A Test Post

This is written in Word, so I am wondering how the formatting I use on my word processor will look on this site. Writing in Word will be easier for me to keep a weblog regular. I cannot imagine that I have to write while online. I have tried to write regularly on a blog before but I found myself constantly pulled away and lacked the commitment. It was not my priority, frankly, and I had not structured myself to make full use of my capabilities like I will plan with an offline word processor – provided this does not look like a dog’s breakfast and result in me spending more time formatting (or re-formatting) than I spend in writing.

That would be a bummer.

While I figure this all out, listening to the Smiths Greatest Hits, wondering what the restriction against HTML is and how it will affect me and whether I can link to the music I am listening or not, I am not really motivated to write anything meaningful. Meaningful expressions would reveal my thoughts on different topics of my choosing. I have spent my adult life thinking about my industry but that is not what I want to share here. This is not about “thought leadership” but more about pealing away my façade (note to self about special characters) and letting others in. This is not about being right on The Internet or defending positions against the anonymous but more about a shared interest we have in getting acquainted with others in similar situation as we. Ultimately, it is not about I.

It is about we.

But I cannot make that mental shift while my thoughts are pulled one way and another in concerns that only centre on me. So let me see what I can figure out about the gears of this blog before I get going and make my astral walk into the electronic ether, leaving myself behind if only for the space of one blog post.

Testing one, two, three… is this thing on? I ask myself.

edit: this was my first edit, noting that URLs do not work.
edit 2: "Formatting: How to use? click for instructions" actually works. Tags do not show on the post.