I started this blog to finally force myself to write. It may sound silly, but I am having to force myself to do something that I have wanted to do for a while now. The reason is that I have been scared that I cannot write well, and also the idea of what I might write. I know I can write, inasmuch as I have just completed my third year BA dissertation and have done reasonably well in other academic essays, though this is another thing altogether.

I thought the best way would be to sit down and list some ideas, but what I came up with was not altogether cheerful:

• Social anxiety
• Trichotillomania
• Sex
• Death

Of course, such issues are important, but they are not what this blog is primarily concerned with. Nor are they what my personality is primarily concerned with, though they may unavoidably play a part in who I am! So, I thought about it and realised that, above all, I want to write for writing’s sake, and if that includes some exploration of these issues and my complex feelings about them, then all the better.

I also want to write factually about these issues, as well as music, history, philosophy: anything that is relevant to me or to thoughts about life in general (I suppose!).