Update: I Just Played My First Blindfold Game!

 I did it!  I just played my first blindfold game!  It was against Stockfish level 1, only lasted 17 moves and I had infinite time to think ... but I still did it!

It will be fun to look back at this in a few years time, when I'm a seasoned blindfold player and laugh at my indecision.  Nonetheless, right now, I'm pretty hyped.  The game itself was fairly accurate as well.  Funny, because I saw some potential tactics, but I also completely forgot whether some pieces existed or not.  Definitely a huge step, though.  Do this a few more times and I'll be able to graduate to playing against real people, and then I'll slowly climb the rating ladder until I reach my ultimate goal, playing "good" blindfold chess within 300 points of my normal rating.

Here's the game itself (which is on my new blindfold only account):

https://lichess.org/qsk2eIYR/black 

And as proof, here's a video of my attempt. I had tried to get it to record the live board as well (after all, no one wants to watch a video of a blank chess board), but apparently minimizing the tab meant that my recording software didn't pick it up.  It's also pitch black because I didn't turn on any lights, so I look like a ghost. So the video isn't that useful ... but it proves that I did it!

I'll have a full breakdown of how I trained to get here at some point, but for now, I'm off to celebrate.