Catching up on catching up.

Let me see if I still know how to do this…Hello and welcome back to the blog. Let’s have a bit of a catch-up.

I haven’t written many blogs this year. This is something I am acutely aware of, for better or worse. I miss it. I think about it every day. I made a calendar of dates for every Monday and Friday to help me stay on track and accountable. It worked for a while. Then I got busy working with the crew for a play at my local theatre, which took up a lot of my time. I was still surrounded by creativity and creative people, but I wasn’t being the creative person I wanted to be. The crazy thing is that I knew exactly what would scratch that itch. As I said, I think about this blog every day. There is nothing I would like more than to simply sit and write. That just wasn’t an option for me until today, when I finally had time to myself and committed to setting a timer, writing, and seeing what happens.

The list of dates still exists. I have had the idea for a while to fill in those dates and get back on that schedule. Naturally, as time goes on, it becomes more daunting, but it is something I still want to commit to for my own sanity. I am up for the challenge, to be honest. Now that this blog is written, I hope it gives me the momentum I need to continue.

A lot has been going on in my personal and private life. Nothing too heavy and nothing I wouldn’t feel comfortable sharing on this blog at some point. As an artist and creative, I like being open with you, dear reader. I am sure once this brain dump of a blog is finished, I will be able to put a plan in place and see what there is to share. The hiatus of the blog certainly wasn’t for lack of ideas and experiences that I have had. I have been through the wringer, as they say. Since the last blog, I have been jam-packed with experiences. That, however, allowed me to neglect doing what I truly wanted and needed to do: sitting down and thinking. Honestly, I began to feel like I was letting it distract me from more important things. I always knew it wouldn’t ever totally give up on the blog. I just couldn't ignore more pressing matters anymore.

A lot of the time, on my daily to-do list, I simply put “catch up” as a task. That may sound ambiguous, but I know what I mean. The problem was actually doing the task. As I said, I always knew the blog and all my other creative goals would be there. I just needed to give myself the mental space to see what I needed to do for my mental clarity and how and why. Today, I finally took the time to see what needed to be done. This brain-dump blog looks like it has sorted that out. The how and the why are something I am still wrestling with. I hope to get back to a more regular schedule once my head is clear.

That’s enough from me. I am going to go have a think. Thank you for reading and for your time. It felt nice to say that again.