I am very lucky to say that I am friends with a lot of creative people. Doing a creative writing course I naturally made friends with a lot of writers, but I also know a lot of artists, and more recently have come to know a lot of bloggers. One thing all of these creative people have in common, other than much larger emotional ranges than normal and a tendency to lean to the left of political issues, is that theyβre all reluctant to label themselves as such.

A lot of people I know have a tendency to say theyβre βwannabe artistsβ or βaspiring bloggersβ. This frustrates me because it shows a lack of confidence in the incredible work they produce. It downplays and even erases the hard work they put in to what they do. I had a seminar tutor once who told us it was bullshit to think of ourselves as anything but writers β we write, therefore weβre writers. We blog, therefore we’re bloggers.
If you do the thing and want to be theΒ thing, you are that thing!Β
Bloggers, even beginners like me, put a huge amount of work into blogging β those who can afford to even do it full time it can be such a huge task. Just because you may not be earning any money or have loads and loads of followers doesnβt mean you canβt call yourself a blogger β you’re blogging, you’re a blogger! If your writing hasnβt been published or your art isnβt for sale, you are still a writer/artist just in the fact that you write/make art!
Itβs such a simple thing, but even putting yourself in the mindset that βyeah, I am a real blogger/writer/artist!β is a great way to get yourself feeling more confident and in defining yourself as such on social media it shows more confidence in yourself and your work.
Donβt be afraid to lump yourself in with the pros β go for it! If you work hard and youβre proud of your work then you deserve to call yourself a blogger/writer/artist. Youβre good enough.
Does your bio say youβre an βaspiringβ something?
Change it.
I dare you.
See you soon,
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Your words always jump out at me!! lol. This made me go to my instagram and change my bio from Amateur Blogger to MH/Lifestyle Blogger. Well written Roisin! π
Nikki O.
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Aha well done! I’m so glad you like it! π
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Love this Roisin! I’m definitely ditching the word aspiring when I tell people about my blogging. It’s such a safety blanket though, its so terrifying to say with conviction that your a blogger and not an aspiring blogger when you don’t have many people that actually read your blog. You made such good points that you’ve convinced me though!! I am a BLOGGER! Excellent, well written post as always! Jess xx
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You are a blogger and you should totally have confidence to tell people – your blog is great!! Glad you liked it! Xx
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I agree. No aspiring –be who you want to be. #keepwriting
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