The Beginning

I've created this blog because there has to be some evidence of my life. I know it sounds arrogant, but the next four years of my life, and the decades that follow, will be the most pivotal in my life. And there is something to be said for writing it all down. The reason I've decided to post it on the Internet is because the things I write here are ones I want to share with whomever chooses to read. I expect it to be mostly my family and close friends. Don't fret, though, no information will be posted that could identify where I live, or any information that could put me in danger.

So, for now, I begin.

I named the blog Reticence for several reasons. One, it is just a cool word. Two, it is a word that describes little in my life and a word that I wish described more. It is the state of being reserved, being quite, just being. I think that writing what you think is trying to get you to become more reticent, to begin to look inward.

It might be cliche, but whenever I start stuff like this, I wonder when I will look back. In four years, when I am hopefully graduated, will I pour over these initial entries, laughing at my freshman self. What will have changed, where will I be, what will I be doing, who will be in my life. So for now I continue, day by day, wondering how my actions of day will affect the decisions I can make later.