This Took Years To Start

Seriously.

This blog took me years to start.  I've always wanted to just sit and write a blog.  Get some thoughts out of my head and onto some paper (electronic paper).  So why didn't I just do it?  I mean, I've always wanted to, right?

Well, I procrastinate.  A lot.

You probably read that and thought "So what.  We all do,"  and, well, you're not wrong.  We all procrastinate.  We all put off doing something and just tell our selves that we're "too busy" or it's "not important right now".  The problem I've noticed about my level of procrastination is that, I will put something off with no excuse.  Or, I'll come up with an elaborate excuse that defies all logic and reason.  At least for my wife.

My first attempt at a blog came from a former job I worked at in 2013.  I was tasked with starting a blog on the companies website.  So I started it right away, after all, I was getting paid to do it.  I spent a week researching topics related to the field I was working in, and... I. Got. Bored.  After another two days, I opened up a news website (CBC, if you were wondering) and the headlining article was about a new Finance Minister.  So, I read through the article and thought about the implications of this Ministers new policies on our prices and our customers.  

It was nothing exciting, but I did it. And the rush I got when someone read it.  I mean, someone read something I wrote.  It wasn't a paper for a class and no one was forced to read it.  Someone took time out of their day to read something that I wrote.   It was exhilarating.  Then, another view.  And Another.  I was on a little bit of a high.  I began thinking of ways to really make this bog fun.  I drafted up a few different posts about me, my life, some things I've done and been through.  This was going to be fun.  I had a blog.

Before I got the chance to upload my second post it was suggested that I make the blog more about the business.  Something that our customers and their customers can read for tips, insights and information.  So my second post became about the benefits to offering financing options.....  

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Sorry, I dozed off just writing that.  The third post wasn't much better.  Over the course of my time at that company I think I maybe totaled five or six posts.  My heart was not in it.  I was turned off blogs for a while.  Occasionally I would read a friends blog and get the itch, but I would always find a reason to not start.  Simple things like, "I need to play XBOX" or, "I should really watch the entire series of Break Bad right now."

So, here goes.  I'm starting my blog.  Almost five full years after I planned on doing it.  Bear with me.  It's going to be a slow ride for now.  But hopefully I'll have something to offer you.

D.S. Cannon