Much has been written about the joys that being a full time blogger brings: flexibility, autonomy, control, diversity and generally an increased work-life balance. The lifestyle has become a dream of so many young men and women, who wish to emulate the success and so-seen 'super cool' day job of their favourite stars, and a real possibility to a whole generation of creatives. With the increase of the so-called 'slashies' (those that have more than one career path at any given time,) we're free to pursue whatever heights we've set our sights on and often need little more than a WiFi connection to get started. I genuinely applaud anyone who goes at it alone and undertakes a relatively risky path, because it's seriously hard work; yes you reap the benefits self employment brings, but in all honesty I've never worked as hard in my life as I have right now. It doesn't matter if you're a blogger, digital creative, artist, musician or anything inbetween - what's often percieved on the outside is the gloriously regal swan gliding along the river, when the reality of peddling like you've run out of time is happening right beneath the surface.
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