Refocusing and Rebooting

The beginning of the 2016 has me thinking about my blog again and why I seemingly abandoned it midyear.  In truth, I let my teaching load overrun my creative life...to my detriment.

I took on a summer teaching semester for the first time at the college level.  While I truly enjoyed teaching my students, I found this summer session wreaked havoc for my creative energies and left me feeling depleted emotionally and mentally.  The ensuing fall semester met with personal challenges I had not anticipated prior to September, and so my blog fell by the wayside.

Until now.

I want to reinvigorate my blog and I want to refocus my energies in this blog on my book reviews.  I read so much and that is one thing I did not allow to become disrupted during the last half of 2015.  I read voraciously, jealously, devotedly, and I need an outlet to share some of my thoughts about the stories I have encountered.

So, over the course of the next few weeks, I am going to reengage my blogging discipline by revisiting some of my favorite books of 2015.  I'm looking forward to this!

Join me!

SOURCE:  "Reboot."  Knuckleballs.  Knuckleballs.  28 Oct. 2015.  Web.  10 Jan. 2016.

Keeping the Plates Spinning

People who know me would agree I have always been an optimist.

But, I am feeling incredibly optimistic at the beginning of 2015.  I am not really sure why, but I have a feeling it has to do with an incredibly important project I am currently working on (hush-hush for now, but hopefully more info to come soon!).  That project is propelling me to become more invested in other projects I have sidelined for far too long.

The creative bug has been biting me for quite some time, but I have not allowed myself to become infected.  Mostly this is due to demands of family and chasing an education and career.  However, I can no longer deny the reality that I need to create something!

So, without giving in to the cliched New Year's Resolutions concept, I am renewing my dedication to projects I have ignored for too long.  I am refocusing my vision.  I am choosing to remain positive, even when the opportunities I am chasing do not immediately materialize.  These opportunities WILL yield results even if it is not on my perception of the right schedule.