May 2021 Blogging And Finding Financial Freedom Update
I’d be lying if I said everything is going amazing in the blogging and finding financial freedom department! BUT that’s mainly because I’m the personality type that is eager for results. Patience is not my strong suit! Right now, my biggest struggle would be balancing having my daughter with me 24/7 and having the time to allocate to the blog. There is definitely a lot less cleaning getting done around the house!
The first learning curve for me is to learn how to be as productive as possible. So when my daughter goes down for a nap, I utilize that full hour to work on the blog. I try to multi-task when she is awake, but let’s be honest, not much gets done when she’s awake. She is a year old after all. But I’m getting better each day at optimizing the time I do have available.
My second learning curve which just comes with the territory, is understanding SEO optimization and getting traffic to my blog! I’ve been focusing majority of my time this last week to better understanding SEO and how to better utilize Pinterest. So I’ve been doing lots of tweaking to my current blog posts, which was only two. I wrote a new post with the knowledge I’ve gained, was feeling creative and pulled to write that particular post (tips for an abundance mindset). And working on my Pinterest boards, posts and pins! I’m focusing on optimizing these two things first before monetizing, which I’m hoping to feel confident enough with them by the end of the week!
Goals I’ve achieved so far:
- Launched my blog May 19th!
- Gained more knowledge on SEO for blog posts
- Joined FB group’s for networking (finally did that today!)
- Signed up for Pinterest & learning how to optimize
- Have completed three posts – would expect more frequent posting after the starting learning curve
- Have two email subscribers!
- I’ve never felt so empowered & excited for my work!!
Goals for June
- Start monetizing my blog – goal of $250
- Have one day a week of four consecutive hours or more I can work on the blog!
- Focus on networking
- Complete two posts a week on blog
- Grow my IG followers from 45 to 80
- Grow my Pinterest followers from 7 to 25
- Trust the process!!
When I look at what I’ve achieved when it’s typed out, it feels so good! Last month was a big month for me. I finally took the leap and created a blog. It looks better then I imagined it would, with zero experience at that! So next month I’ll be posting my first income report update so people can follow along on this blogging to financial freedom journey. I’m so excited for what this month will bring!
One thing I am finding is to honor ‘going with the flow’. When I put too much pressure on things I really deplete my energy. It seems like a given but when that is just how our society runs it’s hard to not fall back into that routine! When I try to go with the flow, work on the blog when I feel inspired, that’s when I do my best work. I have better content, less stress and better results. Pretty sure I just found my next post topic – ‘go with the flow mentality’.
Last thing, I decided to splurge on a course I came across on a fellow blogger’s post. Best decision I’ve made so far! I’ll share more on my next update post. Such great content so far, but it offers things on how to start from the ground up for blogging and how to monetize to build a 6+ figure blog (YES PLEASE!).
Thanks for following along and stay tuned! PS. I had to snap a quick picture of my view while writing this post, decided to make her my feature picture, too cute not to share!