It’s February 1, 2026, and I am once again blowing dust off this website as the new year rushes by me. I had bold goals for January, and I didn’t hit a single target. I did make progress, though. I did inch along in a positive direction.
I read two books, not four. I reread A Wizard of Earthsea and The Book of Three. I watched ten movies, a far cry from the “movie-a-day” goal I was hoping to reach. That was a silly idea. I walked about 280,000 steps, not the 310,000 I’d intended. I didn’t write very much at all.
But I’ll celebrate the progress I did make.
I am trying to break out of a sort of inertia personally, creatively, professionally. I haven’t had a writing idea that really excited me in I’m not sure how long. I recognize now that there are at least two problems at play.
I’ve let my writerly muscles atrophy. I’ve written very little in several years, and that’s the very problem that I started this blog for nearly a decade ago. Hang with me as I try to return to form.
The other problem is that I haven’t been really soaking in the nutrients I need for creativity. I haven’t read as much, reading a couple of books here and there in fits and bursts, and I’ve been wallowing in old familiar television and movies to the point that I’m no longer getting joy from them.
I’m going to try to be here, chattering about the things that make my brain work on a daily basis. I’m going to give myself space to write things and share opinions whether I find them terribly useful for anyone else. I’m going to chart a course, and see where I end up.
Until next time!
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