Novus orsa
I honestly believe that nothing I write could possibly convey the sheer ambitiousness of my present blogging endeavors more clearly than the title. The use of latin outside of an academic or instructive forum is pretty much a universal symbol of pretentiousness, but fortunately what I lack in decency, I more than make up with in the sheer enjoyment that I get from doing such things.
To this end, where am I at?
Everywhere and nowhere. Pretty simple right?
Everywhere because I have a multitude of little projects I’m taking on again: Catching up on my reading once again, going through novel after novel to try and re-ignite my creative mind, the return of this blog and the related return to (hopefully) putting together some writing here and there, trying to secure some form of “legitimate” employ as well in order to get myself going in the right direction.
And nowhere because for all my intentions a plans, I actually still need to get the metaphorical “first domino” going on a few of them to get them going in earnest. Scary to think just how far along I’d be if I could coax enough motivation and energy to get some of this done.
So the hope then comes from the blog itself. Instant accountability through a written record of progress (or lack thereof). Hopefully seeing my own incremental progress here and there will keep my moving along.
So here it is then, my ingeniously obvious, and yet impressively vague master-plan:
Step One: Get the office ready. I need my own little working space in order to put together my different ideas and projects and avoid a bunch of the oh, so numerous distractions.
Step Two: Put together a more formal “working” schedule. Between working on my little writing projects, wanting to get in some internet poker and of course the all-important search for “an actual job.” Some type of schedule is definitely necessary to get everything in.
Step Three: Once step one and two are in the books, it becomes time to formalize some goals. Before the end of the year I would very much like to have money invested to start setting the foundation for later on. And of course despite my personal disdain for vacations, I definitely need one, and the sooner I can put some distance between my current location and myself, the better off I’ll be.
There, nice and simple, three vague steps to maybe, possibly doing something at some point in the near or intermediate future.
Next time I’ll actually try to be more specific with some specifics about my internet poker goals, the first of a few of my current hobbies.
Oh, and as a final note. About the title? I’ll leave that to you fine folks to work out yourselves.
