Honesty: I took a brief hiatus primarily because I got a book from that review site that I had no idea how to review and instead of writing a sweet little piece about how lovely the photographs are I decided to turtle on back into my shell and take no action until action was no longer necessary - coined "chavving out" by Brandon and a term that I am all for stealing and using. So if anyone monitors those book reviews, sorry.
Some more honesty: I extended my brief hiatus because I sort of stopped knowing what to say in general. I am leaps and bounds a different person from 4+ years ago when this shindig began, but I tend to like that gal's take on things a lot more than this gal's. So it's hard. It's hard to want to relate humorous, stumbling through life anecdotes when your stumble has smoothed into more of a coast and you've settled in to (really awesome!) routines and life is less figure-it-out-as-we-go-along. It's bittersweet - I'm no longer dreaming up wacky adventures and pseudo-"putting myself out there", searching for belonging in a new place with entertaining tales of my failures and successes, but I am flourishing in the niche I've found. I'm no longer getting that high of new faces and places, but I am genuinely happy with the place that all my stumbling has brought me to.
With all of this, I assume a new introduction is in order. Who am I now? Somewhat less of a stranger in a strange land, no longer an aspiring nuclear engineer, still just as much of a goob.
-I have a degree in nuclear and radiological engineering, which means I could regulate the fission at a nuclear power plant if I so desired.
-I did not so desire and am now an aspiring medical physicist.
-I am still a displaced Texan in the metropolis hell of Midtown Atlanta. I still miss Texas just as much but I try not to mention it anymore because I savvy that people can get tired of that and really envious that they themselves are not from Texas. Instead, now I complain about traffic and too many people and rush hour like a true big city girl.
-I have a boyfriend who is taller than me! (He has many other great qualities, but I try not to embarrass him on the internet.)
-I'm afraid I might have become a health-nut.
Some more honesty: I extended my brief hiatus because I sort of stopped knowing what to say in general. I am leaps and bounds a different person from 4+ years ago when this shindig began, but I tend to like that gal's take on things a lot more than this gal's. So it's hard. It's hard to want to relate humorous, stumbling through life anecdotes when your stumble has smoothed into more of a coast and you've settled in to (really awesome!) routines and life is less figure-it-out-as-we-go-along. It's bittersweet - I'm no longer dreaming up wacky adventures and pseudo-"putting myself out there", searching for belonging in a new place with entertaining tales of my failures and successes, but I am flourishing in the niche I've found. I'm no longer getting that high of new faces and places, but I am genuinely happy with the place that all my stumbling has brought me to.
With all of this, I assume a new introduction is in order. Who am I now? Somewhat less of a stranger in a strange land, no longer an aspiring nuclear engineer, still just as much of a goob.
-I have a degree in nuclear and radiological engineering, which means I could regulate the fission at a nuclear power plant if I so desired.
-I did not so desire and am now an aspiring medical physicist.
-I am still a displaced Texan in the metropolis hell of Midtown Atlanta. I still miss Texas just as much but I try not to mention it anymore because I savvy that people can get tired of that and really envious that they themselves are not from Texas. Instead, now I complain about traffic and too many people and rush hour like a true big city girl.
-I have a boyfriend who is taller than me! (He has many other great qualities, but I try not to embarrass him on the internet.)
-I'm afraid I might have become a health-nut.
I'm a Software Engineer. Some time ago, I took great pleasure in writing my own blogging platform from the ground up. After two weeks of non-stop coding, I launched my site and proceeded to post a whopping four times.
ReplyDeleteI also have a YouTube channel to which I used to post fully random videos of my own creation regularly. But recently, that has also slowed to a crawl.
When reflecting on such apparent changes in ambition, I've understood why but have not been able to convey it linguistically.
"life is less figure-it-out-as-we-go-along"
That is apropos.
Good to hear I'm not alone in this! It seems that things just need to be internalized before they can spill out into our creative lives. I hope that you are either back to posting soon or that you find an equally fulfilling hobby for this new stage!
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