New Beginnings...Again

Sitting here, I realized that this isn't my first attempt at a blog. Not even my second. I'm actually not sure how many times I've started and stopped this whole blogging kick. Who's to say that this will be the one that actually sticks? I just know that my brain is near maximum capacity at the moment and I need a place to unpack some excess baggage.

I think the only way that this is going to work is if I start out small. I always set out with these lofty ambitions of sitting down at my computer every evening and typing out my witty and thought-provoking observations, but then I start drafting something and realize that a) I'm not as witty as I thought I was and b) my gift for creative writing has been beaten out of me by years of research projects and legal writing. As a result, I start off strong, get frustrated, and then eventually abandon the thing altogether. Come to think of it, this is a typical M.O. for me; type A personalities hate failing, so if I sense I'm bad at something, I get angry and give up. Anybody who's gone bowling or played pool with me knows this firsthand.

So to start out, I'm gonna try to update this once a week. I figure enough will happen over that span of time that I'll at least have something to talk (or complain) about. I do remember a time in my life where all I wanted to do was write, so maybe baby steps will help knock off some of the cobwebs. Maybe this will help get me motivated to spend my winter break writing my thesis...

...maybe I should just stick with the original "baby steps" idea. Yeah, that's probably better...