If there is one thing I have noticed about habits, it is this: they are built, one day at a time. So, if I plan to develop a blog, I had better start blogging. Forget that the draft I began in earnest last Wednesday has yet to be completed because I lack for pretty pictures to complement each paragraph. Forget that I could write something beautiful and profound if only I had the time, because if only may never come, but time certainly will, and five months from now I don’t want to be wondering….”What happened? What did I mean to write down? I think I’ve grown, but how can I tell?”

We tell our students, all the time, “Write this down so you don’t forget.” How often, I wonder, do we take our own advice to heart? How many weeks of unheralded epiphanies have gone unrecorded? I’m sure mine are no more special than most. In fact, given the level of apparent brilliance of many of my colleagues, I’m quite sure that my own thoughts and understandings will pale in comparison. Still, they will be recorded, as mine.

This is what I have: a commitment I intend to take seriously, for better or worse. I believe there is value in writing. And I also believe, though this runs slightly against my introverted nature, that there is value in sharing one’s reflections...

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