A Good Start?

I've been considering how exactly to kick this blog off. I guess my biggest fear is that I won't really have that much to say. After all, I've read a lot of blogs that are pretty bad. It does seem rather easy to suck at this. I'm not expecting to get everything correct right out of the gate. However, it would be nice to look back at these first posts and not rage vomit over the keyboard.

I am well aware that some aspects of being thirty are just not blog-worthy. So, what is worth blogging about? I could have made this a very focused blog about sports, or beer, or theatre (note: as I write this, spellcheck is alerting me that I am using the very un-American spelling of "Theatre" v the far more freedom-loving version "theatER"), or any one thing I feel pretty strongly about.

But I don't really care about one of those things. I should rephrase that: I don't just care about one thing. So, unless I want to start ten different blogs, I figured I would try to keep this blog rather open so I can fully encompass my Third Decade Experience (TDE). I will probably touch on all those things above in some way or another and I'll eventually figure out what is truly worth the writing as I go on.

To speed the learning curve and stave off boredom, I developed a structure to my madness. As I mentioned in my first post, I'm going to challenge myself for a predetermined time in a variety of ways. I figure this will give an overall structure and drive to keep this page from getting too scattered and boring. I would even invite some of you to think of new and devious ways to push this old body, mind, and spirit to the limit. The first one is going to be food related. It's not about losing weight. Stay tuned.

I am going to set up some ground rules for basic blogging. I done some great research (on the internet) and I've felt I've learned a trick or two. Also, I've ignored a lot of their advice.

1. I'm won't go back and change old posts. I can edit before I post, but not after. If there is an update to what I have written, I'll post another post. If I err, then I should learn from my mistakes. God help me if my grammar is terrible.

2. I will post as regularly as I can.

3. There shall be content. I won't post something just to let you know I'm alive.

4. I won't use anybody's name unless they say so. Public figures exempted.

5. I won't lie.

That's it. I'm getting ready to gear this thing up in the next couple days with the first real challenge. I am thirty, after all. It's time to light this candle.