As a kid, I never wanted to be famous. While all my friends seemed obsessed with the glamours and perks of the limelight – I couldn’t help but cringe at the thought of having no privacy. Being out there and exposed, being the fascination of millions? That sounded like a nightmare. And in case you’re wondering, no, I haven’t changed my mind. But I have embraced the idea that with a bit of elbow grease and creativity, you can change your own public image. That being said, I just want to emphasise (as I discussed in the Emotional Cost of Blogging article I wrote last month) the fact that I never set out to be a “blogger.” Instead, I set the lofty goals of “get 20,000 pageviews in 2 years” and “make it so when you type in ‘Buchele’ in Google Search, I appear somewhere on the first page.” At the time, neither seemed possible. Then again, I never thought it would be possible to be a real “blogger.” But here I am, a year and a half later, and I am proud to say I am a “blogger.” Which is kind of cool, because back when we first got [...]
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