"Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
If anybody knows what hard work looks like, it would be American inventor Thomas Edison, who is credited with the above quote. He's just the kind of overachiever that makes me feel like a lazy slob most of the time.
I'm not one of those people with the kind of ambition it takes to juggle family, friends, career and lots of side projects, although that's about the order I'd rank all of those priorities in my life. I like having a job that requires little extra work besides the hours I'm required to be in the office. And when I get home, that's when I get to focus on everything else -- my husband, son and the occasional date with my friends. That doesn't leave much time for side projects.
Sure, if I really wanted to earn some extra money and build up my portfolio, I could do some freelance writing in my "spare" time, not that I have any after my top three priorities are taken care of. I just don't have the energy.
That's the reason behind this blog, I suppose, to give me a venue to write about all kinds of things outside of my work requirements. I've given myself a daily deadline, but I have no other quotas to meet. I can write as long or as short as I want. I can cover any topic that I want. I can turn in my daily "assignment" whenever I want.
It is work -- work that is usually fun except for when I can't think of anything to say and I'm staring at the blinking cursor at the top of a blank page. But every day, or night usually, I strap on my overalls, stumble into the muck and try to string together a couple of sentences that make sense. I'm here today and I promise to come back tomorrow. At this point, I'm ready to get my hands dirty. You never know where this opportunity might lead me next.
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