How to sustain a work from home blog

I didn’t think I was ever going to write a blog post about sustaining a blog.  I was pretty content to let this blog die. After a couple of posts I discovered it was hard trying to make a work from home blog that you wanted so bad to rank and to monetize (and those marketing websites said it was easy, ha!), and that this thing was taking too much time. So I decided to let it hang.

Then I found out my wife could be pregnant.

Don't be fooled. This guy isn't getting any work done, the faker.

I say “could be” because, obviously, we aren’t sure yet. We haven’t gone to the doctor yet to get a checkup or whatever you call that kind of trip to the doctor. But whether she’s pregnant or not, just the idea, the possibility of it, has inspired me to once again give this blog a try. After all, if someone like me can be a father then this blog is worth pounding away at the keyboard over. 

To that end, I have decided a work from home blog writer like me needs at least (SEO be damned) three things to sustain a blog.

1.       A (maybe) pregnant wife

Okay, before we go on, some of you are probably asking: What if we don’t have a pregnant wife? Well, good for you because you get to enjoy some more free time, free time that you can spend pouring over on Pinterest or talking about mundane things like food rather than work on your blog.

But if you’ve found out that your wife is pregnant then you’ve probably asked yourself that all important question, especially f you’re a work from home guy like me: How am I going to get any work done at home? And if you’re doubly paranoid: What if they’re twins?

Because if you happen to know the answer to any or both of those questions, then you owe it to the world and to all of the work from home fathers out there, to blog about the whole thing.

Seriously, if you don’t have a pregnant wife or whatever what you need is: The Drive.

Maybe you love writing or the attention – whatever. You just need that drive to push you to keep on writing, even when you think no one’s paying any attention.            

  

2.        A system

You need to lay down a system if you want to keep your blog alive. It’s a romantic idea, to be able to want to write whenever you can. But the reality of the situation is that as soon as real life catches up with you, you’re going to have a lot of difficulty putting up posts on your blog.

Create a system and stick to it. Do you plan on uploading every week? Every other day? It’s up to you. But remember: your system only works if you stick to it.

3.       Write about anything

Actually, this rule will only hold true for the first couple of weeks of your blog. As soon as you get your rhythm going you’re going to be writing less and less about anything and more and more about something. In fact, the best blogs are the ones that have a theme to them. Love cats? There’s probably a writer out there tapping away at her keyboard at how wonderful cat hair is.

The good thing about writing about anything, especially when you’re starting out, is that you get to write. And when you write, you post. And that’s what blogging is all about, of course: getting your voice out there. You’ll discover your online identity or your blog’s theme as you go along. And sometimes you won’t even notice that happening at all.

Okay, so this is my post for tonight. It’s a feeble attempt at being brilliant but it’s an attempt that got me posting again. I’m pretty sure you can do better. So do it already and come check on me next week, work from home fans.