I started this blog in 2004 as a means to document events or thoughts in my life that I would like to remember through the years. It is not a particularly interesting blog, at least to anyone besides me, my family and a few friends but I have enjoyed the effort and the opportunity to look back at the past.
Tomorrow, August 19, marks my 4th year as a blogger. On August 19, 2004, John and I had been home for about 5 weeks from our first trip to Peru and were preparing for a 10 day backpack in the Canadian Rockies for which we would leave 2 weeks later. My very first short post is copied below.
This is my first post to Smithposts. This blogger based journal is the place for family news, thoughts, opinions and lots of photographs. It’s going to be an interesting adventure!
Back then I had no clue how much I would appreciate being able to look back at things I might otherwise forget, life’s little moments as well as the big events. Indeed Smithposts… remains an interesting adventure for me and one I look forward to building on in the future.
Smithposts… has evolved this year as I enter a stage in my life that includes some athletic goals, specifically running (right now). Along with the new goals, I have found myself reading and commenting on other athletic based blogs. Being part of the athletic blogging community, even in a small way is both motivating and a lot of fun!
Since I have neither the time or energy to keep up 2 blogs, I have decided to post my running related information in posts titled “Running Journal.” The regular life stuff will be posted with various other titles. That way, if you don’t care about my running, you can skip the “Running Journal” posts and if you don’t care about my other activities, you can skip those posts. There will be some overlap, but not too much.
Happy 4th Birthday Smithposts…
