New creative endeavors

I have reached a point where I am struggling with what to do with this blog. I have been thinking that maybe I will start feeling motivated to blog more now that the wedding has passed, but I’m not sure if that’s really true. Even with its redesign, my blog isn’t exciting me the way it used to. For a while there, it was my main creative outlet, and I loved thinking of new things to write about. All those topics that I was exploring — natural living, authenticity, etc. — are still important to me, but not at the forefront of my mind any more. Of course, wedding plans have been consuming my time and my creative energy, but I don’t think that’s entirely to blame for neglecting my blog. Had I really felt inspired to write, I don’t think wedding plans would have stopped me. It’s not like it really takes that long to jot down my thoughts and post a couple of paragraphs.

It all has me kind of wondering if my blog served a specific purpose, which has perhaps now passed. It got me writing regularly again, helped me land a few clients, and start forging a new career.  My life is now vastly different than it was just a year ago, and I’m excited about the direction it’s going.

While I certainly don’t want to retire my blog, I don’t want it to become a chore, either. I am going to make it a priority to start posting again, but it may still take a backseat to other creative endeavors. The wedding dust hasn’t quite settled yet — there are still gifts to put away, thank-you cards to write, pictures to go through, and a wedding album to put together. I’ve never done any scrapbooking — at least not the kind that is popular these days, with all the stickers and fancy papers and whatnot. Back in high school, I used to arrange all my pictures in photo albums with all my ticket stubs and various other keepsakes and even write captions (I was on the yearbook staff, after all), so I suppose I have the scrapbooking gene in me somewhere. I think it will be a fun project. Also, we’re house hunting, so my attention has been diverted from shopping for skincare to looking for a home with office space for me and a big yard for Ryan.

I don’t know if I’ll ever get back to posting as regularly as I was, but I am going to make Friday my day to post to both my blog and to Examiner (another neglected project). Maybe with some regular activity, the excitement will return. And if it doesn’t, that’s okay too. With a little luck, I may have a new house to decorate anyway!