Around this time of year there are a few things on everyone's mind- The
trifecta known as The Holidays! Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s
all come at the same time every single year yet, somehow, never cease to take
me by surprise. So, rather than spend the last two months of the year
playing catch up, I am making a preemptive strike and making my New Year’s
resolution NOW!
Tonight, on the way home from a concert, I had a fleeting thought about the
content of my social media posts. It seems that all of my posts can be
categorized into one the following 6 subjects: God, worship, coffee,
football, selfies and the gym. So, in an attempt to become less
predictable, I have decided to dedicate myself to a new category:
writing.
I grew up with a love for the written word. As a small child I loved
to be read to more than anything else. In fact I loved it so much that my
mother could keep up with my appetite and devised a plan that gave me unlimited
access. She actually recorded herself reading all my favorite books on
VHS by pointing the camera at the pages of the book and reading them
aloud. So, when I wanted to be read to, and my mother wasn't around, all
I had to do was push play on the VCR. Thinking back on it now, the idea
was quite genius! As a teenager I had a unquenchable desire for knowledge
and developed the ability to speed read so that I could consume as much
literature as possible.
In light of all of this I have decided to give back; no longer simply
consuming, but producing the written word. I am not going to put myself
into a box and I am certainly not going to give myself a huge list of rules to
follow in this process. The plan is simple: spend time writing on a daily
basis. What happens after that? Well, we shall just have to wait and
see.
