Happy new year, everybody! I’ve decided to start 2016 with some big news (in addition to the big job news last time, I guess).
Here’s the deal: I’m an optimizer. I am sure it makes those around me crazy, but I’m always that person asking, “Why are we doing it this way? Doesn’t it make more sense to do it this other way?” I’m not one to keep doing something the same way when it no longer works. Instead, I step back, figure out the end goal, and change the routine to match that goal.
It’s in that spirit that I’m drawing a close on regular posting here on the Redheaded Stepchild.
I know, just as we were about to move to a new town and new house with new jobs and start a whole new phase in our lives! But that’s just it. Right now, my days are entirely consumed with work and family – in a good way. I love my work and, obviously, I love my family. But I don’t want to publicly document my kid’s daily life, nor talk extensively about my job on a blog. That’s not what this blog was for, anyway. I used it for motivation to get stuff done, and believe me, I am getting stuff done – but caring for a toddler, being on the job market, working full-time, and blogging here nearly did me in over the last few months. I’m just not working on things I want to put out there for public consumption.
Then there’s the fact that, for many months now, I’ve felt like I’m out of anything useful to say here. Even when I have good content, I’m out of time and energy to write about it in a clever way. I still enjoy doing projects, but writing about them has begun to seem like a chore, which is precisely the opposite reason I started blogging. For years, this blog was my daily encouragement to be productive and creatively write about it. It was a useful and meaningful part of my life – which is exactly why I’m reluctant to continue posting and taint what I worked so hard to create with posts I don’t love.
So. It’s time to optimize. I admit, it makes me sad, but then again, there also are days when I want to shut this whole thing down and archive it. Instead, I’ll just write when I have the time, content, and brainpower to write a post worth sharing, whenever that may be. Until then, I’ll keep quiet.
Oh, and one last thing, my dear, dear readers.
