O'DAT!

I haven't blogged here since June 8th. Wow, where did the time go? I guess I needed to go out and get more material on which to blog about.  First things first, I need to comment on my failure to keep the promise of blogging for 28 days straight. I will keep my comment brief....I failed. Yup, it's just that simple! I since have found a great acronym that will help me decide if committing myself to something is realistic for me. It's beautiful, rather silly and oh so helpful in all area's of my life. It's O.'D.A.T. Now, when something comes up I ask myself, using the Promise of blogging for 28 days as an example, "Self, do I have "the opportunity" to be able to blog for 28 days straight?" then, "do I have the "desire" to blog for 28 days straight?" Then, "do I have the "ability" to blog for 28 days straight?" And finally, "do I have the "time" to blog for 28 days straight?" If I answer "no" to any of these answers, then the assignment in question is clearly not for me to do at that given time. If I had asked myself these questions way back in May when I started to attempt the 28 day run, I would have gotten only 3 yes's. I had the Opportunity, the Desire and the Time, just not the Ability "yet". I think it's going to take awhile to make a skilled blogger out of me, am I willing to run that theory through the O.'D.A.T.? You bet'cha! And I will get four strong yes's!!!