Get Paid To Blog - Updated

My newer blogpals probably do not realize that I spent a lot of time (but no money) during 2005-2006 exploring various internet scams I investigated everything from Google Ads to Porno Sites and nothing really panned out- I once got paid twelve bucks by this outfit for a story about Whalanol...that article has since been used (as actual news) without attribution, permission or basic fact-checking.

I did figure out how to get as much Free Web Porn (any kind) as I wanted, but it turned out I didn't really want as much Free Porn as I thought- it was a Pyhrric victory at best.
Email me and I'll tell you how I did it-for free.
Trust me, you'll be dissappointed that you did.

Anyway, the only reliable source of blogger income I've ever found is to land a slack job where you can get away with blogging on the clock. Not hard, in my experience. In fact, I started this very blog from a boring temp job nearly three years ago.

This was a fairly typical exchange at my last job:

Boss: " What are you doing?"

Me: "Blogging."

"About what?"

"How much I hate my job."

Now, one might think that such behavior and remarks would be cause for dismissal, but in my case I quit first. I thought I had a better job, but it didn't work out and after a couple of fruitless months of job searching I wound up going back to the old Law Firm where I made those snippy comments.
Same job.
Same desk.
Same table.
Slight raise.

It took me a couple hours to catch up on the work from the last two months, and guess what I found when I finally cleared the new mess-yep- underneath the piles were my unfinished projects from November!- it was literally like I never left.

I was wrong about the other job and it cost me a lot of money but I feel a lot better about life after having a couple months off to sort some personal things out; I've also taken on a lot of new responsibilities at the radio station- which is not a complaint.

I love the station- it's really nice to be an integral part of something that is good.

When the drudgery of my day job becomes too much, I can always remind myself that the weekend brings radio- I get plenty of personal gratification and happiness from my volunteer work, so I should be able to get through my nine-to-five without needing any validation other than a paycheck and insurance.

At least that is my goal, to maintain the attitude of "I don't need happiness from work", just cash.
The pay isn't great but it's OK for a bachelor, got bennies, in a 40 hour week I probably only do real "work" 20 or less hours...it's not demanding , the boss is funny and well-read, free coffee and nice bathrooms, it's not so bad.

Did I just say my job was not so bad?

Stay tuned.