After a long hiatus of finishing up a tough semester, I can finally cut the apron strings from the university.… For about 1 more day until the summer semester begins. ☺

Although I haven’t been publishing anything public, I have been still writing nearly every day. I chose to privately journal rather than blabbing my life out on the internet. Writing without any regard to an audience in my journal was immensely freeing. I explored different avenues of topics, sometimes exploring deep on a single thought, or retracting to a broader perspective of the ins and outs of the day. My ability to convey my deeper thoughts grew immensely. A journal was my safe place to write about business strategy without worrying it was too boring for a random doodad to read.

But then again, pouring all that energy into a blank journal sucked a lot of creativity. No pictures to post or conversations to start up with strangers. I missed writing stupid jokes and writing stories. I had a literal yearning to keep up this little website. Maybe that yearning that was for simplicity to look up certain past events (much easier to look up online rather than flipping through my journal), or maybe it was for the validation of a post. Either way, I really missed this.

For this blog, I want to tell stupid stories, show off my kids, and to have an outlet for good ideas I find. This is me, giving myself permission to do just that. It’s sure nice to ignore those suffocating marketing emails in my inbox who’s subject lines shriek at me “YOUR BLOG WILL FAIL IF YOU DON’T DO WHAT I SAY” without me screaming back “I CAN DO THAT ON MY OWN THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!”

Anyway, I’m glad to resume writing online. Now off to re-shackle the chain and ball around my ankle to my summer classes. 🙂