That's right, I'm pulling the trigger and writing a blog post. For the past few years I've thought about blogging. I've set up accounts and played around with templates and themes. I've decided on niches and brainstormed ideas for posts. Heck, I've even spent $7 on a domain name. But, when I couldn't get the blog to look exactly as I hoped and I was too tired after a day at the office followed by an evening checking homework and preparing dinner to flesh out those brainstormed ideas, I just never actually started. In fact, I don't even like the domain name I purchased anymore. (Of course, as you get to know me through this blog you'll realize me changing my mind about something like that is no big surprise.)
You might be wondering why, with all the preparation I've done in the past, did I just not start posting my thoughts. Well, I hit a wall before ever getting started. I just couldn't think of the perfect first post. It needed to be profound, it needed to be a window into who I am and what you can expect from my blog, and it needed to be, well, perfect. Despite my best efforts, I just never could write that post. So, I didn't. Yet, I continued to want to join the world of blogging mommies because I have plenty of things to say... if I could ever just come up with that first post.
That leads us to this morning and this post. It's my first post! It's not profound, it's not perfect. But, it may be a window into who I am, and that scares me a little. I am a perfectionist who tends to procrastinate. I'm a great planner who doesn't always follow through on the execution. That's right, I'm a big ol' clichéd ball of contradictions. But, that's okay since contradictions make life more interesting.
I'm giving up and the niche and just writing whatever I feel like that day. My life doesn't happen in neat little compartments, so letting it all hang out there is going to be a better ride anyway.
And, with that, the elusive first post is done. I knew I could do it.
