I’m taking a hiatus. Probably a month, maybe six weeks, no more than that. I want to announce it so that it seems premeditated (which it is) instead of making it seem like I simply got lazy.

There are several reasons for this. Feel free to skip to the bottom for the short version.

1. I really love having a venue where I regularly force myself to think deeply and put my thoughts down in a coherent manner, but that’s only one part of the allure of writing. Recently, I’ve started working on a few other writing projects of a more creative bent. One of them is a long-term project that may or may not pan out; another one is a Tumblr blog where I post daily (or more) vignettes. I want to take some time to focus on those, too, and build up steam there before I try to juggle all of my projects at once.

2. I’m getting to a point in my career where I need to get my professional online presence together, and design a full-blown portfolio site for myself that I can use to network. This blog takes an enormous amount of time to maintain and because I love it so much, it often takes precedence over my other projects, so unless I put this blog on hold, I don’t see myself pulling that portfolio together anytime soon.

3. I’m dealing with a few things within my social circle and  family that eat up a lot of emotional energy and I don’t always feel like maintaining that level of 24/7 connectivity that I need to both find things to write about, and to inform myself enough that I can formulate a semi-intelligent response to those things. I think a break would help.

TL;DR: Life’s getting in the way, I’ll be back in 4-6 weeks. If you’d like me to email you when I start posting again, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll add you to the (as-yet-non-existent) mailing list.

Cheers!