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I love the phrase: New Year New Me. It comes with so much hope and promise and a cynic like my self draws comfort in the knowledge that anyone that has to say this out loud must be doing it for two purposes:

1. To get attention
2. To convince themselves.

Shamelessly I’m doing both.

I’ve talked myself into a very fine idea. Invest in myself and who I believe I can be. Is it as a sports blogger? Who knows. I know a bunch of people who have done amazing things with something they were passionate about so I kept asking myself: why not me? So here I am.

2020 was the kind of year that everyone universally acknowledged should be put on the roadside and collected as early as possible. Not many of us will look back fondly on it but I came to a few accounts on Tiktok (I know I know- I’m too old for that website) that did those year in review video montages and I couldn’t help but feel jealous. I’m not sugarcoating it, I was downright green with envy.

What were they doing that I wasn’t? And I saw videos of people doing regular shit but just busting their ass promoting their ingenuity and creativity. They tapped into what they know and what they are good at and did the damn thing in a hellscape year like 2020 and came out as winners while the rest of us bitched about how tough life is.

You know what I learned this year? I learned I love working from home. I learned I yearn physical contact with people and that while zoom and Teams are great, it doesn’t replace being in an office or a bar or a restaurant conversing with someone face to face. I learned that being there while your children are growing up is a major blessing. I learned that getting shamed into putting my phone down was the best thing that coudl’ve happened to me because I looked up and I saw my daughter take her first steps, I saw her co-existing with her brother and I saw both of them grow up albeit in a 10 month timeframe. In kids years that’s huge!

I learned that our country is probably more screwed up than we realized. I was reintroduced to the idea that America is filled with a lot of idiots which explains why we are where we are. I also learned that I’m not as handy as I would like and it takes time for things to develop and become great.

Which brings us to the new year new me. I realized that I can’t just say new year new me. I actually have to live it. And so here’s attempt #356 to do it but this time with some skin in the game. If I’m going to do this sports blogging thing and make it a viable side hustle I have to start actually walking the talk. No more excuses. So here’s my way of saying there will be podcast on the way: name TBD. But I’m hoping to go live in two weeks or so with an introduction pod to begin with to explain myself.

I’m hoping to start dropping a few pieces a week. I’m hoping to engage more with wider audiences. Not only setting up a youtube channel but hoping to put out alot of content and being consistent. People won’t buy in unless there’s consistency. So it is with that intent I say new year new me. Because 2020 sucks and we can’t be the same old Swithins. We actually have to do it.