Day One

As I sat down to start this blog, first I had to name it. I tried about a dozen different variations of "Fixing My Life" that were already taken, and I was starting to get frustrated and down on myself for not being able to think of some witty little phrase that perfectly encapsulated what I want to do here in original enough terminology to not already be chosen by someone else. So, in that spirit of self-criticism, I tried the title "Sick of Myself" and whaddayaknow - it wasn't already taken.

But before I pulled the trigger on that title, I realized that it defeated the purpose of what I want to do here. Certainly there are quite a few aspects of myself that I'm sick of, but overall I still think I'm pretty OK. The point of this blog is to identify those aspects that need fixing, figure out ways to fix them, put those plans into practice, and record the results. "Sick of Myself" implies that the whole thing's a wash and I should just start over from scratch, and that's not really the case - the stuff about me that's already OK is the kind of stuff I should be drawing from to get ideas on how to make the other stuff better. For example, I do really really well at school - how do I use the skills that garner academic achievement to better run my business?

So here I am. This blog is totally self-serving, but I'm putting it out there to A. keep myself accountable; B. share ideas with anyone who might stumble on them and benefit from them; and C. benefit from the ideas of others. Hopefully, when all is said and done, I'll have fixed a bunch of stuff that needs fixing while still retaining my essential Amyness. So that's the plan - I'm going to figure out ways to keep the good, get rid of the bad, and be still me but better.


Tomorrow, some ugly truths.