Away We Go…..Again.

Why does it seem like so many of my posts are apologetic in nature? I suppose a follow up question would be who am I apologizing to? But once again I look back and see that it has been 5 months or so since my last post. I can’t really explain this break. Sure I was busy for a while with work but a big part of this exercise for me is learning to write around my work schedule so that is not really a valid excuse. But I suppose if I had to come up with a reason I would guess that it has something to do with the broader world and not feeling too much inspiration to write.

Things have been a bit melancholy lately – for everyone – so maybe I just didn’t feel like contributing to the negativity and writing about how frustrating things are. But during some recent thinking I made the decision that I need to really start approaching all aspects of my life with a better attitude and some blind optimism. I am going to just assume that things will approve and try to live “as if”. As if everything is exactly as I would like it to be. As if I am in total control of all the external factors that impact my daily life. Lumped in to that line of thinking is the removal of my self-created excuse to not try and write everyday – so whether or not I meant to, I got to get going. I may fall short and write once a week, I may write five times a week, but most importantly I am going to try and write when I feel I have something I want to share and in a manner that puts me in the custom of watching my thoughts appear in font on my computer screen. I already have a few thoughts I want to get out there so I will post those in the coming days. 

I look forward to all of your challenges to keep me up to this and I of course look forward to any responses you all may have.

New Design

Thought I would try a new layout, maybe it will inspire to write and post more. I am interested to know what the verdict is, if I should keep it. What do you think?

Another Try.

So I have decided to take another shot at the blog thing, once again in a effort to keep my writing a little sharper. Despite the massive failure of my last effort, I did enjoy the process and learned a few things that I hope will make this one a little more successful. Those few who followed my blog will obviously recognize a different website and a different theme. This has been done for two reasons. 1.) Typepad and I had a disagreement on the requirements for them to host my blog. They wanted money, I no longer wanted to pay for a service that is free elsewhere. Hopefully it was an amicable separation. 2.) I am hoping the new digs inspire me to keep up with it and allow me a fresh start. Hopefully no one was too attached to the old site.

Last time around I went to great lengths to keep my identity private, which I think resulted in several goofy entries. Being that I am entertaining several career paths at the moment, one of which happens to be writing, I am going to try and get used to the action of putting my words out there with no anonymity. I am hoping it will force me to stand behind my thoughts and remain aware of the words I am putting out there. I think an important part of writing is the relationship that grows between the writer and the audience and obviously this is hampered when the author builds a wall between the two. In order to facilitate this I will not link to any other blogs whose authors wish to remain anonymous and despite the massive blow it will have to my readership I am fine with not being linked to any as well.

Secondly,  in the introductory post of my last blog I put self-imposed restrictions on the topics I was looking to cover. This came back to haunt me as I often had thoughts I wanted to share on a certain topic but felt like I was breaking my word if I chose to write on it. This time I will put no restrictions and I hope I will write on whatever topic I feel like, depending on my perspective that  moment.

Lastly, I will keep the constructive criticism I received and try to maintain shorter posts. I recognize that I have a tendency to rant and can often make the simplest subjects seem too long-winded. I will try to keep my thoughts concise here (likely with the occasional long post) and hope that makes it easier for anyone who wants to follow my thoughts. So here goes…..