I began my blogging journey a long time ago, back when I was so stressed out at work I didn’t know any other way to get it all out of my system. I discovered building sites and transforming it into a digital journal. I enjoyed that so much that I began exploring blogging more.

Then, I discovered Blogger.com where I realized blogging is a passion of mine. I began taking it seriously, cultivating a reputation for being one of the bloggers to beat that time. I cultivated friendships all over the world. Blogging became an outlet for all the frustrations, stress and disappointments in my life. It also became the platform where I celebrated all my successes and achievements. Blogging became a lifestyle for me.

I’ve blogged regularly, almost daily, for nine years straight. I begun as a regular blogger who just wanted to engage her audience on the daily happenings in my life and theirs, too. I would write an entry, engage my blogger-friends who would leave comments, and would hop onto their blogs to leave my two cents on whatever was the drama in their lives then. And then I met a blogger who introduced me to pro-blogging.

From a regular blogger, I became a pro-blogger. Not in the leagues of those big ones but just a small pro-blogger who wanted to make a buck off what I am enjoying doing. I blog and earn at the same time. That’s a good thing! Right? Not everyone think so. I remember losing so many of my blogger-friends. They were disappointed that I joined the bandwagon. But I couldn’t care less. I am earning money from something I enjoy the most! Eventually, those who turned their backs on me approached me to ask how to monetized their own blogs. I taught some and became friends with them again.

Blogging has evolved. That much I can say. I don’t know if I still like the old way of blogging versus the style right now. What I can definitely tell you is that blogging will continue to become a lifestyle to me.

Now and forever.