Why I Took Almost a Week Off Blogging and How I’m Doing Right Now

If you are subscribed to my blog or read it frequently, you probably noticed that I missed publishing posts most of last week. Even though I take infrequent and random breaks from publishing, this past week’s missed posts are different. Instead of taking time off and focusing on my off-line life, I also had two new thing that distracted me.

The first is that one of my relatives is seriously ill. I’m going to stick to my commitment to not talk about my relatives’ personal lives online, but I found out about it in February. I have been getting occasional updates, but the shock of hearing how seriously ill they are hit me pretty hard. There really isn’t much I can do to help them out, especially since they live far away from me. This is why I feel frustrated. Not everyone can live forever on Earth, but it still hurts that I can’t do anything.

Aside from news about my relative, I started to have serious vehicle problems. Parts were changed on it, but the problems continued until it was discovered that it was a different part. So, I’ve been stuck at home for the past week without using my relatives’ transportation. (These are the relatives that live much closer to me than the one that is ill) Even though the parts that were changed didn’t fix my vehicle, the parts did show signs of abnormal wear and tear, leading to the assumption that they would’ve failed anyway. Just not right at this moment.

After these two additional things, I felt off. At times like this I decided to take breaks from blogging and social media as much as possible. I do this in order to give myself time to calm down and think about post ideas I want to write about during times when I am upset. Of course this means I can’t publish posts as frequently as I want to, but I need to do this for my own peace of mind.

To be honest, I still don’t feel right. I still feel upset and my focus is off. Yet, despite whatever is going on, I sometimes I can still write good posts. This took time for me to learn and I am not as well versed in how much I can push myself as I want to be, yet I know enough to see warning signs and then pull back. Right now the week off writing has helped me out a lot. Still, I feel like I need to avoid talking about certain subjects. Right now, shopping and spring decor seems to be one of them.

Other than how everything is effecting my writing, I’m doing pretty good. Staying home has made me enjoy all the things I own and has given me time to work on my piles and piles of DIY projects I need to work on. I’m also trying to decide if I want to continue reading certain books I read but stopped, clean out areas of my house that need to be cleaned badly, and put things into perspective about my relationship with relatives that passed away.

Sadly, painting my kitchen has not been one of the things I’ve worked on. I still need to paint my kitchen, but right now I feel too distracted by all the other things I never had the time to do, but now I do because I’m stuck at home. This could change later on this week, but I also won’t be too surprised if I don’t.

Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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