...and some of you may welcome with this open arms.
It's true, I'm not blogging as frequently as when "Thoughts & Musings" came online a few years ago. In the early days I typically dropped something two, even three times a week. Yep, I was the one filling up your email inbox or your RSS feed with...well, with thoughts and musings.
I guess it's been for eight or nine month now that I've blogged with much less frequency. Part of that has to do simply with time - unless it's a quick picture or video link, I like to mull over my text, running it through a mental and rhetorical sieve to make sure it says exactly what I want to say, the way I want to say it. This whole internet thing is unforgiving: once something is put up here, it's there to stay, even if you think you deleted it. So writing a good blog post, or what I hope is a good one, is a bit of a time investment.
But something else has happened, something which has scared me a bit, even though bloggers with much more experience than me tell me it's nothing to worry about. I've found that (horror of horrors) I don't have as much to say anymore. Who knows the reason for this. Maybe other social media outlets like Twitter and our church's blog and sermon blog are satisfying the sort of thing that I used to rely exclusively on this blog for. Maybe there's a need for me to refine and re-tune this blog's focus - initially I thought leaving it wide open was a good move, but maybe not as much. Or maybe, as that wonderful little verse in Ecclesiastes tells us, To everything there is a time and a season... Maybe the day of 6-8 blog posts a month are a thing in the past. And again, after talking to some long-time blogging friends of mine, this is not only unexpected but perfectly normal and acceptable.
In any case, this is not a "I'm never going to blog again" post. I think I'll always have something to say for those who care to hear it. But I've finally grown comfortable with the idea that I may not be doing that as much.
In the meantime, if you really must know what's on my mind and what mischief I'm up to:
- Follow me on Twitter. I use this much more frequently, and if you really want to keep up with my every move and thought for whatever reason, this is the place.
- Subscribe to my sermon blog. I recently started embedding audio so you can listen and/or read, or if you're the multitasking type, do both at the same time.
- Last month I succumbed after much cajoling to Tumblr. Still trying to figure out how to use this best, but check me out there too if you so desire.
- Facebook? Sure, but be advised - I tend not to accept friend requests from people I don't personally know or who are part of the vast encompassing vortex known as the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Most of all, when I do share my thoughts and musings here, know I'm eternally grateful for you checking them out. There's lots of stuff out there, and time is precious. Thanks for sharing a tiny slice of yours with me.
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