Hiatus

Room to grow. (May 2023)

Friends, it is time.

After more than four years of publishing here every weekday, I’m taking a step back.

Writing this blog has been the catalyst for much growth in my life. As a result, I’m in a very different place than I was when I started.

So if there is so much good stuff coming out of it, why would I stop?

It’s true that I wouldn’t stop writing if I wanted to make sure I didn’t lose out on any potential benefit of writing, like a person lingering at a party because they don’t want to miss a single conversation.

But that would be a choice based on fear and scarcity. Because there are lots of places where good things can emerge. I’m interested in exploring more of them.

For me, right now, that means that I will no longer be publishing daily posts. I don’t know when or whether I will resume.

My belief is that a lot of the struggles we have in life are the result of not recognizing the full range of our choices. We make assumptions about what we have to do and overlook the vast array of other possibilities. I help my clients identify and reconsider these assumptions. Naturally, it’s important that I do the same for myself.

For instance, I don’t have to be “consistent.” I’m not a media company. I’m a person. I get to choose the commitments I want to make, and to whom. I can reevaluate them at any time. That includes my longtime commitment to this blog. It doesn’t have to last forever.

There are countless ways that I could streamline my content creation process, mostly by republishing older posts. But what’s the point? The point is not to publish more posts. It’s to write the posts in the first place. There isn’t a “repurposing strategy” that can eliminate the need for that, just as there is no email inbox management system that solves the problem of the effort it takes to write thoughtful email replies to people you care about. Some things can not be automated.

So instead of trying to get clever with my systems, I’m going to just be human. I need time and space to think about what’s next and get ready for it.

Thank you for your support along the way. I appreciate it so much.