Getting Started

I've been hesitant to start blogging. I always enjoy reading the blogs of others but the idea of putting my thoughts out for others to see intimidates me a bit. There's a pressure to be "perfect" in presenting my thoughts that causes me to pause. I laugh because I call myself a "closet perfectionist". I tend to shy away or put things off if I think there's the slightest possibility that they won't turn out just right. For instance, I was lying in bed this morning looking around the room thinking I wanted to rearrange the furniture. But first I want to paint, put new blinds in the windows, put up window treatments, get rid of the stacks of clothes that I have no room for in the drawers or closet. By the time I thought about that, the idea of moving the furniture around seemed overwhelming, and it wouldn't have looked right without all of the above. So, here I sit writing about it instead of doing it. Doesn't that seem much more "doable"? Its my last full day off of work before I go back tomorrow night. I really need to wash clothes, make the bed, put the beef stew in the crock pot, and finish a few things...so what I'm going to do is put a load in the washer and read my book. That's a compromise, right?