ohhh blog it’s been awhile.
August was a busy month. Finished teaching a fantastic summer course and then—lucky me—traveled to two back-to-back bachelor/bachelorette parties: Vegas and NYC. Both amazing. Scenic photos only for the blog.
And then I realized August was ending and September was coming way, way too quickly. I’m in a blog rut. With my second qualifying exam at the end of September, I’m pouring all my energy into 18th century transatlantic narrative, novel, and theory. And I’m spent. And I’ve fallen hard for stupid Pinterest, which isn’t stupid at all because I love it and have approximately 97 boards.
This is my internal blonologue:
-I should blog. Blogging is good. Blogging is fun.
-Ughh, I have nothing to blog about
-I should blog about my garden
-Ughh I don’t feel like taking pictures of it
<Reads style blogs>
-I could blog about style. I should blog about style.
-Ughhh I don’t feel like taking pictures/don’t know how to use the self-timer on my camera
-I should blog about academic things on my new professional blog
-Ughhhh. Feel dumb. Nothing to say. Bad grad student. Uh. Wah. Uh.
And then I lose control of the English language and can only communicate via the baby sign for “more” that my 1 year old nephew taught me.
Two things I get from all this which are only mildly contradictory:
1. I am giving up the “shoulds”; the “shoulds” are not my friends. The shoulds are a bunch of jerks.
2. As I always tell my students, writing begets writing. To get out of my blog slump blump I’ll write a little something every weekday this month. Even if it’s only a link to my 800 Pinterest pins.
Happy September. Did I mention Hannah Montana was in Vegas too? She roomed with us.
i’m in a bit of a blogging rut as well, and i have repeated similar thoughts in my head. i like the idea that writing begets writing.
Total blogging rut, I hear ya. And I’ve missed your posts! But, you know…no pressure.