Shhhhh....everyone whisper. This is a silent opening. No big mass emails, no facebook posts, no tweets, just me you and the fun we're about to have.
Blogs piss me off. They're often times so egocentric. I know I've mentioned this before, but I feel when I write a blog and invite everyone to come read it, I'm standing on a virtual mountain top, violently waiving my hands in the air, and screaming "HEYYYYY EVERYONE!!!! Come look at me! Pay attention to me! I'm starving for attention! My life is interesting, I swear! Hey! Me! Me! Me! Me!" I get this jaded opinion of blogs because I've read hundreds of blogs and often find they're uninteresting ramblings of people who are in desperate need of attention and approval (sorry bloggers out there). When writing a blog post, I often times I ask myself, "Why the hell am I doing this?"
Well, I've come up with a good answer, and this is why I'm starting this blog back up. I'm doing this for me. Not for you, or your approval, or your acceptance, or your accountability, or even your entertainment, but for me. I enjoy writing. I enjoy telling stories. I enjoy keeping a log or journal of my progress. I enjoy blogging! Therefore, I've decided that I shouldn't let that the ignoramus, attention starved, boring ass bloggers of the world discourage me from continuing my blog.
I'm doing this with the philosophy that this is for fun. If people follow along, great! I really do appreciate everyone's comments and support, but that's not what is going to motivate me to continue blogging.
As I've mentioned before, blogging (or journaling) is really, really, REALLY healthy for you (read more here). For me, the biggest benefit of blogging is that is gives me a better perspective of time. It allows me slowly digest each day and to truly feel what an entire day, week, month, or year feels like, thus allowing me to savor each day a little bit more.
Look for a couple blogs a week from me. Unlike previous attempts at this blog, I'm going to blog when I want to, and not blog when I don't need to. Hopefully this will create more of a balance for me and allow me to keep this going for as long as possible.
Welp, here we go.
BCP
