May
Good to Be Back
I used to have this teacher who insisted it only took three times of doing something to make it a habit and till this day I’ve proved that isn’t true in my case. In fact, starting any kind of routine with me is more painful and less rewarding than pulling teeth but after a little over 150 posts I can definitely say it was hard to break the blogging habit for nearly all of April.
The worst part about leaving the blogosphere (I like that word) is that I lost touch with some of my writer buddies. I never realized until now just how much I had come to look forward to talking/typing about various writing related things and actually having people understand me. Given, my Hunny and my other friends ‘do’ try to put up with me when I go off and start talking about character, view point, word count, and other such stuff but I can tell that most of the time they’re just placating me out of love- not that I don’t appreciate it but, well, I’m sure you get the point.
When I first started this blog it was meant to be entirely dedicated to writing. Fortunately ideas are like the seeds of trees. You plant them and while you have a general idea of what a tree looks like you’ll never be able to predict which branch goes where, the precise shade of green, or what squirrels will nest in it’s depths. To sum that up- this blog has become a lot more for me than just a place to commune with other writers. It’s become a place of expression, of babbles, rants, raves, and laughter. All of which still have to do with writing when it comes to me so while I had my general idea and had my general image, I’m still amazed it’s turned out how it has. :)
I’ve missed everyone!
I plan on getting to everyone else’s blogs and playing catch up with comments and such soon but to prevent the common snowball effect I’m not going to make any promises. I’ll get to it when I can but at the same time I’m doing a lot of wedding planning (It’s this August!), a lot of working (I don’t look forward to Mother’s day), a lot of writing (more good news but for another post), and a whole lot of other stuff. I feel bad when I can’t just automatically catch up with everyone because I know how I feel when someone takes forever to do the same with me. I’m sorry, but- no promises. This little spirit is practicing what you might call forced relaxation.
01May
relaxation is good. it benefits us in so many seen and unseen ways. try not to feel bad about not doing something if it’s for the “right” reasons. it’s all good. tofu, my friend. :-)
01May
Hi Spirit,
I missed you too! So glad you’re back. I’m looking forward to more of your writing. I see you dropped by my place…Thanks! I hope all is well. Talk to you soon. -Mike.
01May
J1M: Indeed, als sometimes it takes more work to relax than well- sometimes it just takes more than it should for me I suppose. Still working on that. Lol. Double tofu!
Mr. Grudge: Things are well and getting better every day. :) I hope I can catch up on all my reading soon and I know I’ll be able to catch up on all the posting I’ve missed. ;)