It’s New Year’s Eve and for people thinking further than tonight’s festivities, thoughts are probably focused on ways to improve in 2015. Improvement comes in many forms, but at this time of the year improvement usually means changes that focus on a healthier lifestyle which pretty much leaves the door wide open for just about anything!
I would definitely benefit from improvements to my diet, my (almost non-existent) exercise routine, and my work-home balance. However, I have opted to embrace an improvement of a different kind. I hope to improve my writing skills and my personal sanity by having a blog. A blog that will hopefully serve as a prelude to my big dream of writing a book.
For over 10 years I have been saying “some day I am going to write a book”. Not just any book, but a book that parents of high school athletes could read to help prepare them for the next fours years. A book that high school coaches could read to help them understand what being the parent of a high school athlete is all about. In my head it is a two-part book. One part for parents, the other part for coaches. My hope would be that both parties read the entire book. In fairness to my son, a current high school freshmen, I have always said that my book will have to wait until he is out of high school.
So why a blog and why now? A few of reasons. I clearly need to test the waters on this write a book idea. Someone other than the folks who have been on the other end of one of my long and rambling emails, should get the opportunity to give an opinion on my writing, and a blog seemed like an easy first step. Second, in an interesting turn of events, I find myself a current high school coach, so there is a slight chance that my original book idea may have to change. And finally, several events of 2014 have suggested (loudly) that there is no time like the present.
Cheers to 2015!