A Trial Run

There are things I thought I would never do. Blogging was one of them. So was Myspace, Facebook, scarves, twitter, and others. But, I did it. I gave in to the societal norms of my age. I'm not even sure what went through my mind when I finally gave in to these. Perhaps pure curiosity, perhaps temptation. 

I'm not even sure if I will continue blogging, but I find myself more and more often wanting to write out my thoughts and I thought what better way to do so? So here I am. 

I know there are no 'set' rules to blogging. Blog posts can be sentences to paragraphs in length. You can choose to post pictures or not post pictures. You can write about travels, religion, education, and much more. But for anyone who knows anything about me knows that I can be a perfectionist about these type of things. And to be honest, when I decided to try blogging, I spent an entire day comparing wordpress to blogger, choosing backgrounds, and fonts. Pathetic, I know. And I guarantee this blog post will take at least a half hour to type. That's just me.

If there is one thing I want to express in my blog posts it is this:   to be     completely     transparent.  I'm not here to complain about my life, nor am I here to put on a mask and act like I have it all together. Instead, I want to encourage others and myself by being transparent about   where   I'm    at   in my life.  Sometimes that may mean sadness, sometimes happiness, and sometimes somewhere in between. But, whether my posts are about work, school, my walk with Christ, etc, I want to be completely honest and open. 

I invite you on this journey with me,

-Mandy