A few thoughts about time

I know I’ve been quiet and borderline absent here on the blog for… oh… a couple of years now.

And I do apologize for that. Working on The Turrim Archive has taken a lot out of me. Not in a bad way. I’m not here to complain or tell you things have been hard. It’s more just… time.

Time is a rare commodity. And that’s something I notice and am more and more keenly aware of as each year flies by. Oftentimes, things get cut. And I have to find something to say “no” to. As a chronic “yesser” to anything that sounds remotely fun, this has been a hard, but good lesson for me to learn these past couple of years.

Have I learned how to say “no” to things that sound good and fun?

Yes.

Am I completely reformed?

My husband would tell you no. And he’d be right.

I still probably say yes to far too many things. I often find myself committed to the max, if not over-committed.

In my defense, I kind of like being busy. I try not to complain about it, because I know I do it to myself, and I do enjoy having things to do. And most, if not all, of those things right now revolve around cheering for my kids as they dive into their interests.

For example, this summer, I took horse vaulting lessons with my younger daughter, played a role in my oldest daughter’s short film she made for a school project, accepted the position as co-athletic director for our homeschool cross country/track & field team, traveled to Texas, went to Realm Makers, and took up running again with my son as he has started his first season with his sister’s XC team. And that’s just a few of the things I’ve been up to.

Ooh! You want to see Leiana’s short film?

Here you go!

But as I fill up my life and time with all these fun things, I’ll admit that it often means other things fall by the wayside for a bit… like blogging. But I have missed you all, and I’m hoping to get back to posting a teensy bit more regularly. My brother and I are also gearing up to kick off Season Two of our podcast in the near future. If you have any requests of things you’d like us to talk about (or if you’d like to come chat with us on our podcast) please let me know!

Also, as that fifth and final book of the Turrim Archive series is off to the proof-reader and the whole project is nearing completion, I am starting to feel a little bit more like the world of creativity is opening up to me.

And that is exciting.

For example, I am currently 40,000 words into a new project that I’ll talk about more next time (I’m using it as my FicFrenzy project, and my goal for the event is to write at least ONE CREATIVE SENTENCE in that project each day). Nothing huge. Just trying to get the creative process started up again and remind myself what it’s like to draft again.

So that’s what I’ve been up to lately. Just a few things. But the good news is that the creative juices seem to be flowing once more, and that is truly exciting.

What have YOU been up to?