I'm not very good at keeping promises

I'n not very good at keeping promises.  Clearly.  I looked back at when I actually started this blog and it was 2009.  The last time I wrote an entry was about this time last year.  Writing is something I love doing, and yet I couldn't manage to write ONE thing in the last year.  All I have are three words: Piss poor effort.

Why now, why again?  Writing helps me.  It helps me clear my head, and figure things out.  And, just like many of the last few years, this year is going to be big for me.  A LOT of things have happened since my last post and I'm excited to share them.  If you know me, you already know why.  For one, I've read more books in the last 3 weeks than I've probably read in the last 3 years, excluding textbooks.  That's not really a big deal, but more of a general sign of where I'm headed.  Reading will be one thing I do much more of in 2012 and beyond.  So will writing, I hope.

I won't promise to keep this up, since we've seen how well that's worked for me, but I'm going to really try.  I'm reading an interesting book right now called 'Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything (http://www.amazon.com/Moonwalking-Einstein-Science-Remembering-Everything/dp/159420229X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326591111&sr=1-1)
Its basically about the author's quest to "train" for the US memory championships and about how the art of memory used to be highly valued, and taught, just as you might any other subject in ancient times.  I'm only halfway through, but one of the points he's made about our memory declining was not only the invention of writing, but virtual memories, such as blogs, have really removed the need to remember anything.  We can catalog our entire lives (which one person is literally doing in the book).  That's not my goal with this blog per se, although I'm sure it will be fun to look back at the person I was a few years from now.  For me, its more about working a few things out from time to time, and giving you a better glimpse of what's inside my head.  I have a renewed ambition in several areas, and I can't wait to get going.