August 3, 2006
Why I’m Here
My friends have been urging me to blog for quite some time. They suffer under the delusion that I not only have things to say, but that I say them well and other people should see them. I remain unconvinced, but, well, they’re my friends and most of them have exhibited good judgement in the past, so here I am. Here’s hoping that I don’t make too much of a fool of myself or make them rethink my worth.
I’m a fifty-something, self-employed empty-nester living in Hawaii. There are some things I like very much about my life. I like the independence of working for myself. I like what I do for a living. I like where I live. I love my son and my two dogs and a select group of friends. I like that there is always a book nearby that needs reading. I like bookcrossing.com, which would keep me from getting buried in books if I were a more faithful member.
The one thing I dislike the most about my life is the clutter that I live in. It seems like I’ve always had too much stuff, but the quantity has become overwhelming in recent years. Procrastination is another undesirable trait, and is why I’m always going to start addressing the clutter tomorrow.
Tomorrow really will come. It’s almost here. Starting tomorrow I’ll try to do one thing each day to address my clutter problem. I don’t know what I’ll blog about, except for this: I will report plans and progress on the clutter problem here. No, that’s not all I’ll be writing about. Whether I’m an interesting person is an unknown in the blogging world. What’s not in question is that there are interesting things and interesting people in my life, and that I live in an interesting place in these interesting times. So I’ll share some of that with you. And with each post I’ll tell you about a task, sometimes large, sometimes small, that will move me towards digging myself out from under the stuff. I’ll try to be honest in reporting failures - and there will be failures. My fear of public humiliation will be a driving factor in keeping me on track.
Wish me luck. Tomorrow.
Posted by skeet @ 8:00 pm • Recreation, Home & Family
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November 13th, 2006 at 4:57 pm, Lee Says:
oh boy some skeeter every day (hopefully)…; and one of my other favorite topics too…CLUTTER…I am totally crushing on you right now!