🎈“So… Why Do You Even Blog If You’re Not Making Money?”

(A conversation in the dentist’s waiting room)

The scene:

Me, casually flicking through my phone in the dentist’s waiting room.

My daughter, sitting next to me, being all teenage-serious.

Lady next to her? Trying not to laugh her crown off.

“Mum, how many people read your blog again?”

“About 6,000 a month.”

Eyebrows raise. “What are you even writing about?”

“Whatever I feel like. Random stuff. Life. Thoughts. Narcissists. Skittles.”

“Skittles?”

“Not literally skittles, but you know… stuff. Colours of life.”

“You must focus on something. Finance? You’re good at that.”

“People get bored of one subject. I can’t write about finance every week.

You can only talk about so many colours of Skittles before everyone zones out.”

💅 That’s when the woman next to us started giggling.

She was trying to pretend she wasn’t listening, but honestly?

If I had a pound for every time I’ve said something ridiculous in a dentist’s waiting room,

I’d have at least… £4.

Then my daughter says,

“How much have you made from your blog in the last 10 years?”

“About £60.”

She looks at me. “…So why are you doing it?”

“Because I can.”

And then we  got called for the appointment