After a year

It is early Saturday morning as I write this. On Tuesday my blog will be 1 year old. Looking back over the past year I have noticed a few things. A year is a long time and a lot has happened. The general structure of my day to day life is the same but a lot of the fine details are better.

About my writing specifically, I made a commitment to make one post a day. One would think with that commitment that would mean I would have at least 360 posts by now. And I would if it weren't for a few hiccups along the way.

First and foremost I, like most people reading this, am human(I think). Sometimes I get so involved in enjoying life and living it that writing doesn't occur to me until the day is through and I am getting ready for bed. On the days where that happens I do my best to make two posts the next day.

The second thing that kind of gets my postings all out of whack is that unlike most people, I have a hard time with the 24 hour day. Unless I am wearing contacts, I tend to still  be wide awake at the 16 hour mark and not looking to sleep at all. I frequently find myself awake for 24 to 36 hours in a row and then sleep for 10 to 12 hours afterwards. Including the sleep cycle, an average day for me is somewhere in the 36 to 48 hour range. I do almost always write one new article per "day".  It's just that my day isn't necessarily ruled by one rising and setting of the sun.

And last but not least, for the past couple of months, I have been branching out and re-posting my older work in a few new places on the web. It has definitely been worth the effort but between re-posting the old and writing the new, sometimes it hasn't all gotten done. For the past couple of weeks, it has been pretty bad. I've only had new stuff every two or three days and that is not acceptable. As of today though, I am all caught up and plan to return to my regularly scheduled one post per day.

I must say, although I haven't talked to many of you directly, I have enjoyed the comments that you have left for me. And from time to time I do enjoy reading many of the blogs of my followers. You all have such inspiring stories and tremendous experiences. It is fun and interesting seeing life through your eyes. It has actually surprised me to see the number of other people that have already taken it upon themselves to make the world a better place, to improve life simply by living better, by making better choices and becoming better people. And for an individual life that works, but what about the rest of the world?

When I first started this, I saw myself as a lone voice in the darkness, kind of like a pioneer going out into the great unknown and blazing a trail. Now, what I see and hear is a lot of other voices singing a lot of similar tunes. Together it creates a hell of a racket but on a large scale not much gets done. A million people is a lot of people. But a million individuals is just a crowd, albeit a large one.

However, a million like minded individuals all chanting the same tune is a force to be reckoned with, a force for change. Come join my tribe. Let's work together to make the world a better place.