And so it begins… finally!

First of all, thanks for visiting my blog. Its been a long time in the making, and by “making” I really mean a jumble of ideas floating around in my head. I originally came up with about 7 different blogging ideas that related to various interests of mine, ranging from skiing to video editing. I came up with so many because I feel like I have a lot to offer by sharing my experiences and insights online.

However, as I learned more about how to run a “successful” blog while building my first one (Tremblant360.com), it became increasingly apparent how difficult it was going to be running 7… especially when you consider how important it is to keep your site up to date with lots of fresh new content in order to develop a decent readership. I was having a difficult time deciding how much effort I wanted to put into blogging, and which ideas had the greatest potential. Ideally, I think it would be fantastic if I could quit my day job and become a full time blogger, writing about the things I really enjoy. At the same time, I want to have enough time to actually do the things I enjoy – that is, I don’t want to spend all my free time away from my day job writing about the things I used to enjoy doing outside.

So, feeling a little discouraged about being able to meet my goals, I put developing the other blogs off for a while. Until I realized how stupid that was, and how important it is to get the ball rolling if you ever want to meet your goals. As it turns out, there was a silver lining too, because it formed the basis for this blog, ChrisProuse.com, as a place to share my experiences along the road towards achieving my goals. I hope to touch on a variety of useful subjects, and from time to time, I’ll also post content relevant to the sites I’m building here in this blog, until those topics have a place of their own.

So if you’re having trouble finding where to begin your new site, blog, or idea… set some goals and make a conscious decision to start working towards them. Here we go!