The Genesis of the blog ....

Why have I started writing a blog, well, I would be hard pressed to say that it is because I don't write enough in my day. In fact, I write an obscene amount of emails every day. And when you begin to write that many emails, not out of pleasure but out of necessity, you begin to find short-cuts to facilitate your communication. My short-cut is:

"Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns."

I write this one line dozens of times a day. In fact, I will often find myself having written this line three or four times in the same email. I then have to go back and edit it - I take out the "please", or I substitute "questions" with "comments", or I flip it to say "If you have any questions, please let me know". I effectively entrench myself deeper in my shortcut, and I find myself unable to write anything else.

And so, I have started this blog to push my ability to write by focusing on the pleasure of writing rather than the necessity.... well, that and I wanted to create a fun little postcard tracker for my dad's 80th birthday. Unfortunately, I haven't been structured enough to come up with an actual focus for the blog, and unlike my husband, I'm okay with that - I'm sure I'll come up with a theme soon enough. Suggestions welcome!