Is this my very first blog?

Hello new friends!.... and yes, this is my very first blog. (wow, I'm actually doing it) So I'm wondering if everyone else in the 'adult world' has had the same feelings I'm having when they first attempted to blog? I know that my children would have no problem with any of this, but they are of a whole different generation. Geeze, now I'm sounding like my parents.

I'll start out with the not so obvious. Most of us think that if we can talk, we can blog. That is mostly true, until..... And here's where the story begins. Just a day ago I finally decided to seriously get going on this blogging thing. After all, how hard can it be? I've raised 5 children and talked my head off, always trying to explain "why" to them, and had to do that a 1,000 or more times a day! Oh and I was gooood at it!

I am also a female, which gives me a HUGE advantage. Most of you know that women are given at least a 5 x's greater daily alotment of words, than what a man has. Ask any wife how much her husband has to say when he gets home. He's usually used up his share of words at work, so hasn't got much to say by the time he returns home. His poor wife has only just scraped the surface! So as a woman, I'm certainly not lacking in the 'word' department.

So... knowing how to talk and having lots to say, well, this should be easy....right? Wrong! at least for me. As I said, I finally decided to start this blog and so last night when the house was quiet, I started thinking about what I should write about, that would be interesting to the readers. Well guess what?! This is the not-so-obvious part. The "what". I thought and thought, and thought some more, and a little more, and then even more. All the way thru the night til around 4 AM. Did I come up with the perfect subject to write about? No, not really. But I did realize one thing: it's all about just plain starting. And I know now that was the biggest hurdle (or fear) to overcome. So again I'm wondering if this anxiety about actually doing it, is something we all shared in the beginning? I'm pretty sure it is. Any time we, meaning the creatures of habit that we are, move out from what is familiar to us to do something brand new, there is fear. And the thoughts of doubt race thru your mind until the wee hours, if you're like me. Can I really do this? Will it be to hard for me? Can I do it right? What if I make a mistake? Am I smart enough? Do I know all that I need to? What if someone else knows more? Should 'I' really try this? And on, and on, and on. Those doubts and fears fly thru your mind, with lightnening speed no less. And here's where you hit what I call the Great Devide. For some will let those thoughts control them and give up before they've even started. And yet others will say 'what the heck' and give it a shot. It's what my dad said was taking the bull by the horns. You just go do it, whatever that "it" is.

And that's what I've done today. I've begun. And you know what? This really wasn't difficult at all, and certainly didn't require all that worry, doubt, and loss of sleep. I'm sure I'll have lots to learn, and will improve as I continue. Uh? isn't that called practice. And doesn't "practice makes perfect" still hold true? Sure does. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks!

Oh I see now. I'm not old. Would someone please tell that to my children!