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Hey Yall!   Sorry this post is so late!  I have been so caught up with re-adjusting my schedule and traveling that I haven't had time to do my end of the year income report.


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So, how did you do?  Did you achieve your income goals for 2015?   



I told y'all that I wanted to see if it's possible for me to make $100,000 with blogging.  Last year I made over $70k and wanted to up my goal.  If I didn't make my goal, I was fine with whatever I made, as long as I make enough money to make a living blogging because I was transitioning making blogging my full-time job.

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Welp folks, I'm happy to say I did it!  A matter of fact, I exceeded my goal!  Take a look at my totals:

Hey yall!  Another month in the books!  In August, I felt like I was going 100 miles an hour with all the things I had to do like work, blogging, back to being on a strict school routine, etc.  I’m so exhausted but I’m grateful I was able to find time for me even though it was for one day.



So, nothing much really going on with me when it comes to blogging, still working on creating seasonal blog posts for the fast approaching holiday season.  4th Quarter is here and getting those holiday posts done now and scheduled will free up my time so I can enjoy the holidays with my family.  This is what I did last year and it felt great that I could step away from my blogs.



August was my best month ever when it comes to my earnings and I’m very proud of my accomplishments!  I would’ve never thought I would be making so much from my blogs, truly incredible!




Check out my August totals:

Hey yall!  Happy August!  I hope you all have been enjoying these hot days of summer.  I have, and hate that it’s coming to an end for me due to the girls going back to school August 10th.  What happen to when kids went back to school after Labor Day?  I think that is not fair and it’s too hot for kids to go back to school so soon, their minds are still in vacation mode, including mines.



July was a month of travel and getting prepared for back to school.  Last month, I traveled to Memphis for my families’ annual family reunion and flew to Las Vegas for a Beauty Convention. 



What I haven’t mentioned on my blog post about what happened to me in Vegas is that I slammed one of my fingers with the car door while I was out there, so it has been very hard for me to type and I’ve been having a lot of typing mistakes because of it.  Part of my finger nail has turned black and I’m hoping it’ll grow out because it still hurts and it’s ugly to look at.  Has this happen to you?  How long do I have to expect it to grow out?



Again, I had another good month of blog earnings.  Nothing really has changed, just staying consistent with it.  My focus now on my blog has been back to school in which I’m getting good hits with Google and social networks that is making my income stay afloat.



Remember, if you’re a blogger make sure to write evergreen articles (most important to keep traffic coming to your blog consistently) and also seasonal ones.  Back to school is seasonal and my traffic for that topic is high and will start calming down by the end of September.  Next seasonal topics are Labor Day, Fall, and Halloween; make sure to start focusing on those topics now.  



July Totals:

Hey yall!  Can you believe that we’re in the middle of the year now?  How has it been completing your goals for the year so far?  As for me I feel that my goals have been getting met and I continue to see growth with my business.  I started contacting brands directly (mainly for travel) more, just that now I need to learn how to get  these brands as repeating customers instead of a one-time deal.  I need to create a media pricing list to go along with my media kit.  This will be on my to-do list.



Last month was pretty much my “coming out” letting my family and friends know I’m a blogger.  I was featured on a very popular website For Harriet and my family and friends seen the article and was very proud of me for what I do.  They were very accepting and even started sharing the post on Facebook.  Such a proud moment for me!



The reason why I don’t speak about what I do to some people because of judgement, I don’t want people to judge me and say blogging is not a career.  Also, I don’t want people speaking negatively about my daughters being on my blog.  Mr. M and I had a discussion about if we should allow the girls to be on my blog since they wanted to be on it.  Since I do not speak about our personal lives or theirs we decided to include them and my girls couldn’t be happier because they are invited to exclusive events, became brand ambassadors, and get cool products to review.   Hey, you never know they may one day become bloggers themselves or find a job opportunity with the brands they’ve worked with.



June was the best earning month for me!  I had a goal this year to make 5 figures in 1 month just to see if it would be possible and guess what, it is!  Check out my totals below:


June Totals:

Hey Yall!  How did March treat you?  March was ok for me but I got hit with a dose of reality last month. 


During the beginning of March, my employer sat me down and asked me when they relocate in January will I be coming along with them.  I let her know that I wouldn’t be due to the location they are moving to which is 30 minutes away but traffic is horrible so it would take me about 2 hours to get to work and back home- no way would I want a commute like that!  So, my employer informed me that now would be the best time to start looking for a job and not wait until the last minute and end up with something I do not want.  She also wants to write a highly thoughtful recommendation letter for me to whomever I would like to work for (she doesn’t know anything about my blogs).


Now, here is how reality hit me.  I have been comfortable these past 7 years with my job and always had a set mentality that if “blogging ever stopped working for me at least I have a job to lean on”.  Well folks by the end of this year I will be fully self-employed without having a job and this really makes me scared of the unknown.  I keep having these “what if” moments about working for myself full time.  “What if the money from blogging stop coming in?”  “What if Google decides to de-index me?” “What if I decide staying at home is not right for me?”  Also, “what about medical insurance, 401K, etc?”  So much is going through my mind about this transition and I’m so nervous about this since I have two kids to take care of.  Mr. M is fully self-employed so his income can go up and down at times.  It has been very reliable lately but at the beginning when he first started his business it wasn’t reliable at all.  Good thing his business has grown quite well.


For several months now with the blogging money I’ve been earning, I have been paying down my debts and also saving it.  By the end of the year I want to have a year or more worth of pay to fall back on.

Here are my March totals: