I really think in today’s day and age everyone I know  just works like freaks, life is too short to be somebody else’s slave, my mum died a few years back she was very young and it made me think we do not have much time on this planet and I want to enjoy every minute of it. Unfortunately to live life to some degree you need an income, but why should you work your life away when the skills you have and the knowledge you have can be put to good use and make you money in half the time it would working not so smartly. What I mean by smartly is to know your limitations, set yourself a timescale and goal and keep to it, and don’t be afraid to pass work on to the professionals. What you should ask yourself is what is your time worth?

You don’t have to be a computer techy to works smartly you just have to set your goals and worked to them in the fastest and most productive way. Tim the author points out things that can make you less productive such as Email he answers it once maybe twice a day freeing up his time to be more productive in other ways. The title of the book I think is a bit misleading I think it would be very hard and take a long time to ever reach a four hour work week, but the principle of a book to enjoy life and to create more time for yourself is solid and can be done if you just think more smartly.

I have taken on a lot of Tim’s ideas and really have changed the way I view work set yourself small goals, I need to earn so much this month to do this. Work on your salary on a month to month basis he explains, stop thinking of annual salaries just enjoy life and earn money as you need it. Tim’s Teaching may not suit all but the underlying principle of the book I think it’s brilliant for people who want to improve their lifestyle and work around their life and not worked their lifes away.

The book is a good read a lot of things in it are common sense, but it makes you think and that’s what I think the goal of the book is, to make you think about your life and how to improve it for the better. Remember don’t live to work, work to live.

The four-hour workweek is a must buy for everyone you can buy it from all good book stockist and pretty much worldwide in multiple languages this was the New York’s best seller for quite a while. Here is a link to Amazon.com where you can buy the book and have it delivered to your door.

The 4-hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich

Many people fail at blogging because they have no or very little knowledge on the subject they are talking about, knowing your subject is key can help a great deal when you know what you’re talking about therefore you’re providing useful content to your reader. It makes it so much easier picking a subject that you’re passionate about and what you have knowledge about, I would have no joy talking about china dolls for example I have no interest in it and nothing to provide the reader with. If you’re going to blog as a full-time job it really should be about something that you’re passionate about otherwise the enjoyment will not be there and the drive that needs to succeed in this industry will not be there, so many blogs fail because of this.

So is the market to saturated for another blog? Well possibly, it really depends on what you pick as your subject. You really need to pick a niche to be successful in this game, I’m not saying that if your subject is already blogged about that you have no chance in success, because if you know more about the subject or can provide better  and higher quality content with good SEO techniques I would say you have a good chance to profit within time, it may take longer to build a name for yourself and get your content ranked correctly but it can be done.

Is there a long-term future in blogging? Well the Internet changes every day, new technologies and ideas are born, but if you use these news technologies and keep on top of all these new changes you can use them to your advantage, a popular example recently is Twitter a mini blogging service keeping your followers  updated by mini feeds (for example you could use this service to tell your followers when a new post is available to read on your blog). Another worry for bloggers is if their revenue stream dries up, have you ever heard of the saying “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” well that is also true in blogging don’t just have Google Adsense revenue have a few income streams, they are out there believe me.

Should I quit my job today and just concentrate on blogging? No no no, please don’t do that… As I said earlier most people fail at blogging, test the water tried talking about a few interests and see how many hits you get, start small as a hobby build up your article base and advertise and monitor your traffic.  You will know when it’s time to quit your job and concentrate on blogging when you’re making a side income that you are happy with, it will take time and you may not get their better least the now you have the relevant safety of a job whilst you experiment.

If you are looking start blogging I wish you the best of luck and hope that it can provide what you’re looking for out of this venture.