5 Reasons I Should NOT Start A Blog
1. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
The first reason why I shouldn’t be starting a blog, I don’t have a clue what I’m doing.
You see, I’m not very computer savvy. Let’s just say we haven’t spent a lot of time together. I don’t use Facebook, Instagram, or TikTok and I never had a job that needed any computer skills whatsoever. Then I started getting this nagging feeling of wanting to share my thoughts with the world and I had 2 solutions that came to mind, Podcast or Blog.
First, I needed a website. How do you make a website? Do I have to pay for it? Can I do it myself?
There are a bunch of options to choose from.
Then how do you host a website?
What is a Domain name?
So as I’m going down the YouTube rabbit hole, about how to start a blog, I see something pop up about affiliate marketing programs. Then a video about email listing and email marketing.
Mailchimp vs Constant Contact?
What the heck is that?
All I wanted to do was write a blog and now I need to become a computer programmer? And how much is all this going to cost?
Forget it, I quit!
2. Don't know what to write about
Ok so after making a website, getting the hosting set up, paying for a domain name, signing up for a couple of affiliate programs, figuring out how to utilize emails, what am I going to write about? I don’t have any special skills and I don’t have any special talents. I like the outdoors, survival, hunting, fishing, and homesteading but I don’t know what to write. Do I tell stories? Do I give information? Both? It’s not like I could teach anyone anything anyway. Who am I to give people information? Mabe, I could tell some fun stories……. Right! My life is so exciting that I could write blog after blog about it. I’ve checked other blogs and I don’t think I could compete with them. And even if I could, I don’t think I write very well. My grammar sucks. My spelling is at about an 8th-grade level and my vocabulary is not very rich. I could use chat GPT to write the blog for me but somehow it feels like cheating. I’ll never be good enough.
Forget it, I quit
3. Discipline
The 3ed reason I shouldn’t start a blog is I don’t have any discipline.
Let’s be honest, everything we need to do to be the best version of ourselves takes discipline. Exercise, diet, and feeding our minds with knowledge take discipline. Starting anything new takes discipline. Starting a business takes discipline. Life is hard enough as it is. I don’t want to give myself more work, writing 1 or 2 blogs a week, sending out emails, reading comments, and keeping that up week after week.
Forget it, I quit.
4. No Time
Even if I had the discipline I just don’t have the time. I homeschool my 4 children and run a homestead. After my day with the kids, doing the chores on the farm, cooking meals, keeping the house clean, and doing laundry, I have no time to blog. And there’s no way I find a quiet place to write in a house with 4 kids. Besides the bathroom, I don’t have anywhere in the house that I could use to work. I have an hour in the morning between 6 am and 7 am of alone time before the kids wake up but that’s when I have my morning coffee and look at random video on my phone. I don’t want to sacrifice that time to blog. A blog is just a waste of time, time that I could spend on my hobbies like woodworking or forging, 2 skills I’m trying to master. Or I could start meditating. Taking care of my mental health is more important than blogging.
Forget it, I quit
5. Managing Expectations
Last but not least my fifth reason for not starting a blog is… I’m probably going to fail anyway.
I’ve watched a bunch of videos on how to make money blogging but let’s get real, the chances of that happening are slim to none. After everything I need to do-
⦁ Website
⦁ Hosting
⦁ Logos
⦁ Marketing tool
⦁ Affiliate marketing programs
⦁ Email lists
⦁ Social media
⦁ Advertising
⦁ Writing blogs
⦁ Research
⦁ Posting blog
No one will ever read my blogs, no one will look at my website and I won’t make a dime. You have to be crazy to start a blog.
Or… maybe blogging is just something I’m passionate about. Maybe I will inspire or help someone do what they’re passionate about. Even if it’s just one person. Maybe it will make it all worth it. Maybe I don’t need to worry about clicks and views and making money. Maybe all I need to focus on is the information I’m giving to people. And maybe, just maybe I’ll find a small group of people who will find my blogs helpful and interesting enough to share and that small group will get bigger and bigger, and at the end of this year I’ll give you my :