I vividly remember the first day of last winter. It was a brisk, yet unseasonably warm, December Sunday. It was the first weekend of winter break and I finally had a chance to get out in the yard and do the fall yard work that had been neglected for the entire season due to a crammed schedule and an injury that had thrown me for a loop. While I was dreaming of a white Christmas, I appreciated the extra time to clean up the yard before the snow arrived.
As I raked leaves across the brown grass my mind wandered. First, I was so thankful and joyful to be able to move again. It felt so good to take a step and know that I wasn’t going to be wincing in pain or have my knee completely give out. Then I began to think about my writing life… much like my yard it had long been neglected which was so frustrating and disappointing for me.
As I continued around the yard, cutting back perennials and cleaning out beds, I kept on mulling over my writing. I felt like I needed a change and I needed to shake things up but not sure how to move forward.
Meanwhile I kept mulling… But not writing much… Two more seasons passed…
Here I am nearly a year later. My writing life has “wintered over” long enough and I finally feel ready to bring my writing life back to life again. So here it goes…
I have moved on from old blog “My Random Wonderings”; a title I came up with quickly on the eve of the March “Slice of Life” challenge a few years ago. My new blog, “My Mindful Musings”, likely won’t contain vastly different content from my prior blog. But, I hope it does reflect a more focused purpose and sense of mindfulness I am attempting to embrace in my life. Over the last few years, I have allowed my life to run me ragged. Now I am taking control and focusing on what is important to me.
I am looking forward to growing some of the ideas that I have been mulling over and rejoining the “Slice of Life” community.
October 11, 2016 at 4:40 pm
“A change is as good as a rest” Maybe a new blog title following your hiatus will be just what you needed. Welcome back!
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October 11, 2016 at 6:20 pm
Love that you are daring to write again! I, too, have felt ‘seasons’ in my writing (in recent weeks, my blog writing has been a huge challenge for me). I think it is good to just have the habit of writing, to put pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard 😉 Write on! Best wishes!
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