Bali Blogging Aint Easy

View from our room, Bingin Beach

I set out 2 months ago with big dreams and high hopes to start a killer blog that would knock the socks off of all of the thousands of avid and loyal phantom readers I had met and befriended in Fantasy Blog Land. After leaving town, I realized there was more to this blogging thing than just day-dreaming. That’s when I got stuck.

I’m a little embarrassed to admit it but we’ve already traveled to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Bhutan and not even one measly blog post has aired the world wide web. I promised myself and my “followers” at home (aka sister and mom) that I would write furiously every day and post beautiful photos.

It’s not all bad news though. I’ve written in my journal and I’ve clicked over a thousand times. But now I have a massive feat of editing a mountain of awesome photos, deciding critically which ones make the cut. No small job for the Queen of Indecision.

Plus, now comes the fun of weeding through my journal scribbles and selecting a few solid morsels of freshly acquired travel wisdom, thoughts, and reflections that are “upworthy.” Most of my idle rants hardly seem up to snuff.

So here I am in Bali, sitting in a cafe on Bingin Beach, watching surfers rip up the big swell coming in. Johnny, my husband, is out there too and I am constantly looking up, straining my eyes on the shiny ocean hoping to spot him among the other 40 wet dots bobbing in the water.

So where to start? What to write about? Who even cares? Well, I’m not exactly sure about the first two questions, but the last question is clear. Who cares? I do. Today I finally decided that I really care about this project. Good or not, I am getting this damn blog going!

I am the worst combination of perfectionist and procrastinator. Needless to say, not much gets done when I get my wheels turning. I spin and spin and stay in one place. Part of this experience of traveling for a year is to get out of my comfort zone, learn and improve myself. No more lazy daydreaming or paralyzing procrastination.

Today is the start of my blog, the official start of my journey!