Off the Hook

Posted on | February 10, 2012 | 3 Comments

Last week, amid my other random thoughts, I mentioned that I was really enjoying and loving my new job. Of course I’m thrilled about this, but like anything else, there’s a flip side to the story. This new job that I love also requires a lot more of my time and attention (especially when compared to all the oodles of “free” time I had while unemployed) and honestly, something has to give.

Lately, writing posts for Ordinary Mer has felt like a chore. I just don’t feel like I have enough time or enough good (or even halfway decent) ideas. As you may or may not know, I also maintain a book blog and keeping up with two blogs, while giving 110% to my job means that I’ve been rethinking my approach to blogging in general.

I started this blog a little under three years ago and as I now approach Ordinary Mer’s third anniversary – and my upcoming 30th birthday, I need to take a step back and figure out what, exactly, I’m doing with this space. I want to keep it, if only for archival purposes. All of my progress with regards to my 15 Before 30 list is documented here and I at least owe my two or three readers a final report on how I did and what I learned during that process. (It also shouldn’t surprise you to learn that I’ve already started compiling my 30 Before 35 list.)

But at the same time, I just feel like I can’t keep up with two blogs, while also working, having something that resembles a social life, sleeping, exercising, maintaining my sanity, etc. I want to want to write, instead of feeling like I spend all my time in front of a computer, be it at work or at home. The book blog is different, because I find it easier to write those reviews and because I always make time to read, no matter what.

So I’m not exactly sure when my next post will be, aside from one Wordless Wednesday I already have scheduled. I know I will be back eventually, because I feel like I need this space for therapeutic purposes, to get the thoughts and words out of my head. And besides, it’s a Presidential election year. God knows somebody’s going to do something that pisses me off and I’ll be back to write an angry rant. But for now, I’m letting myself off the hook when it comes to regularly scheduled posts. I just need to find a rhythm and schedule that works for me again.

I hope you’ll be here whenever I come back.

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