I have been blogging for a year in this domain and I would say that blogging helped me a lot. Not only did I gain new friends, learn a lot from reading other people’s points of views and even learned lessons from the different issues circulating in the blogosphere. I still am in the process of learning and even if I have had a lot of posts, I am still grappling the technicalities and terms concerning this so-called new media publishing.
Yes, blogging has brought me some monetary benefits too, since I do sponsored posts. To be able to not veer away too much from my niche which is basically special education, I try to choose topics that won’t jeopardize my blog’s unique content. I know some readers get turned-off when there are a lot of sponsored posts like the one below this so I try to come up with topics that would still make my friends come back. After all, even if not all my unique contents are not read or displayed, these are indexed in my archives for everyone’s reading pleasure.
Wow, what a lengthy introduction. Actually, the main topic of this post is to write about how I was offered to provide and write content in a blog about special education. When this was first brought to my attention last July, I was very ecstatic because I would be given monetary compensation writing about things that I am currently involved with. Days turned to weeks and weeks turned to months until I got confirmation that the contract is ready and this was sent two weeks ago.
I was still excited though not that much. Why? That day I read the contract in my Outlook, I just renewed my webhosting package and this signified that I can have several subdomains apart from my daughter Trixie’s personal blog which she is the writer but of course, I have to supervise too and Julian’s homeschooling blog which is about our homeschooling lessons and learning adventures.
The question my husband asked me: Would I be able to handle everything?
Writing quality content for this blog that will pay me a monthly fee where I am obligated to write daily posts as stated in the contract. Would I still have the time to write in my personal blog and Kuya’s homeschooling blog? Not to mention I work from Mondays to Saturdays, do homeschooling, write evaluation and progress reports for my students and do household chores like taking care of the children’s needs, cooking and cleaning the house (thank goodness for the laundromat, to Ate who can be asked to wash the dishes and to “Manang” Salve who I pay to clean the backyard every week).
Just today, I was able to write several posts and I have several others in my drafts, ready to be posted, and several others lined up because these are time stamped. The two younger children are with my parents for a vacation and I don’t have teaching schedule lined up since it is semestral break, so I am taking advantage of the free time to write and write and write.
I ask that myself too: How much is too much?
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I wish you the best in your new business adventure. And I hope we can “bump” into each other personally, not just virtually, since I think we live somewhat near each other. Thanks po for the visit. 
