"Beginning as we mean to go on"

Aunt Eva's column for desperate writers, editors and translators included an unforgettable one about "the most important thing is to begin as you mean to go on, and stick to it." I know two people who do this; they not only always have a plan, but a Plan B as well. Not me. I determine to plan first, whether a copyediting job or a Web page or, ahem, a blog. Then enthusiasm takes over like a wave of Puritan Great Awakening and I plunge in, to regret not having begun as I meant to go on.

And always wish I had.

"Darren over at Problogger.net is having a group writing project where bloggers submit what they would do differently if they were to start their blog all over again."

Cuz a lot of people don't begin as they mean to go on. I thought I did when I started caregiving 7 years ago, and moved into it full-time 3 years ago. I was in la-la land.