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This blog has been a long time coming. For months, I have had ideas in my head...I pretty much write posts in my head while I shower, while I drive, etc. I carefully craft the sentences, and they sound so interesting. But the few times I've sat down to put my thoughts to paper (er - keyboard), they never sound as melodious as they had in my head.

So I keep giving up. But no more. Starting now, I am going to commit to putting the proverbial pen to paper when I have something to say. I always feel pressure to make my writing perfect - after all, I was a journalism major in college, which means I have expectations of myself, and my readers will also have expectations. I feel pressure to write good (hee hee -- get it? How could you respect a trained journalist who wrote that?!), I mean, to write well.

My plan is this: I am going to start writing and put all pressures out of my mind. I am sure as time passes, my writing will tighten up, but as this happens, I am not going to let it paralyze me. A quote keeps popping into my head which someone shared a few months ago. It was in relation to swimming, and I'm not sure where it comes from, but here it is:

DEAD LAST FINISH

IS BETTER THAN

DID NOT FINISH

WHICH TRUMPS

DID NOT START

So I am using that for inspiration. I don't have to explain why this can be utilized for this blog, as I'm giving you enough credit without me spelling it out for you.

So here I go. I am relieving myself of all pressures, and want to let my words flow.