Almost three years ago I decided to begin blogging, and then about two years ago I stopped. I wrote on the blog semi-regularly for almost a year, mostly about the two big things going on in my life at the time, my role as the Section Chief for Section W4C in the Order of the Arrow and my interest in web design (with a focus on user interaction). Then suddenly I stopped without much explanation. Now, I begin again, and try to pick up where I left everyone hanging.
I would love to say that I stopped blogging because I was done, that I was ready to close that chapter in my life, but I wasn’t. I loved blogging and I loved sharing my thoughts with the world. I stopped because I emotionally couldn’t handle it–not to mention the rest of life–anymore. I stopped because we kicked my Dad out of the house after months of emotional neglect and abuse. I stopped because in making that decision, and then coming to terms with its negative consequences, the simpler things in life passed by the wayside. Luckily, the positive consequences of that decision have begun to enter my life, and the days are passing more joyfully.
It wasn’t easy. I went from being a driven, efficient, effective, person to a person who could barely handle his chores and his job during his year off from school. When only months before I was a Section Chief in the Order of the Arrow, a full-time student, and worked two jobs, I suddenly found myself unable to perform the simplest of tasks without an overwhelming sense of frustration and a strong desire to procrastinate and walk away. The last year or so of my life has been unproductive… dare I say wasted. I choose now to move past that. I am ready to return to a busy but fulfilled life where shit gets done again–and done well!
So here we go again. I am blogging, again! Hope you all are ready for me.
0 Responses to “blog, revamped”