Here I go...

Blogging is something I have been wanting to do for a very long time. Whether it was bout my daily work life as a photojournalist when I was at the Red Wing Republican Eagle or what it was like to be back in school at the University of Minnesota at the age of 26. It seems blogging has been done by so many people around me in the past that I just figured it was something other people did. Other people with more free time than myself. Only in the past couple years have I realized that it was not a time issue, it was a motivation issue. Now I know it was people who wanted to get their voice out there. They wanted to be heard a lot more than I did.

Well, now is my time to be heard. Whether you listen or not, I will have my roar out there in the cyber-wilderness.

As the title implies, I plan to use this forum to not only write about focused or focus related issues, such as photography and life issues, but also to keep myself focused on things that are important in my life. Keeping the soft, fuzzy blur out of my life and mind while pin-pointing the exact relationships, activities, and projects that I hold near and dear is what this is all about. I hope to become a better, more knowledgeable, highly efficient professional individual as well as a more connected, caring and social friend.

To close on this first post of my life I want to let you know about a few things I am undertaking in order to get this puppy on its feet and cruising.

1) I plan to post at least twice-a-week

2) 30 days of biking, #30daysofbiking - A project that I was turned on to by @digitalives, a very good friend of mine that requires me to hop on my bike everyday during the month of April. I am pretty excited about it.

3) Photography - I have been pretty turned off on doing any of it for the past year or so. But I have been starting to see things as I used to. The way they would be framed in my lens. Ideas of better angles and perfect exposures have been stopping into my everyday vision as well. I am pretty excited about these developments. I also hope that a little day-trip up the north shore will help me kick start my passion for recording light and time.