I met a man last night at the business card exchange who told me his title is Rōnin.
“Wha?”
“A Rōnin is a samurai with no lord or master, that’s me! I work for myself doing computer repair, I have no lord or master controlling me.”

I thought that was pretty terrific. I wonder if he would mind if I borrow that?

And it’s something I keep thinking about today. I keep forgetting that I don’t have anyone monitoring me. I forget that I can do as I please! I often sit here at my computer and just putz. The reason why I believe I do this is because for so long (almost 15 years!) I’ve worked for other people and I was paid to stay seated whether I had work to do or not. And now it’s hard for me to push away and do other things. I somehow equate sitting here as being productive. It’s odd.

I am a Rōnin!