The other day, I pondered deleting my blog entirely. But I realized a couple of things that made me reconsider:

• Even though my day job is writing, I really do enjoy writing on my own, for fun.
• I’m not terribly artistic – so writing of any kind is more or less my creative outlet.

As my 45th birthday approaches, I find myself reflecting, and sort of missing the challenge that the Honolulu Marathon presented to me – it was a driving force in my life for well over a year as I prepared for it and participated in it. Even 8 months later, I still look back fondly on the accomplishment of finishing it. (That’s me below – I’m the one in the middle, between this amazing guy on my left, and the guy on my right in awe of him.)

I don’t think writing 52 blog posts can really compare, but as a means to do something creative beyond my day to day work, I’m planning to start writing (at least) one blog post per week for the year, starting next week.

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