What makes you think, I think that you think that this is worth you thinking about?

I know, I know. What the hell does that mean, right? Basically it means that I'm writing all this out for my own piece of mind.

While the reader is an integral part of this process, I'm not here to inspire debates on important topics, to elicit an emotional reaction from anyone, or to hold up a giant "look at me" sign. I'm here to try to put some of the random odds and ends of my life "on paper" so that I can look back on them and focus on what I find to be important to me. I don't mean to sound dramatic, what's most important to me is my wife, my family, my home and my dog (listed in no particular order).

I'm talking about all the little things we all take for granted every day. What hobbies do I enjoy the most? (it seems like I have around 4 dozen hobbies that I am minimally educated in, none of which I have mastered) How do I manage my free time? (Too much is spent on the couch and too little is spent otherwise. I'll have to pay attention to that) Am I being healthy enough? (easy one: NO. Now I just have to figure out how to be better at it.) Am I being good enough to the people around me? (I hope so.)

I suppose in your first blog post there are a few bullet points you have to hit.

First things first, greet the reader. Well, as this is my first post on a new blog page that was registered just moments ago, there are no readers. Perhaps I may gain a few in the future but that has yet to be seen. Even if I do, those new readers will have to find there way back here to the beginning. Hopefully I'm interesting enough to inspire that much reading.

Then there is the title. I stare blankly at the computer for 15 minutes or the accumulated time of four commercial breaks, whichever comes first, then name it the first thing that comes to mind. Walking in the Woods. Why was that the title that popped into my head? Lots of reasons. I love the woods and the quietness you can find there. I enjoy camping and hiking (a couple of my unmastered hobbies) and I have found that some of the most random, disjointed wandering thoughts that go through your mind while you are in the middle of a long hike can be some of your most productive and important. So thats the name. Walking in the Woods. It may look like a bunch of random crap, but I may end up finding something important in there.

Then I suppose a mission statement of some sort. Well, I have none really. My goal is to try and post on here as much as I can. Random stuff. From important events in my life to everyday boring crap. As I get a larger and larger collection of posts I might find something out about myself. Sounds corny, I know. Blame it on all the '80's movies I grew up watching.

Finally, what are my immediate plans. Again, thats a bit of a stretch. I guess I'll obsess for an extraordinary amount of time over my first post and then, hopefully, they'll get easier and more natural over time. Sounds good to me. Thanks for reading.