Words to Live By

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

This is a phrase that I like to say but I haven't exactly been living recently in regards to this blog and a great many other things.

I had all sorts of grand plans when it came to this blog and I wanted to capture all of the change that has gone on in my life over the past year but I have instead sat back and watched everything swirling around without documenting it. Granted, some of that has to do with the fact that I am trying to document such a huge time in my life while also balancing my need to be introspective and long-winded with my need to remain somewhat private online and still get some sleep.

I'm not exactly a perfectionist in the traditional sense-- my room is a bit messy and my handwriting is atrocious, but there are areas of my life that I obsess unnecessarily over. This blog is one of them.

I couldn't post initially because I didn't have a great name for the blog. Then, I wanted to set up my own domain which, to my credit, I did. It just doesn't point to my blog yet as I couldn't decide which platform to use. Then I started to have these great ideas and I couldn't motivate myself to write the post because I wanted to go back and take pictures to accompany the post. I also have a habit of writing novels instead of blog entries because I have an inability to edit myself. Basically, in order to craft the perfect blog post I was getting... nothing. I didn't even have a mediocre blog to show for all of the thinking and obsessing I was doing over minuscule things. If you write a great story who cares what your title is or if it is on Wordpress vs a napkin in a bar.

New York is wonderful. It is weird and scary and expensive and enchanting. I cannot wait to share my newest adventures with all of you.