NaBloPoMoFaLaLaLaLa

You know what I used to do?  Blog.  Almost every day: long posts, explanations, clever witticisms.  I started my freshman year in college, just journaling my thoughts on a web page to get take a break from writing papers. I cataloged the random thoughts and goofy ideas I had.  I went to grad school and got pretty busy, so I focused on 5 things I was thankful for every day.  On the tail-end of my Masters, I transitioned from my own webpage to a blogging site...and it turned into something NOT just about putting thoughts out, but about community-building and expanding friendships as well.

Blogging, to me, wasn't time consuming.  I was in the habit of collecting thoughts, pulling them together in some semi-cohesive way throughout the day, and sitting down to write them out.  I kept blog posts in my brain and literally just dumped them. 1000 words out in 15 minutes, easy because I'd had them in my head all day.  That was neat - I had time for other crap too.   Apparently I had more room in my head.

Today I can honestly say that I'm out of shape with collecting thoughts and writing them out....and this actually makes me a bit sad.  It's like my muscles have atrophied...my brain is slow to start.  Like after taking (oh 15?) years away from the piano, it's like sitting down and everything looks the same...but my fingers don't work the way they used to.  I need to warm-up.

So I'll take this NaBloPoMoFaLaLaLaLa challenge - who knows, it might encourage me to get back in the habit of writing for fun every day.  Lord knows I have enough to say, I hope I can pull it out of my big o'le bean.