Just a Niggle

You know those niggles you get? The ones that don't go away but revisit you every now and again to remind you that you still haven't done something?

I have one - apart from the one about completing the last two assignments for my degree, and the one about cleaning the oven before the health inspectors close down my kitchen.

Mine is to write my life story.

It's not that it's particularly fascinating or anything, although I think it's been pretty eventful, it's because as I get older I really wish my grandparents and parents had done this for me and my family. You only really know them for the later part of their lives. As a child you don't remember or appreciate what they did as much as you do when older, but by then so much has passed and all you get to know is their last few decades, not the exciting youthful times they had while growing up.

My grandad started to write about his childhood, in a notebook a few years before he died. He showed it to my aunty who told me it was hysterical reading about the things he got up to in the village. Unfortunately we couldnt find it when we had to clear out his things. Perhaps it will turn up one day.

So maybe its just more procrastination to avoid finishing my assignments, but I'm going to start with a new blog about my life in the 1980's, as I left school and decided what to do with my life - this decade was particularly exciting for me as it includes joining the Navy, a war a death and a wedding, plus memories of some of my closest friends.

I'm thinking I want to physically write it down with pen and paper, making it more personal for future readers, but maybe doing it by blog or something makes it more interesting and easier?

I'd appreciate any advice or suggestions from you lot, especially if you have already done something similar.

Oh and I'll let you know when I get the new blog up and running if you're interested.