Caution Wet Floor

It seems everywhere we look these days, people are starting blogs. From what their day is like to the traveling they have done, there is a blog on just about everything. Still though, the first thing I have learned about writing a blog is that though despite the fact that you want to make it a daily thing, if you don’t stick to that it can very easily get away from you. I have found in previous attempts at starting a blog that when that happens I overcompensate with extra long posts. Whereas this does give one the sense of accomplishment, it is a false sense as posts are then sporadic.

Back in my College days and for a little while after, I, like many of my friends started using LiveJournal. In many cases some of the oldest blogs out there came from people doing the same thing. But as blogging exploded, I becamed less eager to write something everyday. Today I was re-reading an article by a “friend” of mine Chris Guillebeau. Although we have never met, we have corresponded and his The Art of Nonconformity was really one of the catalysts to my taking my trip to Europe. Anyway the article I was reading was called Creating a Legacy Project. It is a long article but definitely worth the read.

It got me to thinking about a few things, like what is it I want to do. No small task I assure you, just ask anyone that knows me. More importantly it made me think what do I want this blog to reflect, and who I am hoping to reach. Some you may like it, some you may not and that is ok. I think part of the reason I have been so hesitant to start writing this is because I was putting way too much thought into each post. So I tell you here and now, not every post is gonna be good, some will be longer than others.

It also got me to thinking about what kind of message I want to be spreading and how to properly convey this message. In the coming days, I will be fleshing out what I expect of this blog and what you can expect to see in the posts. I know because I have been following a few of the travel blogs myself both while I was traveling in Europe and now that I am back,  I jotted down notes of all my travels in Europe and will start posting them once a week with some pictures and things I learned along the way.

Thank You and bear with me as I find my footing and figure this blogging thing out.

Yes I know I have had a few false starts here, mostly because life is kicking me hard right now. But enough of that as it is my issue and not yours. Writing however is therapeutic and as a result I think I need it now more than ever. So I am working on a plan to make this Blog a bigger part of my life. This week will all about testing new material themes. The new start date for this blog will be Sunday the 19th, which will make it the only post out there.

I am going to start pulling some old posts and reposting them at a later date as well new stuff. The goal is a post a day, sometimes with a theme, sometimes without a theme. Hopefully this will get the juices flowing. Also I have written (though not yet posted) some articles on other blogs and some articles for other people which I will provide links to as well. Yes for those of you wondering I have always been a late bloomer so I guess this is where I hit my stride. What do you guys think? Comments from the few of you who read this are welcomed and appreciated.