Bloggy Resolutions

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” – Gustave Flaubert

My mind wanders a lot on the treadmill, and it sometimes wanders into great ideas. I’ve spent the last three years of my blogging existence wondering what topic will get me out of my daily grind and onto my blog more often. This morning, on mile 1.5 of my run, it finally hit me– the topic that gets me riled up during regular conversation, that turns a sentence into a speech, that keeps me clicking through news stories. A woman’s perspective.

During a routine haircut last week, I walked into a new salon– a small boutique of two stylists and a colorist. My stylist Jerry, and the store’s owner Ally carried up a constant conversation of snarky, amusing chatter. As I enjoyed the sound of my split ends being snipped away, I listened to the latest on celeb gossip and San Francisco happenings. Somewhere between RPatz and LiLo, Ally said something that, a week later, has sparked my women-centered epiphany. Referring to the Brangelina/Jennifer triangle Ally said, “You know Brad likes controlling women. Angelina’s all, ‘I know I saw you thinking about talking to that woman over there,’ and Jennifer’s totally ‘OK, whatever, I’m going to yoga’. She was too chill for him.” At the time, I chuckled and moved on. But today on the treadmill it made me wonder, is that really why Brad cheated? Do men really enjoy being “possessed”? Even so, why should women have to change their innate personality to have a faithful partner? Anyway, during this pointless internal conversation, I realized that what women think about interests me. And the issues that affect us– be it our relationships, our career prospects, or our spa appointments– are my treadmill thought fodder. So this is my new year’s bloggy resolution: blog more about women. I think you’ll find that I’ll be posting more.

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