the first miss

there - the first time yours truly missed the one post a day mark. it just slipped, for no particular reason. at first i didn't feel like it, and then i simply forgot, and by the time i remembered it was the next day. then, it's already 11:34pm now and it seems really easy just to say what i set out to do, was possibly not that realistic in the first place.

that seems to be a usual occurrence with goals. we're good at rationalizing why it didn't happen. it makes us feel better, and it justifies whatever current excuse or different course we are taking. and sometimes, there really is no other choice.

but many other times, it is the easy way out. we know it, but we'd rather not acknowledge it.

this year, i will have 365 chances to give up (well, now 347). how will it go?