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Less than one minute ago, I made a decision. It wasn't a big decision, no, it was a very small one. I decided to blog. No, I didn't decide to blog more often, despite my sparse postings for the last few months. I decided that I would write a single post immediately. What makes this decision significant is the motivation behind it - or the lack of motivation. I had no topic in mind to write on, no question, I just decided to blog.

OK, it's not actually that significant, but pretending it was helped me get the ball rolling. I got a whole paragraph out of that. So now, I'm in my second paragraph of an insignificant post. At this point I'm wondering how I can salvage significance. Maybe I should turn this into a confession of my lack of motivation when it comes to blogging lately - but nah, that seems like the cheap way out. I feel like there is some super creative and maybe even witty solution that will bring me the satisfaction of a job well done and that will bring you, who have somehow wondered into my written world, the satisfaction of a read worth the past 5 minutes of your life.

Maybe I should take this opportunity to apologize. I'm sorry I wasted your time. Phew! Now if, despite my efforts, you decide you didn't like this post when you get to the end, you'll think "well he did say he was wasting my time and he did apologize." But, if you somehow arrive at the conclusion that this collection of words added value to your life, you'll think even higher of me because of my self-debasement and modesty.

Ahh, I've gone and messed things up. How can I expect you to objectively arrive at either conclusion now? I just walked you down a path towards a fork in the road and arrogantly assured you "you'll go that way or the other way." Now, to spite me, most people would abandon the path and run through the woods, forging their own way, because nowadays we are so obsessed with "straying off the beaten path" that we will do it even if everyone else is doing it.

Well, now that I have covered every possible outcome and made sure that I'll be right no matter what happens, I think it's time to end this thing.