This post appeared here once, then got deleted, the reappeared, then got deleted – because my blog kept almost getting started, and then I decided it wasn’t good enough so I tried something else.

Funny that…I was letting perfect get in the way of good.

I wanted to get this thing started though, and the excuses were endless:

Perfectionist Me: But I don’t have any pictures…

Smarter Me: Just start writing.

Perfectionist Me: But I don’t know how to do ______ in WordPress….

Smarter Me: Just start writing.

You get the idea.

The problem was (is) I am a perfectionist at heart. This doesn’t look the way I want it to (yet), and I can’t tell WordPress to do what I want to do (yet) …but I decided to just go for it. Learn as I go. It’ll get better over time.

But it’s started. And that’s what matters, because I can’t get better at something if I don’t practice. I tell my students that all the time, why can’t I listen to Smarter Me?