Three Reasons Why You Shouldn't Begin a Blog
So now you have 15 reasons to start a blog, and we've taught you how to do it step by step based on your own experience.
However, after providing you with those extensive instructions, which may save you hundreds of hours of wasted effort, we'd like to provide you with some compelling reasons why you should not create a blog. (Keep in mind that these arguments are only our personal beliefs; we are not attempting to present them as a set of empirical blogging maxims.)
Money.
Starting a blog to gain money is not a good idea. First and foremost, let's get it out of the way. Forget about it if your primary goal is to replace your full-time income from blogging. That isn't how it works.
Do you believe Jimi Hendrix originally took up a guitar to "supplement his income"? He didn't, no. Rather, he did it for the love of it, for the pleasure and fulfillment it brought him, and the money came after—much later.
Notoriety.
Don't expect to become "Internet famous" overnight. Not every website grows at the same rate as ours, but that's fine. The reality is that we were fortunate. We came up with a terrific domain name, put up a logo and website design that people loved, wrote quite well, and our material resonated with people uniquely.
But we didn't establish this site to be "renowned." That would be absurd. We created this website to become bloggers and to spread a message. Our success was unexpected, and it was the product of a little luck and a lot of hard, dedicated labor.
Traffic.
Don't expect to attract thousands of readers straight soon because not all traffic is good traffic. Spend your time making significant stuff, and if you're helping people solve issues, the audience will ultimately turn up. To put it another way, focus on delivering value rather than boosting traffic.
The irony is that any of these things may happen. Building a blog might provide you with a full-time income. We do it, Corbett Barr does it, and a lot of other people do it. And, like Leo Babauta or Chris Brogan, you may become a well-known blogger on the internet.
However, if these are the only reasons you begin blogging, you will be unhappy since it will appear to be a job. You won't be enthusiastic about it if it feels like a job, so you'll either despise it or fall flat on your face (or both).
Instead, become a blogger and write about what you care about...
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