My first post

I’ve been trying to write again for years. I’ll go for a run and get inspired but then I come home and get distracted by something easier that needs to get done, like dinner, or laundry, or just catching up on my socials.

I used to write. I’ve had a few blogs before. But they’ll all shut down now, or still public and gathering dust.

I went for a run today and got excited again today. This time feels different. My twins are turning 12 next month and that feels like a big deal. They really are very independent. When I arrived home from my run, my daughter was making carrot and cauliflower soup for dinner. It felt like a sign.

It’s time to admit that perhaps it’s now all on me. There are no excuses, the kids are ok, I can do this. Just write.

I set up my computer and set about writing a plan; a summary of what I wanted to achieve and how I’d go about it. Hmm, what platform should I use? What should I call the blog? Should I pay for a domain? Ok lets just go through a few options.

An hour went by and I got peckish and walked around the house, and then I realised the laundry needed to be folded. I was on the path of not actually getting this going, yet again.

So here it is. I’m just going to write and let the details come later.

Here’s what I know. I want to chronicle our family experiences as well as my thoughts on parenting into some semblance of order, that my kids might find interesting in years to come.

For now, I’d like this to also be a public website, which makes things a littler harder. I find writing for broader consumption means I write better and more often. It also means that one day I’ll probably take the website down, something I’ve done a few times before with other projects. I write something that I like and then a few years past and my feelings change and then I take the whole thing down. So yes, I’ve learnt nothing by making this site public. It is what it is.

So this is my first post. Lets see if I can double the amount of content in the next couple weeks.