Tuesday, October 5, 2010

My Swan Song – “365 and still alive”

Like death and taxes, when it comes to goals there is a certain inevitability to them. However, unlike dying and taxation, with goals you have the generous 3 alternative outcomes rather than just one. The first of course is to complete the goal as originally established; the second is to abandon the goal altogether; and the final option, most often exercised, is simply to change the goal to a different, more achievable challenge.

While I will continue to try every year to NOT pay more taxes, I think in the end, it will be far easier to squeeze out another gasp or two of life’s last breath than avoid the tax-collector’s deeply dark, and linty pockets. So it is only fair that if I set a real, DEFINED goal, no matter how insignificant, I should do everything in my power to achieve it right – but then what?

So it is with genuine mixed emotions, I can report that as of today I have completed my bloggy goal. Back in March I promised myself to write 365 blogposts as quickly as I could. For five months straight I wrote close to 23,000 words per month and over 11,000 words during both August and September. It has been a fun challenge to write mirthfully to a daily deadline regardless of mood, interest, and other priorities. Despite that fact, it has also been an incredible amount of work too, and it is time for a change.

So unlike politicians and tenured teachers, before I get truly redundant and entrenched in routine, it is time to wander around the bend and conquer new meaningless goals and personal challenges. Oh sure I will check in from time to time on my blog friends and comment where necessary. I will also continue to randomly write a post or two when I stumble upon life’s glaring absurdities begging for goofy insights and wordplay.

So rather than this being the Pajama Monoblog’s ‘swan song’, I encourage you to treat this ‘auditory assault’ as simply my silver swan’s celebratory bugle and hiss of FREEDOM. Check the archives once in awhile if you need a ‘tickle-fix’ and of course stay in touch. Thank you all and remember … when our goals cross paths again in the future – I’ll be sure to HONK!

4 comments:

  1. We'll miss your daily stuff, Willie!

    And a HONK is better than the WHOLE GOOSE anytime!

    Be sure and tell us if you plan to go into something easier than blogging.
    Like Underwater Welder, maybe.
    But we know you'll do it well!
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  2. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

    (You'll have to drag me outta here kicking and screaming!)

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  3. Billy I've enjoyed reading your posts. I've blogged almost four years and just now getting close to 600 posts. I can't imagine posting every day!

    I hope you will stop by the Back Porch now and then. It seems I am posting more since the big blog caper or whatever it was.

    I will continue to check here for news.

    PS: That big ol' fern in the hearth room is one of the Schnucks 12.99 specials. Hope we can keep it through the winter!

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