II. Admission and Hope

As the year comes to a close, I would like to take an opportunity to leave behind some of its baggage. The past two years have not been great for me, and it is my goal to make sure that 2008 is quite different. I believe that this journal will provide a valuable assist in that goal, because it will impel me to break down one of my greatest personal flaws. It is hard--nearly impossible, in fact--for me to express my thoughts and feelings. For as long as I can remember, it has been as though they are life-sustaining air particles I have bottled up for dear life. Release them, and I would surely die of embarrassment and shame. That is my principal goal, as far as this site is concerned. It will undoubtedly be a challenge, as I will use the jaws of life to try to pry open my channels of self-expression. I am sure, though, that it will all be for the best.

To keep a sense of discipline and currency in achieving this, I am going to post at least once every few days. This seems like a reasonable, yet sufficiently stable routine to follow in order to keep the idea chain moving. To anyone that reads this, I hope that two-thousand-eight is the best year yet.