Lent is coming up again and I’ve only written two posts since last year.

I’ve been quiet in a lot of places, in a lot of ways.

I’ve been resting. I’ve been waiting. I’ve been numb. I’ve been bored.

I’ve been thinking…

I’ve had a blog for so long – a decade. So much has changed. In the way people read and share on the internet. In my own life. There are so many considerations.

When I first blogged, I just picked a blog name and layout I liked and went for it. As life changed, I changed blogs and blogging topics and tactics. And then I just hit a wall.

Now, I just think a million things, get distracted and post nothing.

At first, I was sad about that, depressed. But also, the distance has been nice. To distance myself from the outcome of any of it and just watch and just wait.

The thing that calls me back is the writing. I can write in a pen and paper journal, but this provides me something else. Something I’ve been yearning for. There is something about the process of the creating and writing and publishing online that I find healing and invigorating and those things are necessary for me.

I no longer want to wait until I figure out how to do it “right”.

I’ve tried to figure out what kind of blog I’m supposed to have now that there are types of blogs. But I’ve never been able to pin it down.

I like sharing daily life. I like stream of consciousness and getting a little weird. I like talking about faith and politics. I like talking about music and books and pop culture. I like talking about self care and mental health. I like writing little memoir pieces and self-reflections. I like sharing real life pictures and the more artistic ones too. I like advocacy. I like essays. I like sharing information. I like examining perspectives and going in-depth about my own. I like sharing funny youtube videos.

I don’t really care about branding myself or making an income this way. I don’t really care about going viral or “growing” my blog. I don’t really care if anyone reads or comments or pays attention.

I just want my own space – to write and process and reflect and create and I just want to put it out into the universe for it to do what it will. I just want it to be what it is and for that to be just fine.

And so, it is.

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