This is it. The first post. It’s got to be great. It must at least be good. This is too much pressure. I procrastinate under pressure. That’s why I’ve had a blank blog for months now. So, here’s what’s going to happen, I’m going to write a sh*% first post, akin to Anne Lamont’s classic first draft. If someone has shown up here to read this, I thank you and I apologize.
It is funny how things fall together when you commit to a path. I learned that in the blog world, having a logo is a thing. I Googled it. Of course I Googled it. I got some tips and then went at it blindly. Not hugely creative, but I used the blog name to create the acronym “S.O.” To jazz it up I added, “!”. I did this in Paint. I have never used Paint in my life but I sort of got into it. I ran into loads of problems. It literally took me the better part of the afternoon to create this rotten little thing.
I didn’t know what a hex color code was a week ago, but I heard it discussed in my class. The one I’m taking to learn how to create a blog. I couldn’t make the background color of my logo match the background color of my site. Paint seemed to know less about the hex color code than even I did. Again, I Googled. The discussion of hex codes included the discussion of decimal codes. Paint did seem to know a thing or two about that. Then I found a conversion calculator. Here’s the bottom line, that crappy little logo blends seamlessly with the background of the site and I am PSYCHED about it!
It is entitled “practice logo”. I was going to send it out to a pro so they could make it look pro, but not anymore. I think this logo is perfect for me. When I get stuck in perfectionism I am just going to look at that logo. I learned more things than I can count just doing what I did. I also had to challenge my own deeply held belief that I cannot do things like this. A child could have done it, I know. A delighted voice inside me says, “SO!”