A BIG QUESTION

A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend about my blog. Her reaction was, "what a wonderful hobby you have." I've been thinking about what she said ever since.

I never thought of my blog as a hobby.

The definition of the word HOBBY is:

"A subject or activity pursued for pleasure rather than for payment."

That's all well and good but I think there is more to blogging than that.


Day 2 - Create by catheroo, on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA

When I hear the word hobby I think of activities like stamp collecting, knitting, painting, arts and crafts and lots of similar solitary activites. There are hobbies like tennis and golf where several people participate.

Blogging is a solitary activity but it reaches out to people.


2008 TFTTF Portland Maine Group Shot 2 by CC Chapman, on Flickr CC BY-NC-SA

So I looked up the word AVOCATION:

"An occupation or hobby that one has in addition to one's regular work or profession."

NO - that's not it either.

Maybe we have to invent a new word to describe what we do. Any ideas?