December 31,2011 - my Pre-New Years Blog - and first blog ever!!

So here it is - the first entry in my 2012 blog - a year in my life. Okay so it's still 2011. Hey this means I get a day to practice and begin to understand the whole blog thing. I was thinking about it this week- about this past year, things I did and didn't do, ways I want to improve and evolve over the coming year. I began thinking about the idea of accountability. I thought about the many times I have planned to do something- maybe even verbalized it to one or two people- but then never followed through. I remembered the times I began diets and exercise routines, the plans to be more organized, the ideas about my cake pop business actually being a real full-time paying job for me, growing more diligent in my faith and relationship with God, etc etc. the list goes on and on. Then it popped into my head. What about a blog? A place to be real, to be me, to say what's on my mind. But even moreso, a place to share my goals, dreams, and - more than likely - my failures and shortcomings. Yet also a place to think about accountability. Because if I write it here, and you read it there, then that makes me somewhat accountable to you, right?
Someone I mentioned this to asked me about privacy, about putting it all out there. But I already consider myself a very open person, sometimes a bit too open, but nonetheless always transparent about most of my life, shortcomings and all. I don't want to appear perfect cuz we all know I'm not. I just want to be the genuine Lisa I already am. I think it's a rare quality these days to be truly open and yes, also quite vulnerable. But it allows our human side to come through when we are not always walking around with a big fake everything-is-great smile plastered on. What I propose to do is always be open and honest, in good times and bad, successes and failures. If you want to take my journey with me, as an outsider looking in or jumping on for the ride, it would be my pleasure to have you with me - to be accountable to you- and to have you share with me as well. So feel free to comment, to share, ask questions, give feedback, or just stay quiet in the background. I look forward to the journey of 2012. Bring it on!!!!
Xoxo - me