The Sloth Who Needs Money, or Why I Blog

Actually, I don’t want to have a blog at all. This is a compromise. What I’d really like to be doing is writing fiction.

I’ve had an atypical/ multicultural life (see “About Me”) which has been very alientating and inconvenient in many ways. However, as a result, out of necessity, I’ve learned to build bridges between cultures and viewpoints. Some think they know what critical thinking is. They may encourage it, celebrate it or even attempt to teach it. At least they try! In my life, being a critical thinker has been the key to my survival. It has offered me unique perspectives on many topics. Hence, I have a great deal to say to the world and I see fiction as the best form for it.

Creating fictional characters and storylines at the pace of a sloth wouldn’t be so bad if I had the time. But I do not. I am a mother of young children in the Western World. And the stereotpe of such a profile fits me like a glove.

Other than the desire to share my unique perspective, I am also faced with a less interesting dilemma, but an international one: the necessity of money. Why specifically? To visit my mom in the U.S.A.
One trip there, as a family, costs the equivalnet of a down payment on a small house in a blue collar suburb of a major American metropolis.

So, I asked myself: How can I combine my desire to write with my need for money considering how little time I have?

The answer I found was to start a blog about a topic that sticks to me like superglue. A topic that fills my mind and conversations on a daily basis and of which I have a regular supply needless of much effort. I will write about what it’s like to be a foreigner here in France coming from my particular viewpoint as a person who was already multicultural before they arrived (see “About Me”).

How do I hope to make money with this blog?
Yes, you guessed it, through the ads. (At least I hope that there will be ads for my own financial benefit and not just Google’s.) If there aren’t any than that means things aren’t going so well. So, when you visit this site, if you see lots of ads, despite the annoyance, please be happy for me!