How to Balance Blogging and Your Day Job (while still growing your blog)

A guest post by Anastasiya Goers of Balance In Me

Is blogging the only thing that you do in life? Probably not (according to Technorati up to 64% of bloggers are classified as Hobbyists and another 13% are Part-Timers.) It would be cool if every single blogger could devote 100% of his/her working hours to this fun and exciting activity but realistically not all of us are full-time A-List bloggers.

Balancing blogging with your day job and your life can be quite difficult. After all we have only 24 hours in each day and we have to spend at least 6 of them sleeping. Considering that there are over 133,000,000 bloggers in the world today (and more popping up every day) I believe that it is time to start talking about blog/life balance as opposed to boring work/life equilibrium.

If you have a big dream for your blog then you need the time and resources for it. Then you throw your money-making job into this mix, your family, friends, a little bit of exercise, maybe a hobby or two, personal growth … Did I forget anything?(probably, yes.) I think that we definitely need some balance in this cocktail.

I’ve been running my blog for about 3 years now and only in the last one and a half years I finally made it a priority. With the long-expected growth (I still remember my first milestone of

THIS IS NOT ORIGINAL CONTENT, BUT RATHER AN ARTICLE I FOUND TO BE AWESOME AND INFORMATIVE.

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I'm a 30 year old guy living in Somerville, MA. I work for Intuit QuickBase supporting customer success with the product. I'm a technology junkie with an insatiable appetite for learning about the latest trends and products in the market. I've given up (for now) posting new original content, and am instead aggregating links to articles that I come across in my day to day reading. I hope you enjoy these finds!

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