It's been almost a year since my last post on this blog. A YEAR. I can honestly say that this is the longest in the history of me as a blogger that I have NOT blogged. A lot has changed in the past {not quite} 365 days. I haven't been scrapbooking. At all. Contrary to popular belief, I haven't given it up altogether, however it is just not something that is a priority for me at this point. I spent 10 years deeply involved in the scrapbooking industry. Design teams, publications, etc. It was so fun, but at the end it was also a whole lot of work. I wasn't enjoying it anymore. I waited until the last minute to complete my assignments. I turned things in late. I just wasn't into it...and that's wasn't fair to anybody. So, I stepped down from it all. And, I have to tell you, it felt really good. I haven't created anything since July...and I'm finally now beginning to feel the urge to create again. I feel like it's the classic story of the burnt-out scrapper...it happens to lots of us. I love seeing my work of all my talented friends, and I know that someday, maybe someday soon I will do it again.
What am I doing now? Being a mom and a wife. Teaching again...which is a huge shock to the system when you haven't done it in three years. Instagramming. Reading. Exploring. Enjoying life.
So...this blog. What is to become of it? I don't know. I used to be a real blogger. Like...real posts about real things rather than just post after post about scrapbooking layouts. Of course, now I have a job in the real world, so I have to watch what I say. ;) I would like to promise that I am going to blog again in 2017 - that this blog will be revived, and I will be a diligent blogger... but I also need to be realistic. There's a pretty decent chance that 2017 will be a big repeat of 2016. But, I'm not quite ready to say goodbye forever. I've never aspired to be a famous blogger or a famous scrapbooker or a famous anything. This has always just been my place to just be myself. Thanks to everyone who has been a friend to me and a blog reader all these years - in the words of my three year old, "You're the best!"
