First Post!

It’s 03.02.2021. I’m currently writing this having just opened my blog account and website and I have no idea what I’m doing. I’m not very techy but I’m panicking you see. I’m 3 weeks away from my maternity leave start date and incase you didn’t know, maternity pay is terrible! I’ll be paid less than £700 pounds a month for the privilege of wiping a baby’s bum. Now I’m very lucky to have a partner who has a decent job (guess mine is okay too) who can afford to foot the bill for our home and most of the bills during the months that I’ll be keeping our child alive but it doesn’t take away the fact that I will be earning next to nothing for the next 9 months, unable to add to my savings and slowly chipping away at the pot I do have to pay for my personal bills.

This is to be expected when you have a baby – I know. I’m fully aware of the costs of having a baby but now the reality is here, I’m a bit scared if I’m being honest. I haven’t been financially dependant on someone else since I lived at my parent’s house and that was a long time ago. It’s a weird feeling and I’m not 100% comfortable with ‘not pulling my weight’ financially during this time but someone has to look after our child and it appears that’s going to be me.

So my frantic brain has (as it always has been) trying to come up with ways and things to do to supplement my income during this time. In the past, I’ve set up Upwork and Fiverr accounts in the hope that someone would hire me for a few copy/content writing jobs…so far I’ve got 0 offers. I’m not quick enough for the audiotyping jobs and I feel like buying into a franchise isn’t for me. There’s a lot of people who do great selling Bodyshop, Scentsy and other products like Herbalife but it’s not for me. I’ve written a novel which is for sale on Amazon Kindle (‘Birdcage’ by Catherine Brown if you’re interested – see Novel) but I suppose this will never make me much money unless I hit the big time. I really love writing and my book was very well received by family, friends and colleagues so this is definitely something that I’m going to keep up. I’m currently writing the first of a two-part sci-fi novel but more on this in another post 🙂

So here I am in this present moment, feeling a bit lost and unsure what to do with my life once again. So I’m starting a blog…wish me luck?