UNCHARTERED TERRITORY

I’ve thought about this for a long time…you know, putting myself out there.  It seems like the older I get, the harder that becomes.  However, you only live once and I am trying to not live in the realm of regret.  I have decided to throw myself to the wolves and write about the things that are personal to me.  Not an easy undertaking being that I have recently discovered I am a highly “emotional” thinker and decision-maker.

Life has been quite the adventure for me and it was exacerbated with the birth of my son.  It seems as though the older I get, the bigger the sap I become and my quest for achieving nirvana grows deeper.  Call me a dreamer, but I do believe that there are many out there who feel this way.  Life does not always take the direction we plan and often times those plans go to hell anyway.  “Roll with the punches” they say…”be content” they say…laughable, really.  I wonder if anyone is ever truly content with the way things fall.  The more I interact with the world, the more I am convinced we are all in search of the ultimate truth and the ultimate happiness.  I have been told that being emotionally driven is okay and it’s not a sign of weakness.  As a self-professed analytical thinker and strategic planner, this is still hard for me to grasp.  Do I consider myself weak?  No.  However, I now understand that my decisions thus far in life were all based upon emotion.  If that is entirely the case, I might be screwed.

Since I’ve thought about writing publicly for a long time, I thought this would be a good start.  Thanks in advance to those in support of this and those who take the time to read some of the bullshit I’m about to write.  After all, life is like a book and who better to tell your story than, well, yourself.  This year (like every other) is about finding solace, forgiveness and being a better person I was the day prior.

Stay tuned:  this should be fun.  Or completely suck.  That’s why there is a comments section in the Age of Opinion.

–BWT