And then there was a blog

I've tried this blogging thing before without much success; my downfall every time seems to be a) my inherent laziness, which means I never post again after the first missive and b) every time I've tried blogging it's been about diet and weight-loss, and I've had so many spectacular (or not so spectacular, depending on your point of view) failures at that that the blog just ends up being one of the many hopes abandoned in the attempt.

I'd like this time to be different. For one thing, I've always had a desire to write, in some form or other. Ideally I'd write the next great Harry Potter series and become a zillionare like JK Rowling in the process, but I figure I need to start small.

Also, there's so much going on in my head right now that I think writing it out could be good for me. How smart this is when the world will be able to access my thoughts via this blog, I don't know. We'll have to see how it goes (also, I'm pretty skeptical that anyone will want to read my thoughts, so I'm probably pretty safe).

So what do I want this blog to be about? As I mentioned before, I've tried several times to blog about dieting. What I eat and how I feel about it will be a large component of this blog as well, simply because it's a large component of my life. But there are other things that I want to talk about too, simply because they are also a huge part of my life and getting it all "out there" will be important, I think. I'm keeping the blog anonymous, though, so only pseudonyms will be used.

Most importantly, I think the overall theme of this blog will be me just trying to figure it all out. I turned 30 a couple months ago, and my life isn't exactly what I always thought it would be at this stage. It's not all bad, but it's not all good, either. And, as the saying goes you have to go after what you want. So here goes with exactly that. It's time to figure out what I want, how to get it, and how to be happy in the process.

If there is anyone out there who will read this and you've made it this far, you rock. Seriously. Look for more very soon.