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Suspend disbelief for a moment and picture yourself "slaving" over your latest dollar per word blog article that was commissioned by some high-paying online publication as you sip on a refreshing mango-rum concoction in some distant white sand paradise. While getting an early morning tan and an even earlier than usual buzz, you wrap up the article's closing sentence, hit your word processor's Save button, then sit back and relax as you take in the sights and sounds of what would seem like another perfect morning in your "hectic work day."

Sounds dreamy? You bet it is! But unless you're the heir to Stephen King's throne or as crafty a writer as J.K. Rowling (do they even like the beach?), you probably wouldn't see yourself in the situation above anytime soon (or at all, for that matter). But don't fret: letting go of your 9-5 to blog full time is indeed a real possibility. You may not be basking in the glamour of the Bahamas while you write, but you could forget about waking up at crazy morning hours and working under the brunt of last night's hangover crushing what grey matter's left inside your head. Getting rid of all those "impracticalities" to your creative self seems to be a vacation in itself, so what's holding you back?

Financial Security

The single biggest threat to any hopes of you leaving your job and working on a blog full time is (surprise, surprise) financial security. Indeed, how are you supposed to keep the lights on to help keep that snazzy new Mac with that Apple Cinema Display you bought specifically for your blogging career up and running if you can't even pay your monthly overhead?

The solution is to begin blogging while you're still in your current day job. While it sounds the single most obvious thing in the world, convincing yourself to blog for the stormy days ahead that await you once you leave that day job is radically different than convincing yourself to blog today "just because it's a blog and I have to put something up anyway." Submitting articles to Helium and other content hosting sites also serve as great long-term investments for your career that may only earn you a few cents a day in the beginning, but when you've got thousands of articles earning you those red pennies everyday in perpetuity, then you've got a very respectable vehicle for what's called Residual Income which allows you to laugh gleefully all the way to the bank (or your PayPal account). Think of it as a life insurance plan that gets you small, immediate

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