My goodness. Time flies regardless of what’s going on. I have been neglecting some important things in my life: eating right, exercising, and writing regularly. Today, September 6 of 2011, I am publicly (okay, perhaps this blog isn’t VERY public…but still…) pledging to remedy all three of these shortcomings. There are plenty of blogs out there about eating right, about exercising, and about writing–I wonder if there are any about all eating right, exercising, and writing? Do you see the difference based on my word choice? Note to self: look for a blog about running on a treadmill while eating an apple and writing the great American novel. I don’t necessarily think that writing regularly for me will include writing about eating better and exercising more. I suppose those topics aren’t off limits, but I think there are other things I’d rather write about. We’ll just have to see what direction my writing takes.
I’ve had all of my students sign up for WordPress blogs again this year, and they will be posting their first entries this week. One reason I need to write regularly is because I expect them to do it. Good teaching includes good modeling. I also know of several people lately who have written books/stories/plays and have actually sent their work in to publishers. I read memoirs and think, “I could write this.” I don’t know if I’m quite ready to make that commitment but if I’m ever going to do it, I need to be a writer. I need to write. Finally, I feel better when I write. Maybe somehow writing will help me with my other goals as well.
Today is the first day of the rest of my life, or, as Mary Wollstonecraft said, “The beginning is always today.”
