Lately I've been thinking about what I want to do with my life. Not that I hadn't thought of it before, but I'm 22 years old and really haven't started figuring things out yet. I'm getting to that time in life where a person needs to establish who he is going be and where he is going to go. The fact is I have been wasting my time. Years have passed by so suddenly that I can't believe how little I've accomplished. I have friends who are graduating college now, and I never even started college. I've just worked shit jobs and I'm in a no better position today than I was five years ago.

I'm not trying to sound melodramatic. I'm not depressed or anything, I'm generally a happy guy. I just need to set my ambitions higher and try to get my life moving. So, with that said, I think I've decided what I want to try and do...

I've always wanted to write, ever since high school. Hell, even in grade school I was writing, and I won a competition to meet Lois Lowry, the author of The Giver. Writing always seemed tangible to me, it was something I felt I could do better than others, and it never felt like work. My dream has always been to become a published author, and it still is, but I need to start somewhere. Try something small and move up. I've thought about my hobbies, and only one really stands out; video games. Nothing in my life has been more consistent than video games. I've been playing them since before I ever even started school. To this day I still play games religiously. It wasn't just a fad, or just a moment in my life. I would have an empty feeling inside of me if I were forced to stop playing games, as cheesy as that sounds. They're just video games, but I love them. I think it's good to have something in life you care so much about, and video games are one of my biggest passions.

With that said, I think I've decided to try and revolve video games around writing. Mix the two up and see where it goes. Just the thought of being a video game journalist makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. The problem is that so many people seem to want the same thing. There are countless video game websites on the internet, and bloggers; the competition is fierce. I'm not really trying to make a living off of doing this (although I wouldn't mind it if the opportunity arose), but it is something I want to try. I have no college education and no experience, so trying to get a job doing it is out of the question. Thankfully, nobody needs a college education or experience to succeed, not when you have the Internet! I figure I will start off very small, and slow, and see if I enjoy it and where it goes. I'll write about video games and related topics, mostly opinion articles, as an experiment. I suppose it won't be much different than any blogger out there who does the same thing, but maybe I'll be able to do it better.

So, Newgrounds, what do you think of this idea? I'll start by keeping a blog on Newgrounds, and try to make weekly posts. Would you read it?