Being Average

After having read many many blogs; personal and professional, I'm thinking why not write one? So three weeks after signing up with this blog site, I still have no clue what to write about.

I am not a technical/professional subject matter expert. I spend more time at work than I want to, so a professional blog is out of the question. I have a lot of friends who are motorcycle enthusiasts and they write about the rides. But these are more like ride logs. Another one will not make the biking community a better place. I don't have strong religious/communal or political views or opinions. So what would I write about? A friend suggested write about 'Facts of Life'. If I knew the facts of life, I'd be making tons of money writing books and delivering seminars on the subject. And yeah, I would wirte a blog about it too.

First a little bit about me now, more in the future posts. You couldn't be more average than me. I live in India and work in IT, middle age, middle management, married for 8 years, overweight; constantly trying to lose weight and give up smoking and drinking. You wouldn't notice me in a crowd. I've reduced that a lot though (not the weight - the smoking and drinking), not because I have strong will power, it just takes longer to recover from a hangover. Also, like most married men, I have no pride or ego, so there are certain (acually a lot) things I am not allowed to do.

My entire professional life is documented on LinkedIn.

But how I got to be this average guy has been an extraordinary journey. I can't talk about all of that here. Some things are best forgotten or not told. I believe that in an average man's life there is a lot of adventure, at least for that person. I say 'average man' because there are no average women - if you don't believe me, tell a woman you know that she is average and wait to see what happens.

The first thing that must have come to your mind (you are one of the three people, counting myself, who may read this blog) is why "Fat Bastards"? Well, let's leave that for a future entry. That is an interesting story which I will spend some time on.

So I'll write about whatever is exciting to me. It may also serve a reason to look for excitement and adventure in everyday events. I won't literally write everyday - I'm too lazy to do that. So a little bit about the past, the present and what I expect in the future.

Boy, this is going to be one average blog!