Thursday, November 18, 2010

Squeee!! This Is Why You Should Blog and Blog A Lot

If you don't see a good deal here, you need your eyes checked!
Sign up, make a ton, doing stuff you do anyway. Log on daily, the longer the better! Blog! Because we are all going to.be.rich.

I know that Kris from PrettyAllTrue thinks she has the answer to all financial woes with The VibraPlunger, and I've read Joann from LaundryHurtsMyFeelings post on "I'm about to be filthy rich."

But...I.have.the.real.deal.

Estimated costs to raise one child are $220,000. Multiply that amount by how many other children you may have and you could just puke at the thought of how much money you need to make.

And if you don't have children, still, who doesn't need money? We all need to make money. Money.

You may have been thinking "there's no money in blogging, why should I blog, and blog a lot?"  and you may be thinking "No, no, I Can't Spend Any More Time Blogging for Nothing. I Need To Spend My Time Making Money."  Everyone tells you there is no money in blogging. Do you know why? Because they want you to stop. Close up shop. Drop out. Bring in the shingle. Just give up. That way, there'll be one less of us out there to reap it all in. Yes, they know what I'm about to tell you right here. That nasty rumor that there's no money in blogging, well....

Here is where everything in your life just gets so sweet and good.

The following information is from an article in last week's Wall Street Journal, dated November 12, 2010. WSJ asked, "is it possible to become successful simply from hard work?" You know the answer by the giddiness you sense at my hand, don't you?

The answer is YES.

The theory they propose--and stay with this, because you will be walking on air and sashaying those who-me-I-got-no-problems-no-mo' hips in about 3 minutes--the theory is this:

In England, it's called "the ten year rule,"  in America, it's known as "the 10,000 hour rule."
Simply:

To become successful at anything, you must spend 10 years working at it for 20 hours each week. 

JUST THINK! We now HAVE to and MUST spend 20 hours a week for 10 years blogging! 


Gather in a little closer, and let's just not pretend with each other, alright? Like we don't already spend  hours a week doing this? You know we do. That's the beauty of this set up, it doesn't change what we're already doing. IF we're all being honest here.

Minimally, this is the amount of time they say we must put in."Do so, and success is all but inevitable."

Their beautiful words, not mine...can you people hear my maniacal laughter? it's as good as delivered. In a brown uniform, with the doorbell ringing. All I have to do is keep on doing what I'm already doing.  Except, now I can do it GUILT-FREE. I am blogging for our future, honey, selflessly tapping away. I am sacrificing today for tomorrow. See what a good wife/parent/friend/partner/person I am? I could be spending time with you, but instead, I am slaving away at the keyboard, perfecting my craft.  Getting better with every keystroke.

It is believed that all the hours spent doing just one thing form a skill-based expertise that meshes with growth of knowledge, that will be a valuable asset to an audience just starting out, and your skill based expertise will be sought out. And rewarded. Zippity doo dah.

As Bobby Fischer said when he became the U.S. chess champion nine years after  playing chess since age 6, "All of a sudden, I just got good."

Ready, set, see you in 2020--party, my ranch. I'll send my jet to pick you up.

*Add on: As of this afternoon, I've received 3 emails telling me that there is no money in blogging, and I can't be serious. Yes, you're right...I'm not serious. This was just a poke at never making money from blogging, but still putting in the hours because the payment is in the fun, and the people you meet. And, yes, I do know, there is no ranch for me at the end of ten years. Just kidding around here...

You, me, here: 2020

67 comments:

  1. I want to. Come toooo! :) love this post (& I needed to read it thanks)

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  2. You are trully an enthusiast! And the sort that will bring people along with you. I´m in for the 10k hours.

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  3. Well heck, considering I spent about 30 to 40 hours if I add it all up, I'll be golden in 5 years, not 10!

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  4. Ugh. That seems like a lot of work.

    Honestly, this cardboard box is pretty roomy.

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  5. Hey! Thanks for the shout out! I'm still waiting on my money from that dying lady, but I know it's coming. The good doctor told me so.

    Oh, and that 220,000 bucks? I'm pretty sure that's for boys. Double that for girls with the amount of hair product, makeup and clothes, that girls NEEEEED.

    And 20 hours? For sure, I should be rich right now. At least we all know we're rich in one way, rich in blog comments. And really, what else matters?

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  6. And here I have been working 20 hours a week for ten years doing something else! And feeling guilty because I can't always keep up with blogging. No Wonder I'm losing my butt.

    Hey..will you have those little bags of peanuts..?

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  7. I'm down. Awesome. See you in 10. *skips off into the horizon, whistling and grinning like a loon*

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  8. It's good to have a goal. I'll be looking for that jet in 10 years!

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  9. I can smell that inevitable success from here! Oh wait. Crap. That's last night's tuna in the garbage can.

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  10. Your enthusiasm is infectious. And I wouldn't mind taking a private jet. See you in ten! ;)

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  11. that's too funny. i've already been at it for 3 years, so i'm ahead of the game, right?? ;)

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  12. Does Twitter time count towards building my blog? If so, I think I'd be rich in 4 years time, so before a party at your ranch in 10 years, I'll invite all of you over to my McMansion in 2014.

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  13. No sweat. I got two years down...eight to go? That puts me in the successful range in enough time to save cash for her to go to college.

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  14. I am so up for a private lear jet ride, you can definitely count me in. Oooh, and I'm THRILLED I'm gonna' end up filthy rich (no more guilt twitch when running up hubby's credit cards)!!

    Nice chatting, sorry I can't stop, but I feel a serious shopping spree coming on..

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  15. That was perfect for me this morning:) My 4 year old is making magical stairs out of blocks that will fly people wherever they want to go. So maybe I'll be able to make that date.

    Thanks!

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  16. I'm gonna be RICH someday, beyond my wildest dreams...and then I'm coming to your ranch for dinner. We'll have a happy time, visiting and blogging of course cause we are shamelessly addicted.

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  17. haha. putting it on the calendar as we speak...smiles...

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  18. Can't. Wait.

    And here I was feeling guilty about the little time I DO spend writing and reading blogs. Now I can feel GOOD about spending a lot MORE time on it!

    Win!!!

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  19. I hope it's a clear jet, like wonder woman's.

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  20. Great.. Now I have a rebuttal when the hubs complains about how much time I spend on the computer. I'm only putting in the required time.
    So about our date? Is it too early to book airfare?

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  21. Yay! You have made my day, year, and next ten years!

    Thank-you!

    *smile*

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  22. I will be awaiting the jet draped in furs and diamonds and I will bring enough champagne to full up your sure to be fabulous swimming pool.

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  23. So, what do I do for money over the next ten years?
    I definitely will be at your party!

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  24. Oh heck yes! But don't worry about your jet- I'll just fly in on my helicopter.

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  25. This post made me feel very tired.

    And, I want in on the clear Wonder Woman jet, too.

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  26. This was great. And can I stay in your ranch too? The Concorde?

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  27. The only thing better would be if I discovered that 20 hours of a week eating chocolate and watching The Big Bang Thoery.

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  28. you can consider this my RSVP - will you have a runway big enough for all of the celebrity jets - or will we have to carpool... ermmm... jetpool?

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  29. This is a blog? I thought it was a personal manifesto on how to rule an empire...

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  30. Oh I love this idea! Hope it really does work that way. I will keep it at it for 10 years if the end result will mean I can retire!

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  31. Anything that involves daily hardwork is bullshit. Thats just my opinion...i'm not looking to become rich...just want to be a professional talk show guest. Let me know how the hard work work's out!

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  32. Is it me or does that time seem like it doable in say 5 years with as many hours as we spend sometimes. Or maybe it just seems like forever.

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  33. It does take 10 years to become a good standup. I said a "good standup", not a rich one.

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  34. My Gawd, you're right. We'll just keep at it and be bazillionaires!!!!

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  35. if i'm still here, i'll so be at your party - with bells on! what in the world am i going to talk about for 10 whole years?? yikes!!

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  36. I'll expect an invite. And should I become a billionaire first; I will reciprocate. I'll even be kind enough to send a limo to take you from your door to the nearest private airport!

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  37. I don't know.

    I spend maybe 30 minutes a day on my blog. And I've been cutting that time back as Mark and I work out various kinks in the VibraPlunger. Kinks are as uncomfy as they sound, by the way.

    So your plan just requires so much time.

    I do want a jet, though.

    Hmmm.

    Maybe I will have to actually make a commitment.

    Put some clothes on.

    Get to FreeBlurk.

    That's cool-people-speak for unpaid blogging work.

    Snort!

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  38. Since I put in more like 20 hours a DAY, I guess I should be reaching the financial promised land pretty soon.

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  39. People thought you were serious??! That's hilarious ;)

    I just posted today about being burned out. I can't even put in a few hours a day anymore...it's just too much. I'll just go live with you or Liz when you make it to the promised land ;)

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  40. A ranch? Really Empress? Why not someplace like Hawaii...actually you could probably buy Hawaii when you make it big time. I'll write the date in my planner. I can't wait.

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  41. Yahoooooo!!! I KNEW it! Thanks for confirming that all my time hasn't been wasted! Yeeeeeehaw!! Surrrrsly, if anyone us going to make money from this biznass, it's you! I will be waiting outside for your jet. Oh, and BTW, if you start 5 other blogs like you said you feel like doing on my blog, tell me so I can follow them all. You'll be 5 x's as rich!

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  42. FIrst time visiting and so glad I did since you have justified all my time-wasting.

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  43. Will there be cocktails served on the flight? Because I imagine I will need a big one by then.

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  44. Well, there may not be a lot of money in it...but I did just read a post where a woman received a FREE bed, all because she blogged about needing one. So that's something. Also, have a writer friend who talked about a hit show on her blog and they invited her to play an on-line game surrounding the show and they sent her gifts and things too. So maybe the more you blog about 'stuff' the better your chances are of getting them. (This of course is just a theory).

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  45. Well I got 2 yrs in only 8 more to go! Ugh I am really getting exhausted trying to keep up w/everything...but hey if there is a ranch at the end of this it might be worth it :)

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  46. Or could I just go back to bed with coffee and a book? Would that work? Because if I could make that work I can't help but think I'd have a really good thing going on. I'll see what I can do and get back to you.

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  47. Reading this either made me really tired or perhaps I was already really tired and just realized it reading this.

    Nine more years??? Won't computers also be flying machines by then?

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  48. Oh please, please save me a spot at that table Empress! We will get there, we will. Although some of us may need more time....I'm not counting on going the Bobby Fisher route.

    I'm almost giddy with the new possibilities. Now I can give up on that whole stuffing-envelopes-in-your-free-time gig.

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  49. Okay, you've gotten about a bazilliondy comments so I can't take the time while pretending to work to read them all so I'm worried someone has already made my comment but I'm gonna say it anyway.

    Really?!

    A ranch, EMPRESS?? Shouldn't that be a castle?

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  50. Well, this explains a lot about you.

    Cece

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  51. Well, I'm not making a LIVING but I AM making money... For something I enjoy. That, to me, is awesome. How often does a crochet class PAY YOU to crochet? Or a dance class PAY YOU to sign up for a class? Exactly.

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  52. What's with all the naysayers? Jealousy, I suppose. Blogging is fun and that's why I do it. It would be nice to get some compensation for it one day, but it's not important.

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  53. Bahahahahaha!! LOVE IT! And yes, my dear lady, you & I are destined to be rich then!! Only 9 more years to go!! SWEEEETTTTTT!! My brother-in-law keeps throwing stuff up on Crazy Town, muckin' with all sorts of money making schemes...it just makes me giggle....& I tell him, do what ya want, I just wanna write dude! Since he pays for the hosting so I have a place to write, he can have at it lol And if any of it ever happens to actually make him money, I'll be happy to take my share...HA!! :-D

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  54. Oh my, 10 years and we get sent to the farm, ha! That's ok, at least we won't be alone. Seriously, pleasure is the measure of our time and friendships earned while blogging.

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  55. so i left a comment and blogger was all 'hell-to-the-naw!' and wouldn't post it. bastard.

    my comment was something like: this is why i haven't closed up blog shop yet. that and the fact that i love to right about stupid stuff. i just don't have the time needed to get rich off if this virtual cocaine yet. i will though. just wait.

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  56. I know some people who have put in that kind of time watching TV. Hmmm... I'm gonna wanna be around when that payday hits. Which, as I am thinking about it, should be any moment. Shoot, I gotta go!

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  57. It reminds me of a great Liz Phair song called "Shi*loads of Money" with the lyrics:

    "It's nice to be liked
    But it's better by far to get paid
    I know that most of the friends that I have
    Don't really see it that way
    But if you can give 'em each one wish
    How much do you wanna bet?
    They'd which success for themselves and their friends
    And that would include lots of money"

    Anyway - I'm always looking for a rationale for the hours I spend in the blog-cave ignoring my family on behalf of their future financial comfort, so thanks for the rationale. Have added you to the Normalarkey blog roll too, to help you reach your goal a nanosecond earlier.

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  58. I'm just starting and couldn't even imagine making money! But, oh!! Wouldn't that be fun! Enjoying getting to know your blog. And I'm obsessed with baby names. Your blog's name is perfect with your kids in mind. :)

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  59. Sweet! I will be forwarding this to my DH since he thinks pretty much everything I do costs us money, and now I can show him how it all can turn around....:)

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  60. For the love of God, people, GET A FUCKING SENSE OF HUMOR! Empress, this is one of my favorites. I, too, am laughing maniacally. Success is ours! Victory will be sweet! I'm envisioning me riding into battle on a noble white steed, Russell Crowe at my left, my computer at my right! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Gold coins, jewels, escalades!!!!!!!!!!

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  61. "To become successful at anything, you must spend 10 years working at it for 20 hours each week."

    When I saw this I was going to say, Yeah, right. I have been having sex for longer than 10 years. Then I saw the 20 hours each week. Oh. Yeah. That's my problem...

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  62. I have to say there is some truth in that 10 year thing. I have been beating up on myself that I have never really gotten good at anything in my life except what I currently do in my career (my own business), and it is because it is the one thing that I'd stuck with for 10 (11 to be exact) years. I stunk at first but I would say I got really good by year...10.

    As for blogging, no, the majority of us don't and won't get paid for it. But who knows, if you're passionate about it - passionate enough to write 20 hrs/week for 10 years - somewhere along the line you'd probably get noticed or find a good paying opportunity!

    But the moral of the story is (the one I came away with from your post) that it takes that long to get good at something, and I think excellence is worth pursuing, paid or not!

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