Pushing Forward

It's a new year! And with this new year comes new goals.

Last year, I did okay with one of my most important resolutions: To write more in my blog.

I wrote three times as many posts in 2008 as I did in 2007. That is pretty good! If you take a look though, I wasn't quite as successful as I would have liked to have been. 32 posts isn't really that much better than 11 when you take into account the fact that there were 366 days in the year of 2008.

That's okay, though, because I'm working on making improvements, right? Right. My next writing-related New Year's resolution is to write in Sense & Serendipity at least once a week. In order to start off this New Year's Resolution Write (aren't I funny?), I've already given myself a few "assignments" for the next few days and weeks.

All of this week and the last, I have been watching a lot of the History Channel. It has been stirring up both my imagination and an itch to do some serious research. So, I'm going to channel that energy into putting together some posts for this blog. What has been inspiring me?

Last week was a seven day analysis of the 7 Deadly Sins. All of this week has been an exploration of Apocalyptic predictions. Though I'm decidedly not Christian, historical analysis of the Bible and the Christian religion in general fascinates me because so much of it is rooted in the pagan traditions of the past. As for the apocalypse, if Nostradamus, Mayas, Hopi, and the Chinese prophecies (not to mention some mentioned in the Bible) are all true, the world as we know it will end on December 21, 2012 - Not very far away.

So if you check in over the next few weeks, content along these lines is what you should probably expect. Also, since I've progressed over the years into a political junkie, you will probably read about U.S. politics here over the short term, given that the President-Elect Barack Obama will be taking office soon.

If these types of topics sound interesting to you, stop back and take a look. History, politics, and news are my favorite topics to write about. I'll also be adding some links to other blogs and generally making improvements to this site. I look forward to starting a conversation with the next couple of posts and I hope that you will join me.

And so the New Year's Resolution to write more in this blog starts here with this post.

Have a Prosperous and Happy 2009!