Today is the last day of being a 61 year old – or it’s the last day of my 62nd year on this planet – however you want to look at it. Tomorrow, for my birthday, we are going to the UGA vs. UCLA soccer match. If we are one of the first 500 folks there we get a UGA water bottle – Woo Hoo! Thanks to Lynne for giving me the suggestion. 🙂
Now…on to the rest of this post…
The Struggle to Write Daily
I keep telling myself I’m going to write a blog post every single day. Sounds simple, right? But here’s the problem…I have plenty of ideas while I’m out and about, and by the time I get home… poof. They’re gone.
So I’ve been asking myself—how do people actually do this?
Do I take notes throughout the day?
Do I just rant when I get home?
Do I jot down random thoughts and then have AI shape them into something coherent – Claude did pretty good the other day and ChatGPT has created things for me at work before.
I’d love any advice from those of you who’ve cracked the code. Because I want to write daily not just for my own journaling, but for history’s sake. One day someone will turn my posts into a book and then a musical 🙂 . Seriously, maybe one day my kids, grandkids, or great-grandkids will stumble upon these posts and get a little glimpse into my personality and my thoughts on the day.
I don’t want to write political stuff every day, because honestly, politics in August 2025 is… well, a mess. (I nearly used a stronger word.) But I also feel a responsibility to record what’s going on for the sake of posterity. I want future generations to know where I stood, what I believed, and that I didn’t just sit quietly while things were falling apart.
In my opinion, democracy is treading water right now – maybe (definitely) even going under – and I think the current administration is pushing it in the wrong direction. Congress isn’t holding the line either, and that’s deeply frustrating. Why are they abdicating their power and their responsibility of checks and balances?
So here I am, torn between keeping my posts light and motivational and documenting this political moment for history.
When I started this blog, the purpose was clear…to create an environment that allows for success to happen. That’s something I say so often at work, people joke about it now. It’s what’s on the front page of this site. But I believe in it. Whether it’s the success of a business, an individual, or maybe – just maybe – the success of a nation (too much? Nah…one voice can change the world!).
Maybe, in some way, posting my thoughts here is still part of that mission. Maybe it’s my small way of creating an environment where success – however we define it – has a fighting chance.
Today’s post is really about confusion. About figuring out how to write every day, what to focus on, and how to balance my natural optimism with the current dumpster fire we are dealing with.
Oh well…
Now, my wife and I are off to start a new show called The Hunting Wives. My coworkers warned me it’s “trash but fun,” and honestly, that sounds perfect for tonight. But first I need to eat something. I took my blood sugar and it was 72. I didn’t believe it so I took it again. It was 73. Now, as I am typing this I having the shakes…just a little bit. (for some reason that made me think of a 50 cent song)
What’s for dinner – lasagna and Pinot Noir…then some Dutch chocolate ice cream. That should stop the shakes!
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