Work. There's that four-letter word again. It's the word we love to hate, but it doesn't have to be that way.

Whether you're working a full-time job for some thankless employer or retired like I am, you may be working without even knowing it. Work, ignoring any kind of textbook definition, comes in many forms.

If you look at my Technorati profile, you'll see that it says (over on the left) that "blogging is my new career choice". If it doesn't say that, it means that Technorati is flaking out again and displaying the old information that I changed over a week ago. The gist of the matter is that I consider blogging a form of work, even though it's a form of work that I enjoy.

It's my sincere belief that all humans need and crave work of some kind. Stay-at-home moms might not consider what they do as work, but it's work nonetheless. If all you're doing is being involved in a charity, or even a church, you're doing a form of work. Work serves one of our basic needs in life. The need for a sense of purpose, a sense of direction.

As I'll write about later today, I had to conquer some of my own fears in order to be in the position where I could choose my own kind of work. Even though I don't have a set schedule, I have goals and things I want to accomplish without getting sucked into what I like to call "the time crunch".

Sponsored posts play a vital part in some of my goals and it's something you might want to look into for yourself. Heck, I've been getting paid anywhere from $5.00 (in US dollars) to $40.00 per post. I've paid for my domain names and my web hosting with my earnings so far and I plan to buy a new computer with future earnings. Not a laptop again and not just a desktop computer. I want to buy one that will last at least two years before I have to replace even one component and it's not going to be cheap.

It isn't for everyone, but some of you might want to read through some of my various writings to see how I got to where I am today. It might inspire you to try something similar or go in a completely opposite direction. The choice is yours to make.

(Update 2007-09-22: Other commitments prevented me from writing the other article. It's coming soon.)