Blargh

Sorry I've been neglecting the blog everybody - I'm still trying to find a good way to incorporate it into my life.

I think the biggest hurdle for me right now is a little bit of perfectionism, it's really hard for me to write something worthy without drafting it out and revising it. Even more problematic is that whenever I try to write about something I'm passionate about I naturally want it to come out really well, so I spend way to much time on it and never finish. But apparently that's just the unique challenge of this medium, you've gotta just get it out there or it'll never happen. I have about 5 half finished posts just waiting for me to finish them, but there's always something else I should be doing... Anyhow I'll try to intersperse the more elaborate posts with less ambitious ones.

How do you guys make time for hobbies or other activities that aren't vital for your job/survival? I think I may have been on to something when I started waking up early so that I could focus on my hobby first thing in the morning, when I have the most focus and fewest distractions. That will lead me into another post I hope to do someday, which is on the concept of 'Gumption' that I picked up from the fantastic book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance'.