It’s been a good 16 days since I last wrote anything for this website. The last time I had that much of a gap between posts was probably 2 and a half years ago before I decided I’d try to write more often here and eventually focused on one article a day as a general goal.
I’ll say this much – it was a hell of a run, but I think all the burnout and fatigue finally got to me. After 2 years of pushing myself, with the past year being somewhat of a chore, something had to give and rather than drive myself mad with a hobby (I’m one of those people who goes all-out in whatever they enjoy, for better or worse at times) I decided to separate myself for a while – to see how things would go for the site if I just did nothing for a while, and relaxed.
The timing was intentional, albeit the decision sudden. I was geared up to write about quite a few things coming up, had my schedule planned out and then, on the 13th, I just decided “Forget it. This isn’t happening. I’m not going to bother with it.” It wasn’t like I didn’t care about the subjects – I did, and still, do – but I was just worn out. Tired. It felt like a chore to write about anything and quite honestly even this post feels like more effort than it’s worth to me, and that’s not a good thing.
I took advantage of the time I gained by not writing, or worrying about writing, to game, watch movies, relax, what have you. This goes together with me also spending quite a bit of time at the day job (Black Friday doesn’t prepare for itself, after all) and working on some other hobbies and projects which I’ve neglected in the past few months. Quite simply, I took some time I needed for myself.
I’ve got another article coming which will better explain what happened to make me say “forget it” and also explain why a central aspect of what this site covered for the past few years will be going by the wayside; a somewhat sad but necessary step in the evolution of my little slice of the internet.
This gives me more time to devote to other topics, though, and to shift the admittedly fuzzy focus of this website back more in line with what I always wanted it to be from the outset – at least, the outset of this current phase of its existence.
I’m still taking time for myself right now, so updates may be sparse, but I’m thinking by December or January I should be back up to normal here – give or take the content changes.
You know the drill. More to come, as always.