If you’re visiting my blog, you’ll notice the last time I wrote something here was more than a year ago. The last time I wrote anything here on a regular basis was two years and two months ago. What happened?
Well, I got a job working for a nonprofit in my community, and I’ve been swimming in a giant wave pool ever since. If you work or volunteer for a nonprofit, you know what I mean.
I still write as part of my daily work life. Recently, I edited a client’s book as well. I also taught a biblical Hebrew class at my church, referring them to the materials on my blog. But only once since I started this job have I written on my blog.
I’m probably not the first or last writer to face this situation. At first, there’s no time to write. Then, there’s a bit of free time, but you’re so tired, you sleep! Then, you decide to make time to write, but you don’t know what to write because everything has changed. After a while, it seems like you’ve waited too long to jump back in. You sign up for a writing class, hoping one of the lessons will prompt you to write. But the days go by, and you can’t keep up with the class. When you start to feel like you’re finding a little work-life balance, you enjoy reading what other people are writing, but you’re still not ready to write. Finally, you reach a point where your desire to write overcomes all opposition, but where to start?
So, here I am, starting to write on my blog after a long absence. I don’t have a plan. I’m still interested in the same things I’ve written about here before. But the main thing now is to write. As I recall, that’s how I started this blog in the first place, 16 years ago. There’s something comforting about getting back to basics, knowing I’ve been here before, planting a seed and being ready to watch it grow.
I haven’t written much here today. But in the process of writing this post, I have discovered that I still love to write. Hopefully, I’ll be back to write more in the near future, at least before another two years go by.
God bless your day.
If you’re a writer, God bless your writing and your work-life balance.
Adventures with God 