Back to Blogging

This unintentional break pretty quickly turned into an intentional one, especially on the heels of this post, where I started to publicly question whether I’d continue here, and if so, to what end.

Partly, it was just normal stress and busyness: working full time, freelancing a lot, dealing with some health stuff, and a ton of weekend trips for family events. But when I realized I hadn’t blogged in a couple weeks and still didn’t feel like getting back to it, I decided that this break needed to be an intentional step back.

Before one of those long weekend trips, this one to Carrboro, NC, for my brother-in-law’s wedding celebration, I reached out to another blogger who recently moved back to Durham, NC. We’ve traveled to Carrboro a bunch of times over the past 5 or so years that Chad’s brother has lived there, and I’d been wanting to get a better sense of what there was to do in Durham. Robin was so excited to give me recommendations for places to scope out there. We’d never met, never really talked sans a couple Twitter/blog comment interactions, but she was so willing and enthusiastic to share her time and knowledge to list a few places. In recounting Robin’s recommendations to Chad during our 8 hour drive, I realized what it was that I wanted out of blogging.

Even though I’m pretty bad at it most of the time, blogging has still offered me cool opportunities, meaningful relationships, and in some small way, a little bit of ownership over my own life. Even when it feels hard, I can tweet or write into the abyss, and usually someone answers, really thoughtfully and kindly. The friends I’ve made on the internet (and IRL because of the internet) are amazing.

Over the past few months that I’ve been silent, I wanted to get to the bottom of why I’ve been doing this and if it’s worth it. I’ve decided it is. The answer is yes.

I’m in. I’m back. I’m ready to buckle down and make this space what I want it to be. I’m hoping that looks like more features, more interviews, and certainly more regular posting. I’m interested in exploring partnerships and collaborations with other bloggers, brands, and organizations. But mostly, I’m interested in documenting, living, and writing here again. Thanks for being here.