Why?

I’ve got a lot of other projects that I am working on and all this blog does is remind me that at one point I thought I might have something interesting or original to say on a consistent basis. The fact is I don’t and, frankly, I am too busy hustling and trying to feed my babies to keep up a blog. Especially one founded on as lofty goals as this one. I wish I’d had more time to write about the 12 Week Body Transformation program that my buddy and I did last year. The amount of food I was eating and time in the gym was insane and I got satisfactory results and am stronger for it. I might also have told you about losing 30 pounds in three months and more fun projects. But time has not allowed it.

Oh! Way to go Palin, so you’re a quitter now?

You bet I am. I’m ridding myself of one of the many voices in the back of my head that is screaming, “Hey! You should blog about that!” or, “Hey, you have not written at GetGeekStrong.com in a while and you actually get some traffic there! Just make something up, it does not matter!” Go read Seth Godin’s, The Dip and learn to quit.

Cool, so you’re insane too. What are you working on?

More of the same. My day job as a designer, my night job as a freelancer, my weekend job as a dreamer and hustler of dreams. If you’re really interested you can keep an eye on some of my web presences and projects:

• ericgranata.com
• facebook.com/granata
• twitter.com/granata
• StopForwarding.Us [Update] I sold StopForwarding.Us and it no operates at StopForwarding.com.
• birddoctor.biz
• churchtechdump.com (the closest thing to a blog that I have right now)
• and more stuff which you may hear about later…

Are you taking down the blog?

No. Why should I? It gets traffic, has some articles I’d like to keep for my own reflection, and I assume other people read them from time to time. I already pay for hosting anyway.

Your domain name is pretty cool, will you sell it to me?

Please. It’s not that cool. And yes I will. Get in touch with an offer if you’re interested.

So really, this is it?

For now. If for some reason I decide that blogging really is the game for me, I may jump back in. In the mean time, go read something great like:

• ArtOfManliness.com
• GetRichSlowly.com
• homesicktexan.blogspot.com
• freelanceswitch.com
• or any of the other great blogs in the Life Remix network of blogs.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.

If you can sit through all my “uhs” and “ums” (so shamefull) you might learn something interesting.

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I like to blog about entrepreneurship, parenting (from the perspective of a newcomer), marriage and anything that will help me get “Geek Strong” which is how I think of my holistic approach to general health which includes mental, physical, financial, relational and spiritual health.

GetGeekStrong.com is one of many projects that I work on in my spare time and I must admit that contributing to the Manival pushed me, in a good way. Perhaps with events like these and the gentle encouragement of my wife to write more (an old passion of mine) articles will come more regularly.

My thanks to Brett at Art of Manliness for the opportunity. His blog is like a much needed drink of water in an internet wasteland.

Thank you for coming back despite my horid blogging habits. It turns out that I suck at blogging. It doesn’t matter why I’ve missed posting, what does matter is how I plan on approaching this blog for the time being.

I started this blog hoping to document my 12 week journey on the Body-For-Life fitness program. I am happy to report that, even though I am not blogging regularly about it, Body-For-Life is doing well for me. I’ve lost over 12 pounds at this point and I am getting stronger as well. I feel great. I still plan on blogging about my experience but I will no longer make empty promises about daily postings. This is my revised plan for this blog:

• Personal fitness updates will come when I have something to report
• I will post begin posting links to other blog articles that are important to me and, I feel, yo
• As blogging becomes more familiar to me you may see my blogging habits and style change

So that is the plan for now. This blogging thing is new to me and as much as I desire to be a good blogger, I also desire to stay focused on other things like my family, my day job and other revenue streams. Perhaps, someday, I’ll get good at this.

In the following posts you will learn more about who I am , my present state, what I want to obtain and how I plan on getting there. Stay tuned.