tag:leighs.blog.co.uk,2009-11-06:/MokoFeed2009-11-06T05:34:45+01:00tag:leighs.blog.co.uk,2007-12-08:/2007/12/08/the_beginning~3413478/Leigh22732007-12-08T14:36:31+01:002007-12-08T14:36:31+01:00 <p>Ok, so I have never actually done any blogging, I'm a Blog Virgin so to speak, but thought I would give it a go.<br> I've never even managed to get past January 2nd in my various diaries over the years, forgetting to write entries or literally having nothing interesting to say beyond 'got up, ate, watched TV, ate some more, went to bed', hey, the Christmas Holdiays can be pretty dull. Maybe if Diaries started at a more interesting time in the year than post-Christmas, people would endeavour to keep their diaries up to date and write fascinating things in them, I don't know, maybe it's just me.<br> Anyway, my thinking is, I'm at a pretty strange period in my life, things are all changing so I thought I might have enough material to fill some pages, but not wanting to waste more paper than necessary on my ramblings, I thought I'd join the cyber community of Blogging and see if this works better for me...<br> I kind of had an epiphany last Summer. Having worked in a summer camp in the USA for three months, working with wonderful, colourful, artistic and charismatic people in the performance art world, I returned to the UK a little disheartened with my lot. Where I was, where I was heading, what I was doing etc etc etc and decided, that instead of constantly weighing up options and researching and thinking about all the possibilities open to me, I have to actually activley make a change in things. Instead of endlessly poring over websites packed full of contradicting information on courses, voluntary projects, careers advice and travel information, I should make some decisions and stick to them.<br> My trouble is, and always has been, I know I'm bright, I know I could have done pretty much anything I wanted, I think about things too much and while its good to have options and ideas, its sometimes too confusing and you end up drifting, unable to make a decision because once you do, some doors begin to close.<br> So I've been making decisions on things. I've been looking back at my life and thinking about what made me happy in the past, what makes me happy now and what will, in reality make me happy in the future.<br> So this is sort of a diary of my 'journey to find happiness', gosh that sounds sychophantic I know, but in life, that's all that really matters isn't it? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://leighs.blog.co.uk/2007/12/08/the_beginning~3413478/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>