I’m not what you would call a big spender. Though, to be honest, I’m not all that good at saving either. I’m happiest when we can pay our bills and have a little left over for fun. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a post about budgeting or planning for your financial future.)
Investing? That’s a whole different concept, something I don’t often think about. I don’t plan well, financially, for the future or think much about the old mantra: You gotta spend money to make money.
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At least, I didn’t. Not until this year.
See, this year is the first year that I’ve started investing in my writing. What has been a fun hobby that I sometimes get paid for has become–or more accurately is becoming–a business I want to grow. Not just so I can make money (because believe me there isn’t a ton of money to be made in this business) but so I can do more of the kind of work I love.
Read the rest of this post at Putting on the New, where I post on the 12th of each mont.