Is your goal to make a lot of money? Is it your goal to have a fulfilling purpose? Although money is important, it shouldn't be a deciding factor in your life and happiness. <b>Chase the dream, not the money.</b> </span>Your happiness is ultimately what matters, regardless of money or status. Choose the path where you wake up everyday feeling happy and fulfilled. </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal;"> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Regardless if you're going for the safe job or the dream job, don't be the person who says, 'What if', be the person who says, 'I did.'</span></div> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><br /></span> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Pin it for later:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl01C6Cu7rKLzK1Q5BWukI9cuhBZLH-gH_JLjliJDg5EJ5OxBeo10qd0vmgcwfCl5a48lfNMOLkuFYHrtsTXh844KsDoQp1l89nbcmrX6OREjmeSxtMNVnA6JcI6gRhOYrKIGRbhGpQQ/s1600/follow+dreams+or+safe+job.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Should i follow my dreams or get a normal job Should I Follow My Dreams or Get A 'Real' Job?" border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUl01C6Cu7rKLzK1Q5BWukI9cuhBZLH-gH_JLjliJDg5EJ5OxBeo10qd0vmgcwfCl5a48lfNMOLkuFYHrtsTXh844KsDoQp1l89nbcmrX6OREjmeSxtMNVnA6JcI6gRhOYrKIGRbhGpQQ/s1600/follow+dreams+or+safe+job.png" title="Should I Follow My Dreams or Get A 'Real' Job?" width="240" /></a></div> </div> </div>

Should I Follow My Dreams Or Get A 'Real' Job?

The question we all ask ourselves: should I go with my head or heart? Should I chase after that dream job or take the safe route? You can either be a realist or and idealist when it comes …

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Why I'm Glad I Didn't Go To University

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB4dJUNZia8_VGS1pOn9ObDfp8uQKZV3wbd2SUUOqPVBey-srPNktWvhPJSmq4RAirNHvFhzry2-G1fyvUZ2OODUL8BCjLsRXIbHeUxMrCMGsT-6hbMHjG3-vG9Ob4kNeuBOz8SAd-Eg/s1600/glad+i+didn%2527t+go+to+uni.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="I remember being in school and people in my class would get phone calls from their univers Why I'm Glad I Didn't Go To University" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB4dJUNZia8_VGS1pOn9ObDfp8uQKZV3wbd2SUUOqPVBey-srPNktWvhPJSmq4RAirNHvFhzry2-G1fyvUZ2OODUL8BCjLsRXIbHeUxMrCMGsT-6hbMHjG3-vG9Ob4kNeuBOz8SAd-Eg/s1600/glad+i+didn%2527t+go+to+uni.png" title="Why I'm Glad I Didn't Go To University" width="470" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Yup, I'm glad I didn't go to university. Do I regret not going to university? <b>Nope. </b></span>I knew from at least age 17 that I didn't want to go to university, for a few reasons.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I remember being in school and people in my class would get phone calls from their university to arrange an interview with their uni admissions and they would be jumping up and down, screaming with excitement and <b>I was sat there thinking, huh?</b> I never got the excitement about going to uni, in fact I hoped I didn't get the phone call. I did get all the offers I'd applied for and got the grades but I knew straight away it was something I wasn't interested in.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">*<u>Just a quick disclaimer</u>, this isn't an <i>'anti-university'</i> post and I'm not trying to discourage you from going to uni, but if you're asking yourself 'should I go to university?' or 'is university right for me?', then hopefully this will help you out.*</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">One of the main reasons I didn't want to go to uni was because <b>I didn't want a job that required a degree.</b> If you <i>do</i> want a job that you need a degree for, then <b>GO TO UNI!</b> It's essential to go to a college or university if you want to work in a field that you need a degree for, it makes sense to go. However, because I knew I didn't want a job that required a degree, I knew I'd save myself a lot of money, time and happiness by not going.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If you don't <i>need</i> a degree but still want to go to uni to learn and get more education, then of course it's perfectly fine to go, but if you really don't want to go then there are so many other routes you can go down to get your dream job and dream life.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I knew from a young age that I wanted a job in the creative field, Yes, I'm one of those 'creative' types who took music and art at school and have played piano since I was 6 years old. Being able to express myself creatively is the main way I get happiness in life so I knew it was essential to pursue a career in that field. Fun fact: not a lot of creative jobs require a degree. With regards to jobs in the creative industries, it's almost always about the experience you have rather than the education you have. Most employers in the music or artistic scene will ask for your portfolio and see how talented you are, not what qualification you gained from a certain university.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Again, if you are in the creative industry and you want to purse further education by going to university, then by all means do it! Do what is right for you, <b>not what everyone else is telling you to do</b>. </span>There are so many opportunities and career routes that don't involve going to university so don't feel disheartened if it's not for you or you didn't get into uni.</div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><u>Examples of other routes instead of uni are:</u></span></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: left; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><b>•</b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre;"> </span>Getting an apprenticeship</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: left; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Getting a job and working your way up the career ladder</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: left; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Start freelancing</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: left; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Starting your own business</span></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: left; text-indent: -36px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Online classes/degrees</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 36px; text-align: left; text-indent: -36px;"> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">There are so many great <b>online classes</b> you can take to teach yourself the skills to start your own business or get pembinaan in an area you're passionate about. I've made a list of <u>some of the best online courses I've found.</u></span></div> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><u><br /></u></span></div> <span style="font-kerning: none; font-size: x-large;">Online Classes:</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="font-family: 'avenir next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <ul> <li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=733599&U=1617561&M=59453&urllink="><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(224, 102, 102);"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Creative Live</span></span></a><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 16px;"> - Creative Live provide creative classes in photography, music, art and design, money and lots more. If you fancy yourself as a creative entrepreneur or want to get a job in the creative field, then they'll have something suited for you. <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=733599&U=1617561&M=59453&urllink="><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Check out their classes</b> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(224, 102, 102);"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>here</b></span></span></span></a></span></li> </ul> <ul style="font-size: 16px;"> <li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=999214&U=1617561&M=55838&urllink="><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">BRIT + CO</span></a> - Brit + Co are full of creative classes and courses that can educate you on subjects such as photography, business and design. They're super fun and colourful so if you're a creative type then you won't be disappointed. <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=999214&U=1617561&M=55838&urllink="><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Check them out</b> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>here</b></span></span></a></span></li> </ul> <div style="font-size: 16px;"> </div> <ul style="font-size: 16px;"> <li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=797461&U=1617561&M=62509&urllink="><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;">Master Class</span></a> - If you've ever wanted to be taught by the best players in the game, then this is the place for you. They have classes taught by highly skilled people such as <i style="font-size: 16px;">Christina Aguilera</i> for singing, Gordon Ramsey for cooking, Martin Scorsese for filmmaking, Deadmau5 for music production and so many more amazing teachers. Who wouldn't want to be taught by <i style="font-size: 16px;">Hans Zimmer</i> or Dustin Hoffman? <a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?B=797461&U=1617561&M=62509&urllink="><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Check out their range of classes</b> <span style="font-size: 16px;"><b>here</b></span></span></a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">For the people who say, 'Go to uni for the experience' or 'It'll be loads of fun because you get to live with friends and go out all the time,' you can do those things without getting in a ton of debt. If you're only go to uni for the 'uni life' and partying, then <b>you seriously need to reassess why you're going</b>. I really didn't care about the partying and going out all the time, that's not my thing, so I haven't missed out on anything from that point of view. <u>You can still have plenty of amazing life experiences without going to uni.</u></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Another big reason for not going to university is that I don't get motivated by grades on a page. Studying at school, for me, was just memorising thousands and thousands of words to write out on an exam and forget it the next day and it was not an environment I was motivated to excel in. Maybe that's just because I'm a creative person and I thrive when I'm creating any form of art, but I knew I would hugely be lacking in motivation if I went to uni because a mark on a paper doesn't motivate me at all.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I will more than likely be self employed or employed in a career based only experience so it made sense for me to follow my own path instead of going to uni. I wasn't 100% sure of what I wanted to do when I was 17 and instead of making a life changing decision at that age and taking on a lot of debt and potentially dropping out, I took some time to work on a few different things and find my niche.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Also you can go to university at any age. If I one day decided that I would like to go back to get some more education then that's always an option! Just <b>don't feel like you're tied into one route</b> and you can't explore your interests.</span></div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">So that's why I'm glad I didn't go to university and if you're feeling a bit undecided about going to uni then I hope this helped you out. If you need anymore advice don't be afraid to ask me a question in the comments below. Emily x</span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Pin it for later:</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvAwplfDQ0Al0s4PYec1qT0WE8alxE_-2xitdOHfbUzXpVZD38gl-geC9uckOktFpUoGwr0iMrRH_O5R02ofqHyHO9XuGb5PIAVsgu9B-oauA3dMlHHjByXlMkhI1VNIhB-hzYLNqKBk/s1600/glad+i+didn%2527t+go+to+uni.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="I remember being in school and people in my class would get phone calls from their univers Why I'm Glad I Didn't Go To University" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvvAwplfDQ0Al0s4PYec1qT0WE8alxE_-2xitdOHfbUzXpVZD38gl-geC9uckOktFpUoGwr0iMrRH_O5R02ofqHyHO9XuGb5PIAVsgu9B-oauA3dMlHHjByXlMkhI1VNIhB-hzYLNqKBk/s1600/glad+i+didn%2527t+go+to+uni.png" title="Why I'm Glad I Didn't Go To University" width="230" /></a></div> </div>

Why I'm Glad I Didn't Go To University

Yup, I'm glad I didn't go to university. Do I regret not going to university? Nope. I knew from at least age 17 that I didn't want to go to university, for a few reasons. I remember being in s…

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How I Got 15,000 Views In My First Month Of Blogging

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLhhPKiwZ_cMXSv1xfFnOgxOGix1N4nQ7ZjhywC8ls6SiJhw4_u3D7fH84i_g72VpkQcTNhOvsSfRko3IfxaWFMHWTdp-2oTMHq42TF5s_52bj6i5dVohQTvhdiXfL_Smogl9LFSGa-I/s1600/how-to-get-pageviews.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" page views in my first month of blogging How I Got 15,000 Views In My First Month of Blogging" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRLhhPKiwZ_cMXSv1xfFnOgxOGix1N4nQ7ZjhywC8ls6SiJhw4_u3D7fH84i_g72VpkQcTNhOvsSfRko3IfxaWFMHWTdp-2oTMHq42TF5s_52bj6i5dVohQTvhdiXfL_Smogl9LFSGa-I/s1600/how-to-get-pageviews.png" title="How I Got 15,000 Views In My First Month of Blogging" width="500" /></a></div> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666; font-weight: bold;">*</span><a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Sign up for Bluehost blog hosting for only $3.95 and get started </span></a></span></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/"><span style="color: #e06666;">blogging today!</span></a></span></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I restarted my blog last month, I didn't expect to get anywhere near 15,000 page views. In fact, when I published my first post, I only got about 30 or 40 views and I didn't know where I was going wrong. Then I did a bit of research and started doing some things that exploded my blog traffic and got me thousands of views in one week!</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">The 4 blog posts that got the most traffic in my first month were:</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> - <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=how-social-media-effects-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">Why I'm Sick of Social Media</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> - <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=how-social-media-effects-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">Why People Are Afraid Of Change (And how to be more accepting of it)</span></a></span></span></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"> - <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=how-social-media-effects-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">8 Ways To Stay Motivated When You Want to Quit</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next";"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> - <a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=how-social-media-effects-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">Why </span></a></span><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=how-social-media-effects-mental-health"><span style="color: #e06666;">I'm<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Glad I Didn't Go To University</span></span></a></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't use Instagram, Facebook or Twitter to get traffic and I didn't really focus on SEO that much at the start (although it is very important). I know how frustrating it is when you can't seem to get views on your blog so I'm going to take you through the things I did and tell you how I got more blog page traffic when I started up my blog again and how you can increase your blog views too.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "avenir next";"></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>1.Tailwind</b></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 33px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></a></span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> was my <b>lifesaver</b> when it came to getting page views. I didn't know anything about <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);">Tailwind</span> or how it worked but once I signed up I couldn't believe the results in my google analytics. My blog posts that were getting under 100 page views were exploding into the thousands!</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></a></span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> basically works by setting up a pinning schedule on Pinterest, so when you create a pin for your blog post, you can schedule it on <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></a> and it will post the pin to whatever boards you tell it to post to throughout the day. It basically does all the work for you and you don't have to waste time pinning all day everyday yourself. It gets so much more exposure to your blog posts too.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I use the <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind Plus</span></span></a> membership, paid annually, which is way more affordable in the long run but <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">you can try it for free <span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></span></a></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: "avenir next"; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>2.Board Booster</b></span></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "avenir next"; text-decoration: underline;"> </span> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://boardbooster.com/invite/UKAWH"><span style="color: #e06666;">BoardBooster</span></a> is another excellent pinning service that schedules pins for you on Pinterest. It works slightly different to tailwind in that you can loop pins and create campaigns to pin from specific boards to other pinterest boards. I saw a good traffic increase from using <a href="https://boardbooster.com/invite/UKAWH" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">BoardBooster</span></a> as well. You can pay for how many pins a month you want, so you can pay $5 for 500 pins or $10 for 1000 etc. </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="https://boardbooster.com/invite/UKAWH" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">You can try a free trial of BoardBooster <span style="color: #e06666;">here</span></span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span> <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//p/resources.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Read: 14 helpful resources for all bloggers in every niche</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>3.Pinterest</b></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pinterest has been my number one source of traffic for all my blog views and if you're not on Pinterest yet, get on it right now! You can start pinning straight away create boards for you blog's niche. Make sure you pin other people's pins as well and keep a good pinning schedule. This is where Tailwind comes in handy as it does all the work for you! 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There are group boards for every blogging niche and just general boards too. Try and join boards that have at least 10,000 followers as you'll have more of a chance of your blog post getting noticed. You can also use <a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=992347&u=1617561&m=50947&urllink=&afftrack="><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></span></a> to pin to your group boards to get loads more traffic to your website.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: left;"> <div class="mailmunch-forms-widget-616397"> </div> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><u>5.</u></span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;">Eye-Catching pins</span></b></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; min-height: 33px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Using <a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=992347&u=1617561&m=50947&urllink=&afftrack="><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></span></a> or Pinterest won't have a great effect unless your pins stand out. You want to create bright and colourful pins with clear lettering and images that will stand out amongst all the others pins and make people click through to your site. I use canva to create all my pins and always remember long pins work best!</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">6.</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">Bluehost</span></a></b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Having my blog run smoothly and be user friendly is so important in making people return to my blog, that's why <a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/"><span style="color: #e06666;">Bluehost</span></a> is a great platform if you're starting out a blog and need somewhere to self host. They're one of the <a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/"><span style="color: #e06666;">cheapest hosting sites</span></a> and a must-have for blogging success. </span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #e06666;">Click here to get started with BlueHost</a></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: x-large;">7. <span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing</b></span></span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">I invested in this course and I can honestly say it's helped me drive so much traffic to my blog and <a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr"><span style="color: #e06666;">start making sales with affiliate marketing on my blog</span></a>. The best way to be successful in blogging is to learn from the pros, so although you might think it's a pain to pay a bit of money for a course, you'll learn SO much from it and it'll pay off in the long run. <a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr"><span style="color: #e06666;">Sign up for Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing here</span>.</a></span><br /> <span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pin it for later:</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-19M0GbcMZX4VjutEuicOvSGpP2LUSSWBEx3qcjpD3L5IfRQpdkn-ITtCVlIpoorrZvVDK0Q8Cfebb8Bb4xACWM4GEfN4pCxUCgdy3rmIAfwgBYf4dF8TZkCXGFkuUiTyB2Mxj_RjKI/s1600/how-to-get-pageviews.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" page views in my first month of blogging How I Got 15,000 Views In My First Month of Blogging" border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-19M0GbcMZX4VjutEuicOvSGpP2LUSSWBEx3qcjpD3L5IfRQpdkn-ITtCVlIpoorrZvVDK0Q8Cfebb8Bb4xACWM4GEfN4pCxUCgdy3rmIAfwgBYf4dF8TZkCXGFkuUiTyB2Mxj_RjKI/s1600/how-to-get-pageviews.png" title="How I Got 15,000 Views In My First Month of Blogging" width="220" /></a></div> <br /></div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; background-color: white; font-family: 'Avenir Next'; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">So all in all I have <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238);"><a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=992347&u=1617561&m=50947&urllink=&afftrack="><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></a><span style="color: #551a8b;"> </span></span>and Pinterest to thank for my huge traffic boost to my blog. Blogging can be quite difficult and confusing to start with and I know how annoying it can be when you don't get many views on a post you've worked hard on, but give these tips a go and you'll see a big increase in your traffic and page views. That's how I got 15000 views in my first month of blogging! Emily x</span></span><br /> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span> <span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*This post contains affiliate links which means I make a small commission of each sale, but don't worry this doesn't cost you anything :)</span></span></div>

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How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxFIRtJA3LyWtfxJb6XGeqFFuddq0-vbDiNHyzw1MSPaw4YP9Gk4jaJPmK1dDuyt756vpNqNK7c_DBYg3R6wIcUXUDuoTyXisVowOMgcp5x8FnLchNgGSq4uXV6Qw83mGOnrjzMRy8xk/s1600/how+to+make+money+blogging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" how to make money with affiliate marketing How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxFIRtJA3LyWtfxJb6XGeqFFuddq0-vbDiNHyzw1MSPaw4YP9Gk4jaJPmK1dDuyt756vpNqNK7c_DBYg3R6wIcUXUDuoTyXisVowOMgcp5x8FnLchNgGSq4uXV6Qw83mGOnrjzMRy8xk/s1600/how+to+make+money+blogging.png" title="How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging" width="408" /></a></div> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If you're starting out in blogging or you've had your blog for a while, you might be asking yourself '<b><i>How do I make money blogging</i></b>?!'</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Well Michelle Schroeder-Gardener shares her tips on how she made over <b>$1,500,000</b> blogging last year alone! </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">That number may seem crazy high at the moment, but here are things you can start doing TODAY to make money online with your blog or business.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">1. Affiliate Programmes</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Affiliate Programmes are a huge source of income for many bloggers and there are affiliate courses for every niche, so if you're not making affiliate income with your blog, you're missing out on some huge money!</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> </div> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Michelle made $44,660 from Bluehost last month</span>, which is an online hosting site that every blogger should be using. </span></li> </ul> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Bluehost</span></a> offers the cheapest hosting for your blog from <a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">$3.95 per month</span></a> and is a must-have if you're serious about blogging. <span style="color: #e06666;">Bluehost</span> is better than a free hosting site because you can run any of your own advertisements and it looks a lot more professional to companies and advertisers if you have a self-hosted site on <span style="color: #e06666;">Bluehost</span><span style="color: #e06666;"> </span>rather than a cheap one on Blogger, which can give a lot of difficulties when it comes to advertising and making money.</span></li> </ul> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #e06666;"><a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to get started with Bluehost today.</span></a></span></li> </ul> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Michelle also runs an AMAZING course called <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing.</span></a> </span>I recently purchased the course myself and it was the best investment I've ever made for my blog. I had no idea where I was going wrong when it came to affiliate marketing and making money with my blog, but Michelle goes into so much detail in the various chapters and I learnt about things I never even knew I needed! </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Purchasing courses may seem like a bit of pain and you might think, 'can I not just find this stuff on the internet?' The answer is nope. I spent months searching for helpful sites for making income from my blog and <span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="color: #e06666;">I </span><span style="color: #e06666;">found nothing compared to the amount I've learnt from Michelle's course in two days.</span> </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If there's one way to be successful in affiliate marketing, it's educating yourself from the best! Michelle makes <b>$50,000 per month</b> from her affiliate marketing course.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to access the Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing ecourse.</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> </div> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li>Survey Companies are another great source of affiliate income, or even a great way to make some money on the side while you're setting up your blog! Michelle made $12,982.50 from online Survey affiliates last year. The best free online survey sites are: <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://track.flexlinkspro.com/a.ashx?foid=1120808.138892441&foc=1&fot=9999&fos=1" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Swagbucks</span></a> </span><span style="color: #e06666;">and</span> <a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=733215&u=1617561&m=58697&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">American Consumer Opinion</span></a>.</li> </ul> <ul style="font-family: avenir; font-size: 20px;"> <li><u>Other great affiliate sites for bloggers to join:</u></li> </ul> <ol><span style="font-family: "avenir"; font-size: 20px;"> <li><a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=69&u=1617561&m=47&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Shareasale</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2mO6PWK" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Amazon Associates</span></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?gid=329086&mid=2459&awinaffid=436347&linkid=2093589&clickref="><span style="color: #e06666;">TopCashback</span></a> </li> <li><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=509755&u=1617561&m=46133&urllink=&afftrack=" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">PicMonkey</span></a></span></li> </span></ol> <span style="font-family: "avenir";"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span> <br /> <ol><span style="font-family: "avenir"; font-size: 20px;"> </span></ol> <div class="mailmunch-forms-widget-616397"> </div> <span style="font-family: "avenir"; font-size: 20px;"> </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: 28px;">2. Sponsorships and Advertising</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If you've established your blogs' niche you can begin to reach out brands and companies that you think would be a good fit for your blog. I personally haven't had much luck with this route and have focused more-so on affiliate marketing, but as your readership and traffic grows, you can approach more blogging agencies and companies about potential partnership. </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Michelle made $10,000 from sponsorships last year </span></a>so although it's not as profitable as affiliate marketing, it's still a great way to work on your side hustle!</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Once your traffic is up to 100,000 readers per month, you can join higher paying advertisement companies that pay a lot more than google such as AdThrive and MediaVine.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Related post: <span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=get-pinterest-traffic"><span style="color: #e06666;">How I get 2 million views from Pinterest each month</span></a></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">3. Display Advertising</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Display advertising is when you display banners and ads for companies and brands to promote their products or services. Again, this will mainly happen when you contact a company to work with them or they reach out to you to place advertisements on your site.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//p/resources.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Check out these 14 helpful resources for all bloggers in every niche.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">4. Email Marketing</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><a href="http://mbsy.co/convertkit/33314602" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Convert Kit</span></a> is an email marketing service that helps you send out new posts to your emails subscribers lists (if you don't have a email list, start one NOW!) <span style="color: #e06666;">You can send new articles on your blog or links to affiliate products or courses via email</span> that you think your readers would be interested in, which then leads to extra affiliate income.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;">ConvertKit</span> is really simple and cheap to use and is essential in your affiliate marketing strategy. <a href="http://mbsy.co/convertkit/33314602" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to get set up with ConvertKit.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 28px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">5. <span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Pinterest is the main source of blog traffic for many bloggers, but it can be very time consuming having to manually pin pins yourself, that's where <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Tailwind</span></a> comes in. In Tailwind you can schedule as many pins as you like on the Plus plan, again this is a MUST HAVE if you want to get high traffic from Pinterest. </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #e06666;">My traffic blew up after I started using Tailwind</span> and it's the second best investment I've made for my blog. <a href="https://www.tailwindapp.com/i/heyitsemily00" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Click here to try Tailwind for free.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">In conclusion, these are the main ways Michelle and other bloggers make money blogging from home. I hope you find these tips helpful and you can read Michelle's article here</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Sign Up for the Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing Course here.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Emily x</span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Pin it for later:</span></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZp61YDyRkce2L_BbhyphenhyphenXpwBsHaPACvAmNbcqcR7sUvvjYr8K2lGcMAYml4IFslGh8AgQ1jMo3HIxAjkUHQM1aUoRiUyR5YTejJuu_XQiRktfEWZomtJEPrZc8mDJ8Xag8i3bHAfAzCKU/s1600/how+to+make+money+blogging.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" how to make money with affiliate marketing How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging" border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZp61YDyRkce2L_BbhyphenhyphenXpwBsHaPACvAmNbcqcR7sUvvjYr8K2lGcMAYml4IFslGh8AgQ1jMo3HIxAjkUHQM1aUoRiUyR5YTejJuu_XQiRktfEWZomtJEPrZc8mDJ8Xag8i3bHAfAzCKU/s1600/how+to+make+money+blogging.png" title="How This Blogger Makes $120,000 Per Month Blogging" width="255" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 27px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">This post contains affiliate links which means I make some commission however this is at no cost to you :)</span></div>

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Why I Quit My Job After Two Months (And Why It Was The Best Decision Ever)

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkmCDzBu9UE9jarPJXsmRkaCji0P1Fd_IcvCRxSnAy0NJBBx1lFfGl-r08WG90bvfamHOJ-x0-mrgqiMFjKDFhUfh13ITopeXBlF8qWafpIrtXHWpfaeayXzuSzGoNnGqYr2nA1aCjp0/s1600/i+quit+my+job.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" I quit my job without another one lined up Why I Quit My Job After Two Months (And Why It Was The Best Decision Ever)" border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="735" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkmCDzBu9UE9jarPJXsmRkaCji0P1Fd_IcvCRxSnAy0NJBBx1lFfGl-r08WG90bvfamHOJ-x0-mrgqiMFjKDFhUfh13ITopeXBlF8qWafpIrtXHWpfaeayXzuSzGoNnGqYr2nA1aCjp0/s1600/i+quit+my+job.png" title="Why I Quit My Job After Two Months (And Why It Was The Best Decision Ever)" width="348" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I quit my job last week. Yep, I quit my job without another one lined up. Was that a stupid decision? Financially, maybe. Was it a wise decision? <b>For my mental health, yes.</b></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Some might call me a '<i>serial job quitter</i>' and by that I mean, I've quit a fair few jobs in my time. Now, I know that's not the best habit to get into, however I've had very good reasons for doing so and I've always landed back on my feet after each one.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">My latest job was in the hospitality sector (I'll not name names because I'd quite like to not get sued) and for anyone who has worked in hospitality, you'll know that <b>you take</b> <b>a lot of crap</b> from costumers. The particular place I worked didn't have an overly rude clientele, but there were some days when I felt like screaming in a corner and went home feeling super down, and that's when the warning signs started to appear.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">It wasn't long after I'd started that <u>I found my mental health taking a turn for the worse.</u> I'd come home from a 6:30am shift feeling exhausted, emotionally drained and not wanting to do anything else than close my curtains and crawl up into a ball in bed and never come out again.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I know a lot of people don't love their jobs, but <b>when a job gets to a point where it's affecting your daily life outside of work, you need to make a change.</b></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm quite an introverted person but I can handle myself well in difficult situations, however with my particular personality type, I've found it hard to find a job that I actually enjoy and can see myself doing in the long run.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=2uAPUx9YPVs&offerid=467035.207&type=3&subid=0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Start a new career today and get your dream job online with Coursera with over 1600+ courses to choose from.</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I knew if I stuck to this job (which I was purely staying in for the money at this point, which you should NEVER do) my mental health would deteriorate more and more to a point where I wouldn't be at my best functioning self, and that's a slippery slope to be on.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> <div class="mailmunch-forms-widget-616397"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> So after a lot of hard thinking and deliberating on the pros and cons, I decided it was time to hand my notice in and leave the position.<span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I explained to my management exactly how I was feeling and funny enough, <b>they were completely understanding</b>. They acknowledged how important your mental health is and I was really glad that in today's world people in the workplace can be so understanding of the importance of mental health in a working capacity.</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://justandmyguys.blogspot.com//search?q=should-i-follow-my-dreams-or-get-a-real-job"><span style="color: #e06666;">Read: Should you follow your dreams or get a real job?</span></a></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm currently a student and thankfully I'm not a big spender and I have savings to fall back on for the time being, so I didn't leave myself broke, but whether you're a young person, a student, in a full time nine-to-five job, or if you're finding that your job is really affecting your mental health, it may be time to <u>reassess your options</u> and find a more suitable position that will better your life mentally and emotionally.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">If you're not sure what job you want or what job will make you happy, or if you're looking to take your career in a new direction, <b>why not take some online courses</b> to develop your skills and possibly find a new career that you'll love?</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><u>Here's a list of the best online course platforms</u>:</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="font-family: avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>1. </b></span><a href="http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=2uAPUx9YPVs&offerid=467035&type=3&subid=0"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">Coursera</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> - </span><span style="font-size: large;">1600+ online courses from top universities.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>2.</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=2uAPUx9YPVs&offerid=529351.16&type=3&subid=0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Future Learn</span></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - </span><span style="font-size: large;">Wide range of courses from leading universities over all topics.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>3. </b></span><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=794475&u=1617561&m=62400" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">Premier TEFL</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"> - </span><span style="font-size: large;">Learn to teach English as a foreign language.</span></span></div> <div style="font-family: avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>4.</b> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=546991&u=1617561&m=50811" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Edureka!</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">- </span><span style="font-size: large;">Online technology pelatihan and courses.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>5.</b> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=733599&u=1617561&m=59453" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">CreativeLive</span></a> </span><span style="font-size: medium;">- </span><span style="font-size: large;">1500+ online classes in the creative arts sector.</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I think life is all about learning and growing and you'll only discover what you like by trying out new things, and if that means starting a new job and leaving after a few months, then so be it! I have no way of knowing if I'll enjoy something until I try it for the first time, so there's no need to feel ashamed or like a failure if you find out that it's not for you.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">I'm confident that I'll find a job that I love someday, because I would never stick at something that made me unhappy purely for the monetary value. </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Since I've quit my job, I've had a lot more freedom to explore other routes and options. I've started taking an online course in web development and I'm learning a lot more about affiliate marketing by enrolling in the <a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing course</span></a> (if you're interested in having blogging as a career then this is a MUST-have! <a href="https://makingsenseofaffiliatemarketing.com/?affcode=57702_ucl0vfrr" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Check out the course here</span></a>)</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;">It's my hope to one day potentially be my own boss and make more of a full time income from my blog and who knows, maybe this was the first step in achieving that!</span><br /> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span> <a href="http://www.bluehost.com/track/wakingupatnoon/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Want to start your own blog and be your own boss? Sign up with BlueHost and get started blogging for only $3.95 per month!</span></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Yes I'm not sure where exactly I'm going.  Yes, I'm not sure what exactly what job I want in life, but I'm trying new things and that's what's important. I'm not giving up, I'm simply learning and discovering myself.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>So let's hear it for the people who quit their jobs because they knew there was something so much better out there for them!</b></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 25px; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Avenir; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </div> <div style="font-family: avenir; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"> <div style="font-size: 18px;"> <span style="color: #e06666; font-kerning: none;"><a href="https://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=2uAPUx9YPVs&offerid=467035.207&type=3&subid=0" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #e06666;">Sign up to Coursera today to learn from over 1600+ online courses and take your career in the right direction!</span></a></span></div> <div style="font-size: 18px;"> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span> <span style="font-kerning: none;">Emily x</span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> Pin it for later:</div> </div> <div style="font-size: 18px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zsIEJsAWFdNnESW6wu4HWZi3zAzb6bIpPCKpMl4byL902yyTpnpr4ULpJfacn7iLPnxpvw-upWUTssj1t2T-iKFtZQAV1eLiLM270Zlz7ZW11gU7pb1GdXJ7L__Gpmg3Jb8U1LIkGSs/s1600/i+quit+my+job.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" I quit my job without another one lined up Why I Quit My Job After Two Months (And Why It Was The Best Decision Ever)" border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="735" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zsIEJsAWFdNnESW6wu4HWZi3zAzb6bIpPCKpMl4byL902yyTpnpr4ULpJfacn7iLPnxpvw-upWUTssj1t2T-iKFtZQAV1eLiLM270Zlz7ZW11gU7pb1GdXJ7L__Gpmg3Jb8U1LIkGSs/s1600/i+quit+my+job.png" title="Why I Quit My Job After Two Months (And Why It Was The Best Decision Ever)" width="217" /></a></div> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div> This post contains affiliate links which means I make a small commission from sales, however this is at no cost to you :)</div> <div> <span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>

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