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Changing things up a bit

I've had two blogs over the years..... started both with the best of intentions.  But then, who starts new things/sets out to make changes in their lives, with the worst of intentions?

Being the sentimental type-A that I am, it kills me now that I deleted my first blog.  It's like going back to your high school diary and seeing all the pages you tore out.  Not because it would be of any interest to anyone else, but because it was *my* life..... and no matter that so much of it was everyday ho hum, it still gives perspective to me..... a way of gaging how I've evolved over the years to become who I am today...... which wouldn't really matter to anyone but myself.  But still, there it is.  Because the first blog, and now this one, have been for me.... just me.... though, this blog gets viewed by people (I'm assuming people?  Who knows?) from mainly Russia, the Ukraine, Brazil, Malaysia and the U.S. for heaven only knows why, as my little life is nothing more than that..... little.  Thing is, though it's little, it's mine..... and I wouldn't trade it for anything or anyone. However, this blog hasn't really gone (though I've recommitted myself several times) the direction I've wanted.  It's still more like an online journal/diary for my innermost thoughts and feelings.

I want this blog to be more structurally motivated and goal- oriented.... more info-related.

When I started it 5+ years ago, this was my first entry:



Sooo, here goes another recommitment.....

Oh boy.






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