New Year's Revolution!

So, friends have told me off and on for a while that I should start writing a blog. Usually, I just kind of shrugged it off, since it seemed like a self-promotional sort of thing, which I tend to avoid. Not that self-promotion is a bad thing, exactly. I've just always had a problem with going: "Ta-dah! It's me! And look what I can do!" Maybe it's because, usually, whatever it is I can do is either not all that impressive to other people, or I mess it up somehow.

But recently I started to realize something: I am not a very disciplined person. This is a bad thing for people who like and/or need to write. I'm an "and" person: writing makes my life better. However, it's a hobby, for the most part, so that means there aren't actually any real deadlines or real people who demand that I finish such and such project or else. When I have free time, and I can write to my heart's content, I usually wake up in the morning and go: "Yay [if it's a good morning]! All right! Taking-the- dog-out-time! Breakfast time! Email Time! Facebook time! Website time! ... Oh wait. Writing Time... I mean, oh. Hm. Well, there's this... Well, I don't like that sentence... I.... What the hell...? Hm. Oh well... Hey, Facebook Time!" And suddenly it's dinnertime.

I read on Don Miller's blog that writing a blog helped him to actually write (yeah, crazy huh?). So that's awesome. He also wrote that it's helped him see the world and everyday life experiences a little differently. That's a good thing, too. And those are both things that I would like to happen this year.

The thing is, I'm pretty terrible at New Year's Resolutions, usually because the ones I pick are kind of lame. Well, maybe not lame, but the kinds of things that are impossible to fully accomplish because they're not super major. Like I've already mentioned: discipline and I are not so compatible anymore. (Which, on a side note, I blame on my husband's influence. I used to be very disciplined... and maybe a little compulsive.) So while I will probably still make these not-so-great resolutions, I think I want to make them a little bit beefier by making it harder to back out of them. So something like a special little blog should help, and it should get me writing more. At least a few times a week.

So that's all. Thanks for giving me a few minutes of your life. Here it goes.