I am a writer, YouTuber, artist, and fashion designer.

But I don’t have the credit to actually tell people this because I have no work.

I am only these things in my head.

I can’t count the number of times I have searched up, ‘How to start a blog’.

I even downloaded an eBook which in retrospect has been a complete waste of my time.

Don’t get me wrong, the problem isn’t the eBook. It’s the fact that everyone has one and everyone is trying to sell one to you.

In fact, very soon, I will be asking you to patronize one of my free ones just so you can be led to my other paid services.

What I’m trying to say is that these days, everyone has a solution to your problem.

It’s been a year now, figuring out the perfect way to start my blog and I have stumbled on an infinite number of blogs dedicated to teaching people how to start a blog.

At some point, I was tempted to do exactly the same as a beginner, and just learn along the way.

Fake it till you make it.

The truth is I got frustrated, and over nothing. I didn’t know which advice to follow and which path to take.

So, Reader, if you’ve made it thus far, you are either jobless, desperate or non-existent.

But I’ll load you my gist nonetheless.

I’ll tell you what this article is about in these few sentences, then it’s up to you to judge if the rest is worth your time.

Judge if what you read is worth your time.

Stop reading generic information.

Learn and do simultaneously.

Follow only one person.

Start your millionaire habits from day one.

Be convinced of your purpose and what you have to offer.

Stop reading generic information.

If you are still looking for the scam in all of this, then you need to be very careful from now on.

That was just a clickbait trick, and so are these;

I wish I knew this sooner.

Things they don’t tell you.

Five ways to become successful, the fourth one works in one week.

If you clicked on this article because you want to know exactly who scammed both of us and how, then you have also probably been clicking on other reaction-prone titles.

I don’t blame you, these types of titles have become the lifeline for content creators, whether it’s on YouTube, blogs, or whatever.

The aim is to get people to click and you will also have to learn how to use them when you start writing.

But for the purpose of this article, I am letting you know about them to save your time.

Before you settle on a post, scan through it, look at each of the headlines, and read the first point.

If the post doesn’t have headlines, red flag.

They either don’t know how to write or deliberately want to waste your time.

Everything with real value these days can be summarized.

If you can pick up early on that this post is giving superficial advice that you already know, don’t waste your time.

Only read posts that give concrete information and don’t simply generalize and touch the surface.

For example, if you are reading a good post on how to start your blog, the post should not tell you things like having confidence in your writing or picking a niche that gives people value.

The post should tell you how to go to WordPress and build a site.

Judge if what you read is worth your time

If you are starting out like I did: completely ignorant and looking to learn solely from free things on the internet, then it will take you a long time to get to the heart of true information.

That is why from very early on you need to properly assess what exactly is worth your precious time, whether it be in video form or written.

There is so much information out there, but you as an individual cannot consume everything before you pass away.

Thus, not everything that has been created has been created for you to consume.

Thus, very little of what is already out there is integral to your success.

Thus, you should consume the very minimum and use the rest of your time to create.

If you have read my previous works, you will already know what the next few lines are about.

Yes, you must consume to create.

So don’t think setting out one entire week for consumption, and then the next week for creating will work out for a beginner.

You need to do both of those things at the same time.

Learn and do simultaneously.

As beginners, we are like little infant babies, or a kid learning to ride a bike.

We cannot walk or ride on our own yet.

We need one of those tables with wheels to move us around.

We need training wheels.

Thus, stop setting traps for yourself.

The concept of learning and doing simultaneously is something so integral, yet hard to implement.

That is because it is easy to feel that there is so much you don’t know, you want to ‘reach a certain level’ before you launch your first blog post.

Anyone who’s telling you that is keeping you from success and wasting your time.

And if you have been telling yourself that, the same applies.

The truth is that your first post unless you were the very first person to write on the internet ever, is going to suck.

Your first few posts will also suck

In fact, it’s not only going to suck.

It is going to flop, tumble, slide, collapse, and land in mud.

Good thing, it’s due to factors both within and beyond your control.

You need experience, you need editing, you need SEO or whatever, you need to build your blog’s personality, you need to gather a following one person at a time, you need Google to recognize and trust your site, you need to figure out your niche, you need time.

So why make the process longer by not putting a post out on day one, or at least writing secret drafts and comparing the quality to posts you read?

When I started my blog, I intended for it to be an environmental blog.

Then I changed it to skincare and lifestyle.

Then I changed it to a blog about blogging

Then I changed it to photography and cameras.

And with each of these changes, I had to write a number of posts and drafts.

I had to do research on each field and make decisions.

If I had waited till I knew every single thing about affiliate marketing, SEO email lists, or how to use AI, then I probably would have still gone through these niche shifts, but farther down the line and it would have taken me more time to discover what I was comfortable and excited about.

It would have taken me more time to discover where best I could offer my value to people.

So, while you are reading medium posts about how to blog, blog.

Follow only one person.

Stick to one person who wants to show you the way.

Stop reading multiple posts on how to start a blog. One should be enough.

On my creator journey, I was so greedy about getting information. I wanted to know what every single person had to say.

I read countless blogs that were all in effect saying the same things.

In retrospect, If I had just stuck to one strong blogger with YouTube classes and ebooks and all the necessary things, I would have moved faster a lot earlier.

One of those kinds of blogs that have been very helpful in my journey is Bloggers GoTo.

So if I were you right now, I would open a Google document, and start my first draft on a topic that I got from the Google search bar revolving around my niche.

Also, note that at the beginning, it takes twice the effort to get something new running.

So these first few months should be the hardest you have ever worked if you want one of your posts to peek through Google ranks.

Start your Millionaire habits from day one.

Pretend that you already have a successful blog.

How much time would you spend on your blog each day?

What brands does your blog reach out to?

How frequently do you post?

What do you write in your newsletters?

Believe from day one in what you have to offer people, and let that value show in the quality of posts you write.

Do research. Get Grounded. All while publishing amazing posts.

Start planning what you want to include in your email lists.

Start planning what you want in your ebook.

Give yourself a content calendar and be accountable.

That is the most important, concrete thing that no number of blogs that you read will be able to teach you.

You need to discover hard cold discipline and accountability all on your own.

Along the line, you will ask questions.

Is this really what you want to do?

Are you sure this was meant for you?

If you can’t find a suitable answer, maybe blogging was not meant for you.

So quit. Your loss.

Suck it up and work! There’s no such thing as ‘ what’s meant for you’.

There is only what you force to be meant for you, what you create for yourself.

So take this opportunity and create something you will be proud of six years from now.