Update after my 14th week of side hustling!
Hey guys! It's week 14 and I'm here to deliver my weekly recap. As usual I will give a recap here but you can find the full recap with the stat pictures here!
This has low key been a pretty uneventful week. I expect that the next few weeks develop similarly especially with the holidays and people getting busy traveling, etc.
I am currently out of town for a few weeks and have debated not posting weekly recaps here and also taking a break from the outfit blog as well. I wasn’t really able to convince myself though so here I am. I feel like I should take the time now to schedule as many posts as I can (on the outfit blog) so that I do have weeks where I just don’t do anything at all besides maintain social media. I’m not burnt out per se, it’s just that my routine got a bit scrambled now that I’m on break so I don’t know when I’ll have time to do things.
This is my third week of posting on a regular schedule on my outfit blog. I'm about to approach the 2 month mark of starting this whole project on Tuesday actually so I'm pretty happy with where I am right now. I’m going to reapply to more shops to join their affiliate program since currently the only one I am actively using is amazon. I want to branch out to real clothing organizations.
Oh yeah also I got some spam emails from people asking if I wanted to work with them as they “manufacture clothing” which I honestly see as a win because I’m getting enough exposure to get spam emails!
In terms of stats everything's kind of started settling a bit for now, although my last instagram reel got 123 views (not a lot, but the first time I've ever gotten above 100 which I feel like is a good sign).
Having a routine is honestly really great. It is a bit annoying to stick with at first but when it becomes a habit it makes your life way easier. I think that deviating from a schedule and sort of just doing whatever you want will quickly lead to burnout. The way I see it is that being spontaneous takes creative energy. That can be okay in normal life situations but when you’re working on your blog, save the creative energy for your content, and not for your content posting schedule. It also helps if your audience knows when you are going to be posting because they know to check for a post at a certain time.
Here's what my hourly wage chart looks like after 14 weeks:
