My friend and one-time writing coach,  Deb Cooperman, recently challenged me to blog about the half-written blog posts that I've let lay fallow, sometimes for over a year. To which I replied on Twitter, "The gauntlet has been thrown down!"  Photo by Sean MacEntee

So this is a blog post to stretch my creativity (how does one make a blog post about blog posts interesting and relevant?)  as well as a look back in time as to what was on my mind on different days, in different seasons. 

Here's what I'm noticing:

• I love reading books and have an urge to share the best parts on this blog. So I have unfinished blog posts about several books that I've read over the last year, with specific quotes that caught my eye.  Instead of waiting for me to finish these posts, go to my LinkedIn profile and take a look at my reading list.  There, I've done mini reviews of over a dozen books. 

• Political commentary has a short shelf life. Enough said.

• Some posts were meant to be unfinished, in that I can see my thoughts were not well-formed.  More distance, more research, or more creativity were needed. Photo by cambodia4kidsorg

• I have a half-written post about teaching my sons to drive this past summer. That one may need to wait a few more years, until my kids are out of the house. (Boys, if you are reading this, just kidding.)

• I wrote two posts with the exact same title, months apart.  The title?  Gratitude. Being grateful makes life better. 

• I have posts that show my pride in being an American citizen, my search for the meaning of my life, my frustration with resistance to change, and my reflection on how the best of times and the worst of times overlap.  Blogging is a mirror for my emotions on any day. Photo by Leonid Mamchenkov

• Some blog posts were pretty darn good as is.  Note to self: Don't let the perfectionist self-sabotage. 

So thanks to Deb, I've uncovered a bit more about myself.

What are you thinking about these days and what's stopping you from blogging about it?