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Blogger: How I Turned My Passion into a Career

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    Design Sponge author Grace Bonney shares her secrets for success.

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And -- funny and and it found -- -- tons.

I really stumbled and the blogging in 2004 I think there were media -- at the time block they're meeting.

During your Boras if that they turning -- and I think the only -- all of us -- was to really find people who thought the same way that we get people who got excited and it geek out over the wallpaper and restaurant are really cool fabric -- -- in the -- I think.

-- -- years traditional media have really only approached experts -- people who had.

Ph.D.s design at people who weren't listening to I've always really seeing the site as a platform we're celebrating.

Everything -- 915 design and he -- and maybe isn't being taken really seriously yet.

They've -- been called my son since day one and sometimes they wish I had thought about cooling means but I think for me that's actually it really fitting name.

I tend absorbing different nation really quickly and really passionately felt that was the perfect name at the time.

Now I wish I didn't have to favorite funds -- it's an entertainer but.

It can just start to get -- that feels appropriate and.

I grew up -- an appreciation for -- beauty and for comfort especially when it comes to interior interior design that's something my mom really instilled in me.

Pretty young that I think I've always known that New York with the place I went and asked.

I just felt like it but then to power bars that I had been looking for my entire life -- Aaron.

It just felt like being home and home that what actually.

When I started blogging and the primary goal is to really find a place to talk about the thing that I love and that I didn't think any team traditional magazines and television.

If I got comfortable -- employees and created an online portfolio of the things that I love the man personal style that it may be helpful down red I had I had for a job and I think I really realized it would end up becoming the job Alex -- path.

I think for me their first really should definitely take my opinion seriously is getting a job offer from -- and right.

I was perfectly happy to do that for ever -- things went magazine started closing it seems like the web was -- still thriving in.

And having you know great conversation in great outlet for publishing.

It became clear that that might actually be the best venue for me the -- really didn't become a reality until probably 2000 -- -- 2009 as.

An option for real job and am glad it up -- because I think that really let me.

-- the fun part of it and really not focus.

The nitty gritty business fact that some time getting really cats.

Thank goodness taught -- a lot of things but I think the most important thing is to really do everything you can't follow.

-- -- and following your passionate out.

And it.

Really cliche but it's really true and I think that didn't ever it takes to turn the thing that you love into what you get to do you every day is where.

Andy -- and you out of work and time you have to -- into it because.

There's really nothing -- anything and be able to be your own box and get to do you and talk and celebrate all the things that mean the most to you every day all that.

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