Why we do what we do.

I just read a great post over at Affiliate Confession that really got me thinking about why bloggers do what they do. Some bloggers write only to make money, we've all heard about those guys that are making $25,000 to $50,000 per month off their blogs, and thats great for them. Really I mean it, others, like myself, use blogging as a creative resource.

But I'm ahead of myself. Last year I ran a warehouse and a website for a small furniture company. I did the whole nine to five (or six or seven) thing, made decent money, and just focused on doing my job well. Sounds pretty good right? Well, did I mention that I was (quite often) the only person working in a 15,000 square foot space with 14 foot, three level racking? How about the fact that I had to handle all the snow removal personally? Or that my boss, who leans very far to the left, thought his phones were tapped because he gave money to the democratic national committee (way to much paranoia there)? There's more, but I won't bore you.

So, after taking all the factors into account, paranoid bosses, working alone in a large space that wasn't up to OSHA regulations (lets just say it was definitely an accident waiting to happen), and never being able to get ahead in my work since I was the only person at the warehouse, I decided I needed a change of pace.

At that point my outlook changed and when Noelle's grandmother got sick and had to come live with us. I knew this was my opportunity to make a change in what I was doing for a living. So here I am, blogging, selling futons, and helping my wife through her terminally ill grandmothers decline. Sometimes the choice you make regarding the path you're walking in life needs to be about more than money.

Let me know what you think.