Yesterday I spent quite a bit of time typing up a big long blog post, only to have it lost. I went to post it on Tumblr but I got an error. Instead of saving my post, it just deleted it! By that point it was too late and I was too tired so I gave into the fact that I would have to miss a day of NaBloPoMo already. I was really bummed about it.

Since Tumblr let me down, I became too worried about losing posts in the future so I decided to move my blog over here. The domain name atcapacity.com is one that Ray has had for a while, but it wasn’t being used. I thought it would be a perfect name for my new blog since it describes exactly how I feel. I am hoping that by making small changes I can reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed and instead feel like I have a little bit of breathing room.

Huh? What’s that? Well NaBloPoMo stands for National Blog Posting Month. I have just signed up for NaBloPoMo for the month of November and have committed writing a blog post everyday for a month. I had first signed up for NaNoWrimo, which is National Novel Writing Month and is an annual novel writing project. The goal is to write a novel during the month of November. I felt that it was a good challenge and many people have told me over time that I have a knack for writing. I liked that I felt like doing something that was out of my comfort zone. The only problem was that 3 days into November I didn’t have an idea for a novel, nor the time to write one. With working full time and caring for two young kids I just didn’t see me writing 50 000 words by the end of the month. Today on Twitter, @phera tweeted about her blog post for NaBloPoMo and I looked it up. I thought NaBloPoMo was an awesome idea! I think that posting daily to my blog is something that not only is feasible but fun! I’m hoping I will get some momentum going so that I can keep it up!

I have had more blogs in the past 10 years than I care to count. I have had general “about me” blogs, pregnancy blogs, baby blogs, family blogs, even a wine blog. I guess in a way this blog will be all of the above (minus the pregnancy blog!). Life is so chaotic right now as I try to balance home, work, kids, and a social life. I think I am more disorganized than I have ever been before but I’m ready to gain control again. I would like to use this blog as a platform to record events for posterity, share ideas and track my progress. I hope that one day I can look back on this post and be proud of all of the things I have accomplished. So here is a toast to a calm yet exciting, organized yet spontaneous, clutter-less yet full life ahead. Cheers!