My story & why I started this blog
I think we all know the answer to this question.
*cue drumroll*
I wanted that WiFi bread! haha
No, but in all seriousness, I believe that blogs if done right are one of the few online income streams that can be partially or even fully passive when they’re up and running.
And that’s my entire life’s goal – find a way to make money online. And it does have to be at least semi-passive.
To give you all a bit of context about my background, I am a fullstack developer by profession and I develop websites for a living. I work as a contractor at the comfort of my own home, but I am bound to a schedule and my earnings’ potential has a ceiling.
My situation is a bit unique, making it harder to find traditional jobs. Tl;dr I’ve lived and studied in multiple countries and now settled in one where I don’t speak the language and don’t think I ever fluently will! haha
Now, you might think ‘hm, but she works remotely from her home, why is she complaining?’, ‘she can wake up 5min before her zoom call and pretend to be working all day’.
And ya’ll would be right, I do like to complain a lot even though I am quite blessed! haha
But reality is more complicated than that. Given my situation, finding jobs isn’t easy. As a contractor I miss out on a lot of benefits people normally get: like higher pensions, severance packages, maternity leave etc.
Not to mention other things like the interest rates. This one’s applicable to all of us, of course.
But have you ever thought that our potential for a better quality of life never actually increases? Let’s say you get a raise of 10% at your 9 to 5 job, but the inflation rates these past few years have been off the charts rising up to 8% and more (depending on location), so it essentially eats up all your bonus pay.
That’s what gets me.
That’s what got me motivated to start this blog.
Our salaries will never rise fast enough to keep up with the pace of the world. Unless you’re literally shitting gold (pardon my French) or being what the corporate calls a ‘wild duck’ – someone with great ideas sought by loads of companies. But even that can potentially lead to burnout and a miserable life.
I’ve tried multiple businesses in the past – some less moral than others haha – all of which you’ll be able to read about in this blog.
I’ve tried launching other blogs as well, but within niches I was never passionate or even knowledgeable about (though I’ve seen it work for people leveraging AI).
But I believe this blog will be my breakthrough.
Why?
Because it meets the criteria I’ve been looking for in a while:
✅ Possibility for passive income
✅ A niche I’m passionate about
✅ Something I’m knowledgeable about
✅ Work I can be proud of
✅ Something I can consistently work on for a long time
All of these things I’ve overlooked in the past and learnt to value after the multiple failed attempts you’ll be reading about.
So yeah, I might’ve gone off on a tangent a bit haha, but I hope you get the point.
You want to make online money, right? And that’s why you’re here.
That’s why I’m here as well! We’re all here on the same journey, but at different points of it.
And I believe if we continue walking down this path, we can all achieve success.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Seneca
Looking forward to seeing you all along down the path. While we’re alive we can all keep thriving for success!
What’s behind the name?
Well, the name just as my reason for this blog is pretty self-explanatory haha.
That was the idea – to make it easy to understand what’s it all ’bout.
Build Digital Income means making a living online. We live in an era of golden opportunities to do so. It’s honestly still so surreal everytime I see even a dollar being generated for some work I was not directly employed to do.
It seems like some scam! haha
I think all our lives most of us are trained to be good employees, good students, good children, play by the rules, pay the taxman and accept your monthly pay. We become like robots playing by the same doctrine passed on to us from generation to generation. So that when we get the chance to experience something different like earn money seemingly from nothing – it feels like a miracle.
The mission of this blog is to make people believe this is achievable. To reduce the stigma about making money online.
The industry is filled with ‘gurus’ and ‘influencers’ making the whole idea of it seem disingenuous and fake, but there’s ways to actually succeed without having to literally sell your soul or do stuff against your values.
I believe that we all have the potential for greatness and the goal of this blog is to prove it!
What do we write about?
I went through the purpose of this blog in the above paragraphs so I’m at a lack of descriptive words haha!
Without more beating around the bush, here’s what you can expect to find here:
✅ Case studies
✅ Various hustle ideas
✅ Blogging advice
✅ Overlooked (niche) ideas how to make money (think AI influencers)
✅ Money saving advice
✅ Investing tactics
✅ Tips on how to build a legit business
✅ Leverage AI to make money online
✅ Various tool/service reviews
And much more!
Are you prepared to take control of your financial future, and live life on your own terms?
If the answer is yes, welcome aboard to Build Digital Income!