At what point, in their blogging careers, do successful bloggers decide to go full-time? This is a question that I have been asking myself lately. While my blogging income still does not equal my regular salary, I have no doubt that if I made the transition from part-time to full-time blogger, my income would shoot up exponentially.

Is it wise to put all ones eggs in the blogging basket? I know there are some very successful bloggers, the likes or Darren Rowse and some others who rely completely on income from their blogging efforts. Other successful bloggers diversify into other sectors. John Chow runs an Affiliate network, Jeremy Shoemaker owns a few successful forums and niche sites.

Over the past few months, I have been adding sites to my portfolio. These sites are in various industries and niches that I hope one day will be successful. While I’m not ready to risk going full-time, there will come I time when I hope to do just that.

So once again my question is, at what point would you decide to become a full-time blogger? When your blogging income is enough to live off of? When your blogging income matches your regular salary? When your blogging income exceeds your regular salary?

As with most things in life, there are positives and negatives to take into account. A regular salary is stable while a blogging income would probably fluctuate. On the other hand, your blogging income is not limited and depending on how much you are willing to put into it, could easily reach a very high level.