Doing the darn thing

Finding the time and energy to write is a massive step within itself. Sitting down in front of my laptop with a big cup of coffee only to find myself repetitively scrolling through emails or social media to avoid the thing that I set out to do. Is it just me - or do we make achievable goals only to find ourselves purposefully distracted from that first step?

I’m not a believer in New Year’s resolutions, (“Wherever you go, there you are” - Oscar Wilde) but something about 2022 feels different for me. I feel more motivated than ever to execute these big dreams that exist in my head. Writing has always been a method for me to work out those crazy concepts that strike me throughout the day. I usually journal but for some reason, I want to actually get my thoughts out there into the world to be digested by whoever the heck wants to.

So, as you can probably tell by this point, this blog post isn’t about any well thought out concept or insightful message about life, it’s literally about just doing the damn thing. Recently, someone inspired me to get this down into words on a page. I didn’t fear the questions of ‘Will it be good enough?’ or ‘Am I good enough?’ No no no. It was ‘Can I even do this?’ So here I am, doing it. And that is good enough for me.

I think in a top-down paradigm, but for me this blog is going to challenge me to examine the foundational and often overlooked smaller ideas and thoughts that I have. When I ask myself the big question of “who am I?” (which is nearly everyday) it scares me that I rarely feel that I have a clear answer. I hope that this blog leads me closer to that answer, and I’ve learned this past year that we are made up of a bunch of little different things that make us who we are. There’s not an articulate and concise sentence to capture the complexity of our being. It’s a whole lot of tiny little things, traits, experiences, beliefs, and values. This blog may just be capturing the molecular spurts of life and putting them in writing. Thanks for being here.