The first post

OK, here goes. My mission statement. My 'hello world'. The reason this page is here. The reason I'm adding even more clutter to the information glut. It's an experiment. Simple as that. But an experiment that's quite important for me personally.

The Setup

Russell and I were chatting about how blogging has changed our view on the world. How it's made us more critical, more observant, etc. And he was talking about how, by committing to something in public, in a blog post, can end up influencing your behaviour and intention to go through with something. I absolutely know this to be true. Even if only a few hundred people read something on my blog, that's far more people than I'd get round to telling about it in the real world. And I do feel duty bound to go through with a promise I might make.

I began to think about blogging as an interesting tool, not a publishing tool, but as a 'self-improvement' tool. And tried to come up with something that I could experiment with...

The Experiment

I'm growing sick of living in London. I've loved it for years. The hustle and bustle. The activity. The cultural opportunties. The fact I'm surrounded by great people who've been attracted by the opportunities that a capital city can provide. Etc. etc. etc.

But in the last couple of months I've started to lose my enthusiasm and just get fed up with it.

So, my experiment is this:

Can blogging positive stuff about London stop me from falling out of love with the city?

I'm not sure. Let's see.

The Hypothesis

• If I'm trying to see good things around me. I will see good things around me.
• If I'm saying good things about London, I'll start to believe good things about London.