I've never excelled at anything.
Not that I really mind. I'm generally happy and don't really need anything to be really good at.
Of course there are things I'm better at than the average person. Like drawing for example and apparantly my poetry and writings aren't the worst either.

In secondary school (or highschool for the Americans among us) the little popularity I could get was through my drawings. Mostly silly little comics, which leaned more on my creativity than ability to draw, but also a high amount of drawings of Leonardo diCaprio and other such boys that pleased the girls eyes at the time. It gave me some purpose and so drawing got me through most of my school years.

It was to my own surprise when it turned out on DeviantArt that my poetry is actually more appreciated than my drawings. And when one of my short stories got published on Creepypasta.com I never suspected it would get over 140 positive comments and turn out to be one of the most popular stories on there.
But that was just my "15 minutes of fame" it's highly doubtfull I'll ever be able to repeat that success.
I'll never be able to make either drawing, poetry or writing my living. It's simply not good enough.
But like I said I don't mind. I mostly draw and write for myself anyway and I don't think I would make it my job even if I could. It would take all the fun out of it. Working with a deadline was never something I could do.

Then why, if I only draw and write for myself, do I feel the need to post it all over the Web? I admit I do like the positive attention and it's purely a selfish thing in the end. Though it is sometimes frustrating that you don't share the same taste as the general public.
The art I'm most proud of usually gets the least comments. It would be so much easier to get positive feedback by just giving the majority what they want. Luckely I haven't fallen that far yet. I draw and write what I feel like at the time and I surely don't push out 50 pictures a week of big eyed voluptuous anime girls like some others I've seen on DeviantArt. I could if I wanted to, but where would the fun in that be?

So I keep on doing what I like. It will never make me the next J.K. Rowlings and I will never be remembered by millions after I'm gone. But at least I can keep on drawing and writing in peace.
Isn't that what a hobby is all about anyway?