It's about time!

Greetings and salutations everyone and a Happy 2014!

I have been reading some of my other favorite blogs and have thought about, maybe, deleting this blog. I haven't been so great at updating it and caring for it. I would think about things to post, and then, for whatever lame reason, I wouldn't. While other have made their blogs flourish, I have just kind of stopped caring.

But why? Why have I stopped caring? I am trying to figure that one out. Is it lack of time? Heavens no! I am not really that busy. Is it that I feel inadequate?  Not really. While I could always improve my writing skills, I'm not that bad at it. Then...what? Unfortunately, I think it's all in my head. Along with way too many other things.

I try to remember why I started blogging in the first place. Back in 2008, that is what you did. This is how you shared things with others and connected to the outside world. It was a digital journal that could be viewed by strangers. Jump to present day 2014 and now it's all about video blogging, or vlogging on YouTube. With social media being as it is, the written word is starting to go "out of style".

I find myself watching vlogs now more than reading blogs. I am slowly getting caught up in the whole social network craze. I watch YouTube, have a Facebook account, take pictures and post them to Instagram and Twitter, I will Pinterest like crazy, and I am figuring out the world of Tumbler. And why? Why does it matter what someone did in their day? Do I need to see a picture of what you had for lunch today? I know one thing for sure. I don't need to read the ramblings of the Kardashian clan. NO ONE DOES! But, I digress...much like they do on a daily basis.

But I have decided that I need to blog. And not for other people, but for me. I have so many strange thoughts and ideas that need to come out of my brain. And with the current costs of health care, I can't afford therapy. That's a $35 co-pay every time I need to be told I'm not crazy, or that I'm beyond help in some cases. Besides, it may be nice to have a record to look back at and map my journey into insanity. (Crap, I'm already there!)

So, my goal is to write twice a week here for a little while and see how it goes. I have a feeling 2014 is going to be a good year and I have high hopes for more adventures and self discovery. I want to revamp the blog, or start a 2nd one. But we will start here first.