I came to a realisation today. It was somewhat shocking, but I knew it for the truth as soon as the thought came into my mind – I am not a ’real’ blogger.

For some time now, I’ve been deluding myself. I’ve kept a blog for two years now, and I’ve written quite a few posts, but while this does make me a blogger by definition, it doesn’t make me one by trade.

Of course, at it’s most literal, the previous sentence is a moot point – blogging is not my prime source of income, so of course it’s not my trade; in fact, I don’t earn anything by blogging. What I mean is (unfortunately, or at least it seemed like an unfortunate realisation at first), I’m a hobby blogger. Not that it’s such a bad thing.

I blog when the mood strikes, and often it can take a week before I think of something to blog about. I blog on varied topics, and am not secure enough in myself to pick a specific topic and stick to it. And I don’t market my blog… at all. Not even in person to people I know… But you know what made me realise I’m not a real blogger? I don’t have the tools.

Sure, I have two notebooks, but these are not the tools I refer to. I mean, I don’t have a travel hub, a travel power board, or a spare battery, and while I do take my notebook out when I go places, I usually use it to watch movies or what-not.

I don’t really know why, but I thought this to be important enough to warrant a post of its own. This week, I’ve been on my back as a result of a slipped disk in my lumbar spine (which I don’t recommend), and all that time could have been used to blog like mad. But I couldn’t – in fact, I was unable to use my PC comfortably while on my back (which led me to my realisation).

So I guess my point is… I will continue to blog, but I will take myself less seriously. Hopefully as a result, I’ll be able to post more than the one post per week that I’ve kept to for the last 6 months. Rather than trying to post something topical or argumentative or whatever, I might just post something stupid and pointless.

And who knows? It might work, and it might not. But as long as I’m having fun…

This is Greg, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off – but just for today. I hope to be back real soon, more relaxed and slightly sillier. Peace.