So the craziest thing just happened.
I clicked to sign in to Blogger and the link brought me here, to this blog. I was all ready to write something out on my old blog just for me, when I discovered I had created this one a little over a year ago. What?!
So I guess long story short, hey, I forgot this blog existed. Oops.
That got me thinking about starting habits, and ending them too. I don't do it enough if I'm being honest. This blog is proof of that.
The biggest problem for me is that I promise myself I will start this new, exciting thing, just not now. Who knows when the time will be right? All I know is that it is rarely the present. I've realized that I should start making it the present. If it's something I'm simply being lazy about, there is never going to be a time where I truly want to do it. Writing, making art, going to the gym, even flossing I avoid like they are the most terrible things in the world*.
The moment you tell yourself you should do something, just do it. I always get that sense of accomplishment when I do the things I tend to avoid. Even now I want to close this post and not share it with the internet, but if I don't start now, will I ever?
Nothing has to be perfect, especially if it's new. I wasn't always able to run a mile at the gym; it took months for me to get there. So let's view this post as one of my first visits to the gym, where I awkwardly used the elliptical for about 20 minutes before shuffling back out to my car wondering what the hell I was doing.
Someday I will be running for miles, or writing for...several paragraphs and actually saying something I need to. Starting is the hard part, but now I've done it, so I'd say I'm on the right track.
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*Actually the gym might be the worst, but I guess it's good for you or whatever.
