Weblogs just muck up the intertubes. Like low-density lipoproteins, they accumulate inside the tubes, restricting the flow of information, eventually reaching critical mass and choking off access to the dark, mysterious, wonderful heart of the interweb. This is fact. Not disputable.
Why then, would I be so selfish as to cast my flotsam to intermingle with your jetsam in this massive sea of binary detritis? Because I'm selfish, vainglorious, young, and careless. That, and I hope to run a marathon in a few months and would like to keep a strict accounting of my daily routine, such that I'll have a banal, but perhaps useful record of my setbacks, triumphs and general attitude in approaching this personal milestone.
It's easy to hastily set and destroy goals if they're not made public. The fact that this weblog will become public record the moment I hit that orange "Publish Post" button will hopefully serve to hold me accountable for my progress or lack thereof.
So, with that said, the curtain rises unveiling this shiny, new, google-powered personal record of my life for the next 3 or so months.
Oh, and I totally cribbed this idea from one E. Plosky, who has been blogging recently, first to keep a record of his recent cross-country bike trip and, now, his quest to complete the New York City Marathon in November of this year.
The short:
- Justification:
- Motivation
- Memory
- Diagnostics
- Accountability
- Inspiration
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