I admire my friend Morgan dearly. In so many ways are almost twins. We’re both left-handed and goofy, played first base, love high school students, and are quickly nearing a critical shortage of hair on our heads. The list goes on much longer than that, but you get the idea. These similarities are what make our differences all the more striking to me. Mo’s blog is a perfect example. In the few months I’ve been writing this blog I’ve written a lot of words, but I haven’t shared very much that’s personal. And when I have, it’s been a conscious decision to go out of my comfort zone. (The Ayrton Senna anecdote is a shining example.) Mo, on the other hand, doesn’t have the filter I do. This post is much more vulnerable than anything I’ve even considered sharing on my site, yet it’s pretty standard for Mo.

I don’t like advertising my vulnerability, because, well then people would know I’m vulnerable. I know, it makes a lot of sense… With Morgan the vulnerability is explicitly part of the package and I need to learn from him. So going forward I am going to make this blog more personal and I will share more about me in hopes that we will be able to build a more personal community in general.

So there we go, I’ve already gotten my New Year’s resolution out of the way early!