By Marie Bombeck There is the old saying about writing what you know. The last year and a half, I have started to mull over that idea and take it to heart. I have revisited old works that I have tucked away in folders on my laptop and pulled out scraps of papers with incoherent thoughts scribbled in my nearly illegible handwriting. I skimmed short stories about my life that I jotted down in journals. Writing has been something I have picked up and stopped over the years, but I always have found my way back to it. Writing is a more direct creative outlet for me that I have yet to achieve with my paint brush. In a matter of minutes, I can record a feeling or thought in writing. And it is a heck of a lot faster than dragging out the paints. So as 2016 looms around the corner, the timing seemed right that I start to make a small idea I had a big one. You probably can relate to the experience of putting off something that you want to do. If not, I bow to your superior model of self discipline. As for me though, Netflix is flipped on and binged watched. Then I proceed to what I call productive procrastination. I clean. The apartment is scoured. All specks of dusts are removed. Shoes are lined up perfectly in the entry way. In most extreme cases, I start to organize my closet, clean out my desk. Meanwhile, the cursor on the computer blinks in that new untitled Word document. When I finally sit down at the computer, I enter the research phase of procrastination. I google, I pin. I attempt to fully understand the task I want to complete. For this endeavor, I researched tips for blog writing. I researched blogs, read blogs. I even researched the best font to use. I think in the end I was on YouTube watching Jimmy Fallon clips. However, all these were tactics of putting off what I really wanted to do: write. I am a New Girl fan so please forgive my reference. As I was writing this, I felt a bit like Nick Miller writing his zombie novel. I was full of excuses and reasons not to pursue this, but it is time to put all things that are stopping me behind me. There are always reasons not to do something. There is quote I wrote on a chalkboard in my apartment, “You don’t have to be great to start. You have to start to be great.” It's time to follow that advice. So here I am starting. I am not sure if I have yet properly introduced myself, but I don’t think that I can be wrapped up in a nutshell, I don’t think anyone can or should be. So let my entries and thoughts tell my story. Stick with me. I hope it is going to get good. And in case you were wondering... the apartment is a mess. I sat down and wrote instead.
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