Do you know what makes a blogger a blogger? I really have no idea, but let's try to find an answer to the question anyway.
Carlos Bravo39
Now that he's running out of ideas for posts and is starting to ask esoteric questions, you might be thinking. During the flight back from Barcelona to Madrid, Berto from Ciudadano 2.0 and I chatted non-stop, generating ideas for at least 5 posts, so there's no need to worry...
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Once at home I read a tweet from someone commenting that it was strange that at the “Course for bloggers” we held yesterday there were no “real” bloggers as speakers. To put it mildly I was surprised by this perception. It’s not that I have a diploma that says “Master in Blogging” but until recently even my Twitter bio featured the term “blogger” since it is something I identify with.
Running a marathon doesn't make you a marathoner
If you have just overcome the crisis of 30, 40 or 50 by job function email list finishing a marathon, you can be proud of your achievement. Even so, you cannot consider yourself a marathon runner if you are now back to the routine of eating chips sitting on the sofa in front of the TV in your living room. I do not share truths in this blog but only opinions and experiences. Running a marathon in your life is a project. Being a marathon runner is a lifestyle.
Having started a blog and published a few posts does not make you a blogger. You have to prove that you are not part of the 95% of people who give up before the end of the first year because they lose motivation. Making it past 12 months is not the only thing that defines you as a blogger.
What defines a blogger and what makes you one?
The ideal blogger doesn't exist. Perfection is a waste of time because 100% never brings the additional benefit in relation to the effort it takes. The question is not easy to answer because more than a moment or exact criteria, it is more a feeling that you have as a blogger. For me, it's a bit like learning a language. You start little by little, you advance lesson by lesson and you wake up one day realizing that you speak English.