And This Is Me

 So, I have finally caught up with the rest of the internet and got myself a blog.  Aren't I modern?

Of course, it is fairly shameful that I haven't started blogging before now.  Once upon a time, I was convinced I was destined to be a famous writer.  All through my school days, if anyone ever asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, the answer was always a confident "I'm going to be a journalist!".

And some years ago I even took the step of actually studying journalism at Belfast Met - you're reading the words of a woman with a NVQ level 4 in newspaper journalism, ladies and gents.  But that was sort of where the problems started.  Working in close quarters with other wannabe journalists, all of whom appeared to have far more flair, drive and creativity than me rather dampened my enthusiasm for the subject.  A month spent on work experience at the News Letter then went on to completely extinguish any desire for the career I was once so sure of.  No offence to the journalists on the paper, most of whom were perfectly nice - it was more the dawning realisation that I had absolutely no ideas whatsoever that really sealed the deal.  Well, that coupled with the fact that someone who has trouble phoning their local pizza delivery service for fear of making a fool of themselves really has no business attempting the level of social interaction being a journalist involves.

I left with my NVQ, made a half-hearted attempted at applying for one solitary trainee journalist job and then....never bothered again, basically.  I got an admin job at the civil service where I was sometimes asked to contribute to the staff intranet, moved on to the glamorous world of HR and payroll and then never wrote again.  Alas.

So, that's the point of this blog.  An attempt to get me writing again.  I'm sorry there's no theme to my blog - I won't be a specialist on any particular subject.  I will just, hopefully, be writing about whatever takes my fancy.  Possibly.  Unless I have another attack of The Fear and delete the entire thing in a fit of self-pity.

And that's me.  Let's just take things slowly, OK?  Let's get to know each other first before we get too involved.  No funny business on the first blog post.