→ NEWS: Will this blog ever become big?
I'd be lying if I said I never thought about becoming a full-time blogger. There are multiple occasions where I've gotten so close to choosing to buy my own web domain--and now that I have a stable-ish job, I even have the money to do that without bugging my parents. However, with influence comes the burden of marketing, maintaining an 'image', creating for the algorithm, and a whole slew of other things that doesn't make being famous sound fun to me. Becoming an individual who could be independent doing what they love is pretty tempting, that's true. Often, I do get a passing slither of envy watching Youtubers travel to cool places and have fun, while making money off of it. Then, I look at my own online career, and become disheartened by how it hasn't taken off. What's stopping me though from aiming to be like an influencer is that if I start making this my job, then I think that I probably won't love it anymore, and that means the dream of "...