I have been asked this question repeatedly, by people I have met as to when I would become a pro-blogger. Let me tell you that I have had to tell them the same thing again and again and this is why I am writing this post.

Pro-Blogging has been largely misrepresented with the fact that someone who has quit his job and does blogging is a pro-blogger. This is far from the truth, a pro-blogger is not necessarily someone whose only job is blogging, it could also be someone who writes for several blogs or someone who writes pretty often.

You are can be termed a pro-blogger the day you start making money from your blog, it could be 1 cent, it could be $10000, it is all the same. There is no difference in pro-blogging and making money from blogging.

Another misconception I busted was the fact where people asked me when I would become a pro-blogger, the reason they thought I was not one was because I had a job. However, I repeatedly told them and will tell you too, pro-blogging has nothing to do with you having a fulltime job or otherwise.

Pro-blogging is basically how you manage your time for your blog, how much time you can give to it and what you can derive from it. You can on any given day spend 8 hours at work and 8 hours on your blog and still be called a NON pro-blogger. The matter of fact is that people think only people who have left their jobs and are doing fulltime blogging are pro-bloggers or even someone who manages a successful blog.

To be very frank I do not want anyone to term me as a pro-blogger, nor do I want to achieve a term which is really become a fad, it is what is in your mind that matters. I make a healthy amount of money from both my job and my blog. I spend enough time on both my job and my blog, so does that mean I am a amateur blogger?

Stop using terms which were derived from some absurd place just because it seems appropriate. Use your brain to decide what you are, not some things which have been there all the time.

FYI, I will NEVER EVER term myself as a pro-blogger, because even if my fulltime job was blogging, I would still be doing a JOB that can become monotonous and boring. Blogging is not a paradise, it is just another job, so treat it like one.

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