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ABOUT OLLY

My Story: Battling Self-doubt to Making Money Writing

My name is Olly, and this is my blog

I started this blog around 2019 just after college and I didn't even know what blogging was all about, all I had was something to post. I had finished college and I had a hobby of writing which I thought no one gave 2 cents about. Ooh, how I was wrong.

I went on to start as a freelance writer and I can say I have seen fairly much success on this journey. But it was not all rosy at the beginning in fact I think I have only seen a piece of the pie.

The blog has served me well even though it does not pay me directly through monetization it has paid me indirectly. For instance, After becoming a freelancer on Fiver a client wanted to see some of my writing and I referred her to this blog guess what? I got the gig.

This is how it went 

So in 2019 I launched the site and shared my first post and shared it on my socials I think it was around 250 words, more like one paragraph, don't laugh. So the close friends were encouraging but no one paid attention and I can say fairly so.

On the other hand, I had just finished college and I was looking for a job, a 9-5 because it was something I had gone to college for. In my country unfortunately corruption has been industrialized and normalized I was in for some shock. Being an optimistic person I braced myself.

By 2020 I had moved between two cities and finally found someone in my industry with whom we could work together or so I thought. We started a startup but 1 year in it was back to square 1. In hindsight, though it taught me a lot key among those lessons is patience(more of this in my YouTube channel follow😉)

At this time I was writing on the side and it was when our startup was slacking that I got paid my first dollar. Everything changed from that day, It was $200 but boy! you should have seen me I was over the moon.

So long story short my writing ended u paying my bills over time, I chose to focus on writing and I can not complain, So Ollys' blog is about those individuals who want to not only make it as writers but also in life. If you are one of these individuals consider following this blog and my socials Facebook, X(formerly Twitter), and YouTube as we grow together. 

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