Me? A writer?

Do I count myself as a writer? I would have to say no. I think of a writer as someone who is either paid to write, or has their work published. Published either in a book, magazine, journal, newspaper- whatever it may be. I think of a writer as someone who writes even when they don’t have to. I am not one of those people. I do enjoy writing I think I’m pretty good at it and people have told me my work is good. When I was little I remember getting on the computer and writing stories when I didn’t have to. I loved creative writing and having the freedom of being imaginative. I would write tons and tons of stories and have my mom and family friends read them when they came over. Now days, being a college student, I don’t have the time to be creatively writing. I have real essays and projects due that can’t be successfully completed by making up stories about the thoughts in my head. I just re-read what I wrote and I’ve changed my mind (haha) I think I could count myself as a writer, not a serious one, but yes- a writer. These blogs are exactly what I would call “published” but they are online for anyone to see, and I do think about what I’m writing on here and I can write pretty much whatever I want, of course staying on topic. So I guess I am a writer, but not what I typically imagine a real, professional writer to be.