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Should you quit your day job to blog? Sure. Why not.

While you're at home, why not watch some television. Try to find something worthwhile. After all, even if you don't have a job, your time is still valuable.

Judge shows teach you a lot. So do shows about flipping houses. So do infomercials about detoxifying your digestive system.

Some people like to watch the news.

Perhaps you could tackle that movie-a-thon you've been meaning to watch. Make some popcorn, or Chex mix if you're feeling crafty. Now get comfy and watch all your movies in chronological order. It's even more fun if you coordinate your outfit to express the time and attitude of each film.

Next organize your spice rack. What is tamarind? I know, you could google it!

Be sure to squeeze a nap in if you can find the time.

Catch up on your scrapbooking.

If you get broke, sell some plasma. If your hair is long enough, sell it to Locks For Love. Oh, wait. They only take donations. Never mind about the Locks For Love part.

If you get even more broke, gather up all your soda cans and turn them in for money. Don't do this too often or on too regular of a schedule, or it will qualify as a job, which is exactly what you set out to avoid.

Now make yourself some coffee, after your nap, and become the blogger you knew you could be. Enlighten the world with your views on whatever strikes your fancy. Think of all the virtual people who are appreciating you

So how are you feeling? Is blogging working out for you?

Or do you feel like a big loser?

Just asking.

Okay, I think I have made my point. There are an infinite number of excellent reasons to quit your job, but becoming a full-time blogger is not one of them. Don't give me that one-in-a-million-bloggers-make s-a-fortune argument. Not one word of it.

The very definition of blogging (Wearing wine-stained pajamas and ranting to cyberspace - oh, wait, that sounds like me right now) is a silly waste of time. In no way a substitute for a job. And absolutely not a money maker.

So if you want to quit your job, may I suggest that you begin gardening or playing a musical instrument instead of blogging. You could save three-legged puppies from puppy mills or volunteer at a homeless shelter.

Any of these choices would be much healthier and more productive than blogging, and much less likely to inspire you to begin using anti-depressants.

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