We are approaching the first month mark of me having started this blog and I have been grappling with the moral and ethical dilemmas of passive income. Honestly, I think that’s to be expected since this field is pretty much ripe with content that is not really a scam but is also a scam.
I’m kind of scared of my work turning into something like that. I see too many people with scam-like content who are actually succeeding which in turn makes me feel like if I want to succeed then I should also follow the same strategies. I can’t bring myself to do it though, so I find myself thinking about whether or not I should just quit and find something else to do. It doesn’t help that a pinterest account I started this week for a specific project actually did get deactivated for scam content (lol) so I just feel a bit discouraged about it all.
I don’t want to quit though! I like blogging and I’m invested in my work right now. I just need to find a way to align my current niche with my values and that is taking a lot of effort. For one, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how I want to make extra money. I don’t want that income to come from somewhere that I deem to be unethical. If I had unlimited money, there are things that I still wouldn’t buy on principle. So in turn, it makes sense that I shouldn’t be selling or promoting these things.
Another factor is quite succinctly summed up by this reddit comment by No-Sea9684 that I came across two days ago:
“Thanks, my friend. I believe that without hard work, one cannot gain much in return. I want to achieve as much as you mentioned, but from my understanding, it’s not the right way to expect such returns. Anyway, thank you for leaving the comment. I wish you all the luck.”
(Context: this was said in reply to a crypto bro scam)
And the last thing which I’ve been missing is that it’s okay to feel like my content needs improving. It’s because it actually does need to improve! I’m a beginner, I won’t be able to provide the highest quality content from the get go. As I get more advanced, I’ll be able to grow as a content creator as well into something that I can actually be proud of. Nobody looks back at their first grade writings and thinks that they were a better writer back then.
I think that it is actually important to consider why you are attempting to build a business and the means by which you are doing so. I want to find a way to do it that does not go against my principles and am determined to do so without compromise. I’m sure that it will be difficult, but if I don’t put in hard work, how else can I expect to grow, both as a person and as a business?
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