[...] quite, but it is certainly feasible.  Many well-known bloggers are now probloggers and make writing their full time gig.  Of course many of them have safety nets [...]

Thanks again.

*Imagines*

Yep I think i would have one foot in the pond and the other cemented in. I’m not saying what i would do is right, it is more a reaction out of fear :S

Of course i just started blogging and dont have your experience! Oh i do have a question, how do you make money with your blog? I am failing to see any ads!

[...] Excited and Scared: One Week as a Full-Time Blogger [...]

“Everything I know in life I got from the Simpsons”

If you’ve made it this far with a full-time job, you can easily double your income putting more focus on this blog. The internet has so many opportunities and the earnings are endless! Good luck!

They also say this for Stay at home Moms. But inside not socializing with peers it not healthy

I’m not sure on the details of that, though, so you might want to talk to an accountant or a tax lawyer if you haven’t already looked into the details.

However, it would seem that the majority of your income would come from advertising revenue from the site, which could potentially taxed very differently than other self employment income.

For example, I know a self employed person who I help with bookkeeping. His tax liability is considerably less than mine because his income is from leasing commercial properties and there are a significant amount of deductions available to him for that type of income.

I worked from home a few years ago and found that I ate much healthier and cheaper also.

The trick is to plan ahead. I ate more whole grains because I actually had time to cook them. Put a pot on during mid-morning and by lunch you have a foundation for a meal. Add to that leftovers, veggies, beans, an egg, etc. (I highly recommend eggs for a healthy, protein-rich, quick meal on the cheap, and they can be prepared in a million different ways.)

Another idea: experiment with making your own soup stock and then freeze individual portions. Before lunch, take out a portion and heat it up on the stove, adding whatever other soup ingredients you feel like that day. When your garden gets going, this meal will be nearly free!

Katrina

The big piece of advice I would give you and anyone else is that you shouldn’t expect to “work” less. The difference between a job and a career is about 30 hours a week! However, if you truly love it, it won’t seem like work.

Scalzi at Whatever has a lot of very, very good advice for full-time writers. Ignore the SFWA politics, which are the despair of many.

I, agree with a PP, definitely become smart about taxes. Sure, you are taxed more, but track EVERYTHING you do and soon you’ll realize your expenses add up, especially as a writer. In fact, you could branch out to other writing — not just blogging — and so long as you “pitch” an idea about it, it can be an expense. I have creatively found a way to work taking my daughters on fun explorations as a way to write off that expense, just by writing about it.

It can get lonesome … takes about a year to really get a groove on, I think. Soon you’ll be like the rest of us indies … anti-cubicle. I really enjoy your blog and your thinking out loud.

p.s. just paid off one of three credit cards and got our emergency savings back up to over $1000 thanks to my freelancing.

It’s obvious that GRS is a passion for you, and it’s wonderful that you’re giving it the attention it deserves. You’ve inspired us all!