Fresh Start

Well here we are. This post has been over a year and a half in the making, and somehow it seems so much more difficult to write because I've been thinking about it so long... like it must be EPIC! because it's been rattling around in my brain forever. The fear that it won't be good enough, that it won't be perfect, has kept me from starting.

But this is not my first rodeo. I know that fear is rarely a good reason to avoid something... in fact, though counter-intuitive, it's usually a signpost guiding you towards the things you really need to do. It keeps you in your comfort zone if you let it rule you. But growth and happiness exist squarely outside that little comfort zone, in my experience! So in the interest of just getting over my fear and letting good enough be good enough, here I am again.

This may appear to be a brand new blog, but I've been in the blog world for years. I've been reading blogs since the days that Dooce was dooced and I've penned a handful of my own blogs under my real name as well... which became my undoing. Having a personal blog in my profession can be a liability, and my time was short when I first began work as a self-employed financial planner, so blogging had to go. I miss it as a creative outlet though, and I now find myself with more time to spare for activities other than my day job. I hope that this time, I'm here to stay.