First Steps

Having decided to give my writing my best efforts and take real steps toward trying to build my future in a new direction, I am now sitting here working on my first ever blog post .

I spent the biggest majority of 2 days just trying to get the name right so I could buy the domain. This was actually harder than I expected. The name carries a lot of weight, it is the very first impression that you will have of me and my endeavors. I made lists of ideas, some were goofy, some way out there and some just altogether wrong. I thought I had found it a few times only to discover it not available. Obviously, I finally got here. The right name was always there,  just waiting for me to show up.

Then came setting up the page. Thank goodness Word Press is idiot friendly. I knew absolutely nothing about setting up a blog, about setting up a site, or anything else. Actually I still don’t, but since they do, it’s all good. I found my way around and figured out how to do my part and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

As I fleshed out the main pages, I had a few more hurdles to go. I am a very private person who prefers not to share much as a rule. Suddenly I found myself writing content for a page about ME. Oh shit! Now I have to tell people I don’t know, personal things about myself?? It took me a bit of time and a few guarded attempts but I got there and I found that it wasn’t quite as scary as I had feared.

So here we are, at the end of my first official post. It has been a good week and I’m quite pleased so see how things have progressed. My quest to bring my writing into the foreground of my life is well and truly underway.