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Back from the Mountain top…
On December 06, 2008 in Announcements
Tadaima!
I am “back from the mountaintop.”
November was a great month and I was able to take time to do some deep reflection on my life and where I want to go from here.
Some of that I might be sharing later on here on the blog, especially anything that relates to DailyJ, the J-web, and Japan. Those subjects will always have a special place in my heart. But truth be told they ranked in importance well below other things like family, livelihood and happiness/general well-being. And I’d say that is healthy.
Unfortunately, after much deliberation and soul searching I still haven’t decided exactly what I want to do with DailyJ. Oh, well…
But I do know that I want to keep it going on indefinitely. At the same time I cannot blog daily (daily blogging=burn out).
So, I will take the great advice offered by Shane and Nick (& others).
From now on I will blog when I want to and hopefully (with the burden of “I have to blog” removed) I will really want to blog often. I will also use that twitter idea Nick mentioned.
Give me a little time to shake off the rust (and catch-up with comments and email). Then I should be back commenting and enjoying the community in no time.
How are things on your side of the J-web?
Welcome back. All’s good here. Twitter has really kicked off among J-web people and Chris has listed a bunch of us here.
Back safely… That’s good.
As far as the blogging-when-you-feel-like-it method goes, I can see the merits of it. What I’ve been doing is just writing in MS Word without much thought about where I’m going to put that writing, or even if I’m going to put it anywhere at all. I like to write, but if I feel pressure to focus on something specific, I often find that whatever inspiration I have to write at a certain time quickly diminishes.
Soul searching is good - pressure is bad! Glad to see you back and I’m looking forward to reading some of your insights that were gleaned while on the mountain top.
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