Oh Joy! My Very First Blog…

I used to write in a journal… In fact I have filled up about 4 or 5 journals in my life. Then I stopped when I was about 18-ish. That was 7-ish years ago. I don’t know why I quit writing. Probably because I always had too much to say and hated it when my hand would start to hurt from writing so much. Or probably because I didn’t make the time for it. Life gets complicated as you get older.  Not that whoever is reading this doesn’t already know that, but I am writing this mostly for me, not you, so shut it. :) Or it could be because of all of the dudes with vaginas I have dated over the years that didn’t have their own life or hobbies and heaven forbid a few minutes of my time go towards me writing in my journal alone and in peace and take away from ‘us time’. Ugh… So so soooooooo glad to finally be single again. Some people make it a mission in life to date and hold onto a long-term relationship in an effort to find ‘the one’…. Yeah, been there done that. My new mission is to stay as far away from relationships as possible and be absolutely selfish from now on. Sick and tired of living for someone else. It’s time for me again.

Anyway I wanted to start a blog because I have been thinking about and needing a way to export all of the thoughts and emotions and ideas that constantly bang around in my brain all day. I think writing is a very therapeutic outlet and because I am a faster typer than I am a writer, I decided to create a blog. Who knows!? Maybe blogging will re-inspire my drive to make more time to write in my journal once in a while. After all, I still have one that I haven’t finished so I need to fill it up eventually.

I am working today… It has been a kind of slow day. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing but the problem with slow work days is that it leads to more and more thinking. Thinking about all the things I want and need to do but don’t have time for and can’t do right now because I am at work. I have been trying to organize and gather up all of the thoughts and ideas I have. (Starting a blog being one of them). Soooooo… Here is my list of thoughts/goals for now:

- Get back into my workout routine and eat healthier

- Need to buy a new bike and gear for hiking and running etc.
- Go through my place and get rid of stuff/clothes I don’t need or want anymore, (‘de-clutter’)

- Lots and lots of homework to do... EEEK!
- Quit smoking??? Hmmmmm….
- Save more money so I can spend more money (yeah, because THAT makes sense Liesl…)

Ahh the things that come to mind… So far I have accomplished ZERO of the things on that list this week (except the homework part). I know it’s only 11:13AM on a Thursday, but the fact that I am about to go out on a smoke break and am planning on skipping the gym tonight so I have more time to run errands before class, and then have happy hour/dinner afterward isn’t exactly a good sign for my efforts. But in the end, things always seem to pull through for me somehow… (knock on wood)