It's Summer. I'm Lazy.
Thursday, July 5, 2012 at 4:09PM 
Hi. I've got summer fever. All I want to do is read about Tom and Katie and then take a nap.
We were invited to two awesome birthdays in the last week for some very sweet four year olds. That's Milo up above, covered in body paint at one of them.
Today the boys are playing so nicely and quietly.
I'm trying to remember why I blog. What is the reason? Who is my audience? I'm kind of burning out on the blog-as-a-job thing. (It doesn't pay very well and it takes so much time!) Or at least the blog-that-needs-new-content-every-other-day thing. I want to focus on a few longer term projects that need to happen behind the scenes, like writing a book or making art, and sometimes it feels like blogging takes time away from those things since it is always a top priority, it needs to be maintained and new posts need to go up two or three times a week. It's this constant distraction from my bigger, more long term goals.
If I had more alone time, like 8 solid hours 5 times a week, I know I could do most of what I want, but I don't have that kind of time with two little kiddos running around. I want to spend time with them and be lazy and enjoy summer too.
I don't know what the answer is and this is a stream of consciousness post so I'm sure tomorrow I will be feeling better and making a list of possible post topics, but for now I have the greatest urge to shut down the blog and focus instead on just enjoying life. Or perhaps redesign the blog to better reflect my goals.
At any rate, it's summer, and I'm going to go relax. Hope you are enjoying it too.
Blogging, Body Paint, Summer in Reflection
Reader Comments (3)
Ditto. I had all the plans in the world for being super organized this summer. And I am. I just don't have enough hours in the day. And summer is really short, especially in the PNW.
Sometimes it the blog feels like a beast that demands to be fed. And sometimes it feels like information and images are going by so quickly that I can't take in what I'd like, let alone much or all of it.
I do enjoy the blogging and the creative aspects of it - the writing and the photography and finding links each week and inspiration. The creative process. But I don't enjoy the 'faster, faster, faster" aspect. I want to linger and savour rather than skim and speed up more and more.
So it'll be a time for me of regrouping and thinking about what I want out of this. Do it in a way that fits the time that I have for it rather than trying to do an 8 hour a day blog in 2 hours a day. And that was BEFORE the summer.
I want to enjoy the summer with the girl and the man and the friends and family.
I think about giving up blogging EVERY DAY. Possibly SEVERAL TIMES every day.
My current strategy is to write short. A photo or two, 200–500 words, done. But even a post like that takes a while to complete.
I'm with you, too. I just finished up a great blogging course (http://livlane.com/ecourse-home-page/) and feel like I have a bit more direction/focus for my blog, but ... it's summer. My kids want (and deserve) my attention. Days go quickly. I'm already noticing the post-solstice sunset. Before we know it, the leaves will be falling. Always so much I want to do and making time is a constant challenge.