
{a lovely chair in the private room at Nada Columbus}
A few weeks ago, my mom mentioned how I hadn't blogged in awhile {hello, understatement of the last three months}. I responded that I had been focusing on my new job and taking time for my husband, my pups and myself.
She replied, "I think you're blog was filling a void, and that void is no longer there." Or something wise, observant and insightful like that.
I immediately wracked my overactive brain for the void I was so desperately filling by blogging. The truth is, blogging has always been a creative outlet--or at least an outlet--for me. Now, I have a whole new job in which to be creative. By the way, I'm LOVING my new gig. Thanks for asking :)
Nothing against my old job, or the crazy, busy schedule I was keeping for years, but I think I needed to blog because I was feeling complacent, uncreative, unmotivated and simply ready for something new. My blog allowed me to channel my often chaotic thoughts into something that felt real and good. Plus, there is an amazing community of bloggers to catch up with every day!
I've tossed around the idea in my head over the last few months if I wanted to come back to blogging, or if I wanted to call it quits. It was starting to feel like a chore, something I had to do. And honestly, anything I HAD to do was not anything I wanted to do. So, naturally, I needed a break.
I think what I also needed to do was reevaluate why I'm here, what I want to get out of blogging and where I want this blog to go should I move forward with it. I don't want blogging to just take up space in my life, or feel like a chore or a job. I want it to be something that I look forward to each day, every other day, a couple days a week--whatever publishing schedule I land on.
The truth is, I love to write. I love expressing myself and my thoughts through creative writing. I don't think I'm ready to give up blogging. But I am ready to find a new way of doing it--a way that makes me happy, that keeps me coming back and that isn't simply filling a void in my life.
How do you approach blogging? What are some things about the way you blog that you've changed as you've gained experience?
