8 Reasons to NOT Blog for a Living

I can find blog material almost anywhere. That’s a problem. Trying to make a living at this blogging thing has me looking everywhere and always. That’s the problem.

I can think of 8 reasons to not be a blogger or to not try to make a living at it.

1. Russell Shaw – a prolific blogger on technology died from a heart attack while covering something in San Jose, my neck of the woods. He was a young 60-years old.
2. Marc Ochant – another tech blogger died of a massive coronary
3. Om Malik – a Bay Area blogger also had a heart attack but survived.
4. Michael Arrington – founder and co-editor of TechCrunch, all about technology in Silicon Valley, has gained 30 pounds in three years.
5. Bloggers are called the digital era sweat-shop workers. Grinding out info, in volume, or constantly on the hunt for a scoop and a few thousand more hits before they go looking for another one.
6. Milliseconds and bad luck make all the difference. A blogger can get the scoop, but not get noticed or have friends to Digg or StumbleUpon it for him/her. Or, someone might just beat him/her to the punch. Been there, know that.
7. When you are awake, you worry about missing a story.
8. When you are asleep, you worry about missing a story.

You always worry. Meanwhile…there are heart attacks waiting to happen.

At least, we get to be part of the sweat-shop gang, eh?

Article credit: Bill Belew