Introduction; Avoid making a choice

"Nil Volentibuus Arduum" (Nothing is impossible for those who want it). A maxim from a Dutch Poet Society in the Golden Age. A suitable quote to start my blog with, since I like writing poetry. I heard about the Dutch Poet Society during a literature class at school. I was inspired right away. Actually it started earlier, in a sort of subconscious, when I saw the film 'Dead poets society', but I was too young to recognize the inspiration. This blog will be about making decisions, finding yourself in between two doors, or more, when you can only open one. I learned today, when I started this blog, that I don't like making decisions...

First let me tell you something about myself (see, I just made a decision to tell something about myself and then continue with this blog about choices). I am Tom, an 18-year-old student. I am now in my final year of (Dutch) high school. I live in Haarlem, a city about 20 kilometres from Amsterdam, and no, I don't do drugs every time I am in Amsterdam. I must apologize for my shortcoming in English; my excuse is that it is not my native tongue. This apology counts for all my blogs from now on. I would love to write in bombastic sentences, or use catching comparisons like Shakespeare, but I am afraid that I am not very good at that yet. Also I will write, or publish, poems.

Back to the decision-making. It all started this morning when I started this blog, which, of course, did not go well the first try. So I ruined the name I wanted to use after a lot of doubting. Cursing and swearing went by before I got calm again and I returned to http://www.blogger.com/. The hard part began, picking a name for the second time. If you thought picking a name once is hard, you should try picking two names. During a consultation with a friend of mine (http://mirroredbowtie.blogspot.com/) all sorts of names passed by; Brown Sugar, I am, Romantic Failure, Q&A, Romantic Shower, They All Went To Heaven In A Little Rowboat and dozens more. They weren't good enough or stupid and the ones we found good enough were already used. Then finally came 'Poetic Answer', a very good one, we thought, but it was already chosen by someone, of course.. So 'Poetic Questions' then. Finally one that wasn't used yet and good enough according to our opinion. Then, when you are one step closer to creating your blog, another decision must be made. Looming up like Tolkien's creation 'Mount Doom'. What template do you want? What template do I want? I had no idea what kind of template I would like. Green? Black? Blue? Balls or stripes? Eventually I just chose the minimal template. Beautiful in its simplicity.
If you ever find yourself in a position where you have to make a tough decision, just ask your Magic 8-Ball.