Sorry I'm Late

Over the past month or so, the topic of creating a blog has been a consistent recurrence in my life leading me to believe that the universe is guiding me to undertake this project.

As with most things, I am excited to see where the evolution of this experience will take me. There are four specific reasons that I want to be a "blogger" but I am sure other valuable reasons will manifest themselves throughout this journey.

Reason 1: I recently graduated from college and have a lot of time on my hands. This seems to be a semi-productive use of some of my free time.

Reason 2: I want to sharpen my writing/research ability. As a student of a social sciences degree, I wrote so much that by my final semesters in school, writing became as habitual as driving a car or even breathing. I want those skills to stay sharp and I am excited to finally write about the topics I care about and in any style I desire.

Reason 3: I am horrible at keeping a journal. I have tried several times to make some sort of record. I had a physical journal at one point, I tried a digital journal, I made spreadsheets of personal daily life data, and I even tried an audio journal. None of these record keeping tactics stuck and I think it is because I despise looking back to see how stupid and immature I used to be. The process seemed forced and I eventually convinced myself that I no longer had the time for it. This blog is different because my focus is on writing for an audience here and now (even if my mom is the only person who follows it).

Reason 4: In 2004 I graduated from High School and by the end of the year I was beginning my two year LDS mission. Because of my status in life, I missed out of few experiences that for some reason has taken me 8 years to make my way to the bandwagon (Nothing worse than riding in an over crowded bandwagon... by hopping on the 2004 bandwagon I get my own seat with plenty of legroom).


Therefore, so far this month I have...
*Complained about the cost of gasoline reaching about $2.10 a gallon
*Opened a MySpace account only to delete it and join (rejoin in my case) Facebook
*Made a sign to hold up outside of the Today Show that reads "Free Martha Stewert!"
*Watched the movie The Incredibles
*and finally, I started this blog