Hi y’all, it’s 2020! Wow I feel like this decade is going to be a big one! Anyway I hope you all had a wonderful and loving holiday. I tried focusing on family, friends, and love this holiday season and I have to say it was one of the best (but of course a baby will also make it special). But now I’m particularly motivated to “go for it” or as I’m calling it “reach 2020” (lol, I talk about it a little in my New Years Resolution post). I’m going to try to make this blog thing a legit thing where someday I hope to be able to live off of my writing. Or am I dreaming? Well I won’t know whether or not I can do it until I try, reach for it, and ask for things.

So my first act of “reaching” (other than to state it here) is I’m going to sell some of the items that I received as gifts. Now normally when the gift comes from a friend or family member I have no qualms about selling it, but when it comes to brand-gifted items I know I’m stepping into gray territory. So in the past I’ve either gifted them to somebody else or sold them and put the money towards a nonprofit. I still plan to do some of that, but I also feel like it’s ok for me to want to get paid for all the reviews I do. Currently I get paid in merch, and if I don’t covert that into some kind of money then I’m basically doing it for free. I do understand though that I’m reviewing these items so to just turnaround and sell them seems shady. But these are great things, it’s just that I have too much stuff! Also to remedy this, I plan to do less reviews for free (or for more stuff) and instead ask for sponsorship from key brands in the future (also part of my “reach 2020” campaign lol). But what do you guys think? Is it unethical to sell things that I received as gifts to review?