A year of posts

I'm not a big fan of New Year's resolutions. The process of self improvement is a battle of such epic scale that it can only be won through a war of attrition, by winning a dozen tiny victories each day to make up for the eleven inevitable defeats. If we openly declare our commitment to a massive change for the better starting at a predefined hour, we set ourselves up for defeat. And if we resolve to accomplish some small and simple goal, we sell ourselves short by the implication that this isn't something we can strive for the other three hundred some-odd days of the year.

On the other hand, what would life be without a little hypocracy? I have resolved that something of my creation will appear in this space every day of 2010. I may write reviews of media I've enjoyed, I may share a thought that has perplexed me, I may simply share what has happened recently in my life. My only criterium will be that each post contain original thought by me, your host, Benjamin Stürmer, and that every post would be something I would be interested in reading myself.

My hope is that, by doing this, I force myself to engage in a little bit of creative thought every day. My fear is that, by doing this, I will force myself to produce unoriginal and uninspired dreck. Either way, you can expect something right here, every day.

I wish all of you an awesome 2010. Let the next adventure begin!