To Blog or Not to Blog

So...uhhhmmm...yeah...here we are. Awfully big space. So much room for words. Oh well I suppose It's too late to run away now.

I've been thinking about starting a blog for a while now, and let me tell you there have been hurdles.

First,I had to learn to appreciate reading other people's blogs. It started out as a way to kill time at work before I began to actually be entertained and informed by other people's thoughts.

Second, I had to get past the opinion that blogs were for narcissistic navel-gazing, or a desperate cry for attention. Naturally this was the hardest part. But seriously I have talked to many friends, and read lots of posts on this matter, and self-expression seems to be a big part of it for most people. Along with reassuring people that haven't seen you in a while that you are still alive. There's many other reasons I'm sure, but so far so good.

Thirdly, overcoming my own shortcomings in this matter. Namely procrastination, laziness, and fear. Well I find that for me if I dive into something my work ethic forces me to continue that effort to it's perfect conclusion, so that takes care of the procrastination and laziness. Fear is really the big obstacle as it is for most people in most things.

Will people read my blog?
Will they like what I write?
Will I have stuff to write?
Should I leave stuff out?
Should I go back and edit my posts?
Should I pick a different title, so that I don't have to live up to something I can't deliver?
What does it mean that if "I was a Lord of the Ring character I'd be Legolas"?

You know all the usual stuff. Anyways I have come up with the easy solution of not caring that I've perfected for so many aspects of my life. It doesn't matter if people don't read my blog, or don't like it. I'll just write what I feel like, and I won't go back and examine every little thing I write. So what you see is what you get.

...And I swear to you that I will never ever post any quizzes here so you'll have to read on never knowing which ninja turtle I am.