Blogging for me is not just a hobby. Yes. I admit that I don’t blog just for the sake of writing and the euphoric sense of happiness it brings to me whenever I see people relate to my blog post. I also blog to earn money and I am not ashamed of it. I’m a stay-at-home-19-year-old mom to my one year and five months unico hijo. Having a child at a very young age doesn’t entitle me to dependency on my mom anytime I want, that much I know.
Since I am a breastfeeding advocate, as stated in my earlier posts, I have to give up college life and wait for Elijah to stop breastfeeding before I go to school again. It’s not such a bad thing for me. In fact, I am very thankful that this happened to me because it made me think to work from home. My eldest sister who is a blogger and blog designer taught me how to blog on June 2010. I knew from that day on that I am going to blog because I want to earn. On August of the same year I got my very first blogging earnings. I am proud for the hundred dollars that I received from writing paid posts for my sister and joining contests online because I am able to celebrate my son’s very first birthday with my own hard work.
Our life is full of ups and down. I am not ashamed of it. There are times that we have to borrow money from our friends because we really don’t have anything. That was just last year and look us now.
I am able to give some of my son’s needs and wants because of blogging. My eldest sister was able to buy their own 32 Inch LCD TV, a big TV rack, a sala set, 2 computer sets with 24-inch LED monitors, a drawing tablet, a refrigerator for my mom, other miscellaneous stuff for the home and weekend treats for all of us. We are able to eat in fancy restaurants, we don’t have to ask my mom for allowance, we are able to pay the rent and city services on time and we are now residing in a secured subdivision. Now, we are able to enjoy most of the things that we only dream of before.
I already have four self-hosted blogs, two of them were given by two beautiful fellow Pinay Mommy Bloggers. My mom, my sister Rikka and Kuya Olan are also beginning to blog as well. It’s funny how blogging affects all of us in the family because even my youngest sister Lexene (9 years old) wants to earn money through blogging and wants her own domain. We are a family of bloggers, and we’re damn proud of it.
I don’t just share these things to you because I want to boast. We are not at the top, we are just one of those who can sustain our needs and wants because of blogging. I share this to inspire all the bloggers out there to continue believing in their skills in writing. To inspire those stay at homes that they can still earn through the internet if they are patient. Not all things come easily, especially in blogging. You need time, effort, motivation and of course patience to start earning online. I hope this blog post inspires all those who want to succeed in their life by going for what they want through hard work.
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294 Responses
I hope you will be the winner. Good luck to you!
good luck on the contest hope you win the contest
WAHM rocks! As long as wala kang sinasaktang ibang tao, go go go lang ang pag-earn online. 🙂
Wow That’s Good Best Of Luck!!Hope you Win!!
Good luck on the contest my dearest friend !
Wow! This is so inspiring! I myself is thankful for blogging! Keep it up girl!!
Good luck in the contest! I hope you win!
I’m so far from what you’ve accomplished but my hopes are hight that I can do the same. 🙂
fine article, good luck to you,
hope u win
I too am trying to make money through the internet and I’m glad I found someone like you with the same interest. And for a noble cause, too. Thanks! And I hope you win this one!
You’re really a strong woman 🙂 . Good luck! I hope you win!
This is a heartfelt reason why someone is doing this blogging job. Wish you all the luck! Hope you win the contest!
This is a very motivational article for me. I’m just new to the blogging industry and have yet to try and reap the ‘other’ benefit of writing. But As I read this piece, it really perked me up to do my best and go for gold!
nice blog! Good luck and all the best! I hope you win!
Wow excellent.Yours story is an inspirational one. I hope you win this. Best of luck to you
An extremely inspiring post. I hope you win.
nicely said best of luck to u.
I hope you do well in the future and your son can grow up to be successful and happy!! best of luck!
yay!! goodluck!! ang dami comment!! ;))
I hope you win the contest and good luck to you.
Your story is really inspiring. It’s great that through blogging, we are not just given the opportunity to express ourselves and develop our talent in writing but the chance to earn from it as well.
Good luck !
I have always love to write ever since.I used to write my daily and monthly diary. And it’s good to know that if I’ll do blogging I will be earning and at the same time I’ll be able to enhance my writing skill. It interests me to air out my ideas, feelings and opinion through blogging since I’ll receive replys and comments from other bloggers. Good luck to you.I Hope you will be able to make it to the top.
I like this post because my ate is like you 🙂 GO GO GO
Nice. You’re from a family of bloggers pala. I’m trying to drag my family into blogging. So far, ako pa lang nagboblog. 🙂 And earning much!
wow ….
such a great girl …
u really inspired me ….
i too started blogging before one year …
but i dint get success there ….
but after reading your blog i got some energy to create my blog again …
thank you ….
good luck …
u surely win ….
I wish the very best of luck to you.. and you will surely win this.. 🙂
ilang comments at likes ba ang kailangan para ikaw talaga ang manalo sis? kasi i will help you find more likers din ehehehehe
I am crossing my fingers and i will pray tlaga na ikaw manalo 🙂
Goodluck! I hope you win!
blogging really helps our needs and wants. may your story be an inspiration.
Hey, Best of luck buddy, you are definitely gonna win. All my wishes are with you.
All the best…
akala ko sis I left comment na and I didn’t see my comment kaya comment ako uli para sure…
your story is an inspiration for other moms who stay at home that one way or another blogging could help bring in income for the family…You’re still young but you’re already matured in dealing with your role as a mom and for that my salute for you sis:)
this is a very inspiring story mommy phoebe. you’re one great mama! thanks for sharing…i hope maging sucessful online earner din ako…
wow, everyone in your family are bloggers. i must agree with you, blogging helps most of us. would you believe we gave up our little business so i could concentrate on blogging?
thanks for the post. hope this would inspire the newbies in blogging.
great post! i really hope you win this contest dear.☻ blogging can really affect our lives in ways we can only dream of. in my case, blogging has been a stronghold at a time when i was at the downiest stage of my life. i hope you continue flourishing as a blogger.
Goodluck..i hope you can make it!!
I totally salute you. I never thought blogging could really earn that much. And much more, at a very young age you have learned ways to earn for yourself and provide for your child. As we say it in the Philippines, sobrang galing mong dumiskarte. Kudos to that! ^__^
This is actually a pretty good post.
The best of luck to you, and I hope you win! =)
Wow good luck on the contest hope you win.
I admit blogging pays but it’s really not easy work pa rin to get a page rank, get traffic etc.
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I think blogging is good because we can communicate with each other easily. It’s good that you get to earn from it too!
nice.. blog.. Goodluck! I hope you are to be winner at contest
Wow I’m proud of you. I am one of those who wanted to earn from a blog but something is wrong with my blog and I’m not earning from it.Good luck to you. Hope you will get all what you have wished.
Wow. Good luck girl! You can do it.
It’s really inspiring. Sometimes I still feel not confidence to start blogging for money. But I hope your post will help me out.
Good luck for you. Hope you win the contest 🙂
I was really touched by your story. Indeed your situation is really hard and because you are young but you still strive to work hard.I wish you good luck and I hope you win.. Don’t forget to Believe in God and you will achieve that..
I’m really impressed that you decided to think outside of the box and decide to take control of your life and earnings. I hope that you online endeavors continue to prosper!
that is really true…I hope you make it
I really like what you wrote… I hope you win!
I think you are able to light up lives and inspire a lot of people into understanding the reality of a mother’s love for her kids.
Yea, blogging affects my life. It is not just a hobby but it is already a part of my everyday routine. And I enjoy blogging as well as reading blogs.