#1 Barriers (Why this hasn't happened yet)

The goal: 5 posts a week. For 6 months. June 12-December 12.

I have 2 major barriers to regularly writing this blog. When I began my 30/30 list, I decided to forsake those barriers. They weren't much fun to live by.

The first is straightforward enough: I don't have time. But who does? I think the last time I didn't feel the days slipping by like sand in an hourglass was ... oh ... maybe 8th grade? By the time I was 16, both my mom and I were relieved because I could finally drive myself to the 1000 things I wanted to do each week. The solution to my time problem? Discipline. Ugh. A straightforward answer to a straightforward problem. It's a priority now so I will get up early, stay up late, plan ahead, etc. to get my goal completed. If I get a lot of time to write, I'll write all 5 at once and post them over the next week. It may not be easy, but it's not complicated either so barrier #1 is identified and addressed. boom.

The next is a bit more tricky. What do I write about? Yea, it's a bit weird (even foolish? I don't know!) to start a blog with no direction for it. Nick asked me this same question last night and I mumbled something about life and God and trailed off. Blogs can be vain, preachy, insightful, funny, endearing, informing, an online pity party, bitter, beautiful ... and on top of that, can be read by no one or everyone. I'll be honest: I'm human. I want my blog to be awesome. I hope people read it. And I know that's vain. It's a big reason why I haven't ever started a regular one. Self-glorifcation is not what I'm trying to be about. However, I am about believing God and using the gifts and passions He has given me to make Him look good. And I am about Him being stronger than our weaknesses. I like to write, a few people have told me I'm good at it. And that's God's credit, not mine. So I'm giving my crappy motives to Him and trusting that as I exercise this gift, He'll help me not turn into a jerk.

So the subject matter will be a work in progress. I may write about my current activities or thoughts on an event going on. I'll post videos, ask questions, etc. I love Jesus so a lot of them are going to be founded on Christian principles. If you have ideas for a post, let me know. And feel free to respond in the comments section - no, not because it will make me feel good, but because dialogue is so, so, so much better than monologue. I may promote this blog on facebook/twitter once a week or every 2 weeks but other than that - this is the beginning of me speaking to an online world. I may hear an echo for 6 months because no one is listening or maybe we'll get some conversations going.

Either way, I'm done with barriers.