1102 I have some explaining to do…

If you are a regular reader, I have a bit of explaining to do. Firstly, I would like to thank you for sticking around this long! It shows and it means a lot to me. I never thought I would get this far and still be doing it. I am coming up to 6 years which is pretty good don’t you think? Next, if you are a regular reader, you will know I have been quiet lately and I must be honest I intentionally took some time out of uploading for a couple of reasons. To recharge, to get organised, to have a break and to find some new inspiration and motivation. You see, I have this special gift. I tend to commit to a lot of things and then run out of time or burn myself out. I am a busy person and I always have been I physically can’t sit still. I am generally doing at least two things at any given time.

The biggest reason is LIFE. Stuff just kept happening, things kept going wrong, things kept breaking, I had a lot of events and family things to deal with etc. So ya know, life just kinda happened all at once.

I took that and my friend told me as a sign to take the hint and slow down for a little bit. I got quite ill over my birthday in September which set me back three weeks. I will admit I was struggling; I was rushing to get everything done and because I was rushing the quality was slipping and I had just lost the motivation and inspiration to get things looking good. I found myself thinking “Oh that will do for now”, I would post titles so I got the post up on time but then have to catch up with the body of the post that week which meant I couldn’t concentrate on next week’s post, and it became a vicious cycle.

So, I decided with a bit of a nudge from a friend that I would take the month of November off. I was still uploading the questions because they were ready, but I stopped everything on the Blogging! and Lifestyle pages.

I have now taken off a little over a month which is longer than I planned but I didn’t think there was any point in rushing back to just get back into the bad cycle again. I will also admit that I am not 100% ready to come back. I did a lot of catching up during my time off but not as much as I wanted but that’s okay. I don’t want to put the same amount of pressure on myself to get things done. I even scrapped the goals as it wasn’t achieving anything apart from pressure which wasn’t working. Oh, just one more thing, I have also been working on my writing. Trying to improve it, what’s the point if I am not aiming for improvement, right?

With my little confession said, let me know in the comments what posts you like, what posts you hate, what you want to see more off, or any suggestions you have for me. I love constructive feedback, perhaps we should set a date each month where we can all vent about whatever is bothering us recently? What do you think, are you game?

Once again, thank you for your support. Stay tuned because I am getting back into the swing of things.