Bad Habits

I was listening to the song "Bad Habits" by My Favorite Highway, and it led me to the realization that there are a lot of people who share my bad habits. For example, my habit of entering into something with a 100 percent commitment to making it successful, and then letting other activities interfere with seeing it through to the end. I overheard a guy say "It's not the strong and intelligent who win the race; it's the people who finish." I applied it to my own life, and recognized how it applied. It made me see how I don't really commit to a project. I'll use this blog as an example...I started off joining this small blog group with the hope of reconnecting with old friends, and sharing in their experiences. As time went on, I used events in my life (such as work-related activities and family drama) as an excuse to not write anything. I was always too tired, too busy, or in too dark of a mood to share. But this is supposed to be a journal of sorts, and I haven't been writing. I can relate this blog to other aspects of my life, and am able to see other projects I've started strongly, only to let others finish. I guess I'm flawed in that way, and realize now that this is an area I need to work on. Does that mean that this blog will survive? No. I think we all realize this is a community effort, and so it takes the entire community to make it successful. I do, however, thank those who made the effort to the end to keep it alive (Kasie and Heather), and will use that as a reminder to keep myself committed to the work I start.

Until the end (bitter or wonderful),
Shannon