[note from April 23: I freaking forgot to post this. I wrote it in January. Ugh.]
[note from June 14: and then I didn’t post after this because my cat went missing for a month, my friend, died, I got in a car accident, and just…life was not being kind to me. Ughhhhh.]
I can’t be the only one who hates “Hi! It’s me again!” posts but here we are. Because it’s been six dang months. Not just six months since I posted, which was bad enough, but six months since I’ve read anything!
The motivation just wasn’t there and neither was my ability to focus. A combination of burnout and only recently diagnosed ADHD (AuDHD folx raise your hands!). I sampled books like nobody’s business – definitely contributing to my library’s nonfiction checkout stats 😅 – but I wasn’t finishing anything.
2023 was evidently not my year. Well, to be fair to myself it wasn’t my year for reading. In other aspects of my life I was forced to face some very difficult truths. 2023 was one of those years I wish I never had to experience but I needed to in order to move forward.
This year I plan to be more lax with myself regarding obligations I created for myself. As in, this blog, my bookstagram, my Goodreads and Storygraph. Last year I put too much pressure on myself and it led me to reading things I didn’t enjoy, hating what I wrote, and taking the joy out of the creative process.
For 2024 I have a very laid back posting schedule for myself. Not even a schedule really, just a goal of posting twice a month. I have a large backlog of content for when I burn out. Overall I feel this is a system that will work a lot better for me.
I hope each and every one of you is reading and or doing what you need to do in order to be happy at this moment in your life. Look forward to some upcoming content from me (scheduled to post in advance so you can accurately rely on it)!
See you in the stacks!
Fictional Wanderings 