Been Weird Lately

Life’s never been busier. And though things are terrific, I’ve hardly have time to think, let alone craft copy for Writer Dad. Most of what has been published here lately are words written long ago, then stored in WordPress like wood for winter.

The few times I’ve managed to find the minutes in my schedule, I’ve found myself shaking a dry pen, trying to find the right flow of thought, while barely having the energy to show up.

But Dave wrote something earlier in the week that kicked me right clean in the obvious. His post, Changing Why I Blog, made me realize something important.

Unlike Dave, I’ve not changed the reason why I blog. I didn’t start out online with a specific goal in mind. Sure, I wanted to get published or become well known enough to successfully self-publish, but the end game has always been more than that, too.

I set out to make a good living behind the keyboard. I knew that there were a million and one ways to do that and that blogging would be just one of the sharper tools in the box.

I am now making my living online. Things are good and getting better. I placed my bet, looked the worst of it in its beady snake eyes full of hate, then passed it by before it could swallow me whole.

Through the worst of it, I’ve always had this site. Yet making time to keep it live has been increasingly difficult. It was a line in Dave’s post made me realize what I’d been missing:

For the past few months, I’ve been so busy I’ve hardly had time to do regular blog posts. But the reality is that I didn’t have the time to do the kind of blog posts I was doing here at BloggerDad. I spent a lot of time on posts in the past, carefully crafting them as I would a column, writing and re-writing until I was happy – or somewhat happy with the result. Since I’ve not had time to do that kind of post, I’ve pretty much stopped posting as frequently.

Well, duh.

I know exactly what I want to do with Writer Dad, as well as how to best integrate it into my life and business. But I’ve been so worried about structure lately that I’ve disregarded flow.

I’m not back, but will be soon. I’m mostly just checking in to say that things are great. Work is going well, school is almost over, I’m in the middle of a move and life is in transition. All of it for the better.

Thinking of you…

Sean

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