My name is Frank.  The idea of writing a personal blog frankly makes me a little blotchy; in fact I considered writing under a pseudonym.  Oh yes, the irony, when the theme of this blog is a year of living authentically.   So why am I doing it?

I don’t think I’m alone in feeling a little lost and disconnected. Life experiences teach us to wear masks to fit in and somewhere along the way lose sight of what’s underneath.  Especially with authenticity challenged daily with the celebration of fake so prominent in our culture (reality TV:  now that really is irony).  I want to get back to the me behind the masks, the me who is more than my daily habits and conditioned responses

But it would be so much easier to just carry on living by rote, unconsciously, wouldn’t it?  Which is where this blog comes in:  to keep me on track when I’m wavering.  To keep me committed to my intention to be more true to myself.