For many years, I have planned to start a blog. The reason is not clear though. It might be triggered by my ego, or just a tool to have a conversation with likeminded people.

Honestly, my plan was to start it last year. (or ten years ago ) The problem has always been my old nemesis”Procrastination”. Ever since I discovered that word, I have blamed her for all my failures.

In simple words, procrastination means to avoid some task or activity for the fear of failure. It causes real pain or discomfort just to think about doing that thing that we apparently need to do. So, in order to avoid that potential pain, the easiest way is not to complete that endeavor.

Today, the situation has changed. I have always thought of Death as the best counselor. You may keep her on your right all the time and ask her if any action is worth doing. She would probably smile and say: “Go ahead!” Or, “do not waste your limited time”.

The situation changed the last year when one of my best friends died. (that was my father. My other best friend is my mother who is, fortunately, still around and I hope for many more years )

The best lessons in life are learned the hard way. Last year, coincidentally, I decided to make a career change. A couple of months before my father’s event, I took the opportunity to start working on a call center. For the last 7 years, I was working with a great company in my town in the area of electrical utility services. The work was fine but I needed to increase my monthly income and make some time to work on my side projects. Today, I have been working as a call center agent for about 9 months.

The other important subject is age. I have noticed that I have started to forget small things. I can watch a movie I’ve seen before (several times) and in some cases, it seems like the first time. I’m literally surprised by some twists in the story.

In short, I am starting to publish this Blog as a tool to reorder my thoughts and get feedback from those interested in the same subjects. As a son of the 70’s, many of the stories I plan to share here, are from those years. My obsession with comic books, Music, classic literature, science in general and many more.