My First Blog Post!* (*This is my second blog post, which is about my first blog post, posted last week)

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single stepella"

When I started writing last week's post, I truly didn't know what I was doing. I didn't even know if I was going to post what I had written - a bunch of weird questions - or if anyone was gong to read it. (I am leaving that "gong' typo in because it felt appropriate given the Lao-tzu quote above.) And yet thus far 140+ people have viewed my first blog post. That is astounding to me. Even if, say, 20 of those views were my own, and one was my mom's, that still means that 100+ people ventured to look at it. Of those 100, I'd like to believe that half read the whole thing, and of those, I'd like to believe that half actually enjoyed reading it.

So, while last Monday was like any other, whereby I sat at my desk and wrote stuff, as I always do, on that particular Monday I wrote stuff that maybe as many as 25 people enjoyed. That is an unusual feeling of validation and instant-ish gratification that, as a writer, I don't often feel - or should I say, I don't feel often enough. Is there a difference? I don't know. No time to think about it! Moving on... What you anonymous 25 have done has inspired me to write more blog stuff - for better or worse - so, thanks!

On the flip side, the 25 likers also created a bit of a dilemma for me. My first entry was a very spur of the moment thing - a true "ready, fire, aim" situation - and throughout the week afterward I was stricken with (stricken with? Sure why not...) one question: "What next?" Well, after nearly getting some form of blog-writer's-block, I am posting this - whatever this is, a soapbox rant of sorts - in order to move through that block. Now that this entry is all but done I am already feeling better, and eager to write my actual second post, which will actually be my third post... and kind of my first.

If you enjoyed reading this "postella" or the other one, or felt either was anything more than "meh," then I'd encourage you, kind reader, to please read the next one(s). I think I have enabled the ability for you to become a subscriber. My wife said I should only post one entry a week, so, until then... Ciao for now. I promise my next entry - and this blog for that matter - will be about something. Actually, no, no I do not. But please read it anyway?