With the pandemic and what has been a bunch of miserable “lowlights” in my life recently, my creative side has been suffering for the longest time – the reason that I took a step back from this blog.

And I must say that taking a step back has felt good.

Very, very good.

It’s time to think about what I want to do and where I want to go (if anywhere) with my fiction writing and this blog space.

Should I simply “quit” my blog or take it in a completely different direction unrelated to my interest in fiction writing?

Do I give up on the idea of publishing my fiction and just write for my own pleasure?

So many thoughts but I have yet to make any firm decisions.

Have you ever contemplated packing it in and quitting your blog? Have you changed the direction of your blog since you started?  

The posts I was writing in dedication to my Dad…

I took them all down and finalized the ones I had left in Draft for me, myself and I offline. And as I stumble across old posts that no longer resonate with me, I’ve been removing them too.

It’s time to unplug and purge for a little while, including things in my life beyond this blog space.

A friend of mine decided to consciously “unplug, purge and be more positive” for 30 days before her birthday this month. Her hope is that by the time her birthday hits, her mind will be clearer and she will finally be able to focus on what her needs and wants are with less distractions.

In the past few weeks, I’ve watched her become more relaxed as she has intentionally unplugged from situations that others keep trying to drop into her lap and people who haven’t brought any added-value to her life in years (and never did).

As she said, the pandemic, politics and being forced to slow down made her unpack sh*t she had either turned a blind eye to or that she was simply ignorant of. Now, she as she undergors this process, she is making time to “repack” only what she needs and wants in her life.

I understand where she is coming from and have been feeling the same way for a while now.

Though my own birthday is more than 30 days away, I’ll be following in her footsteps by doing my own version of unplugging and purging. And I might as well start early since I know I need to take a really, really deep dive…

But I’ll be back.

In the meantime, you take good care of yourself!

M xoxo

My Dad and I loved hanging out on our balcony watching the sunset over the ocean every evening whenever we were in Puerto Rico.

We both loved the beach and early morning walks when the world was oh-so-quiet. When I eventually return, it is going to feel really weird without him.

I’m truly hoping that he is enjoying an even prettier view on the better side of paradise with family and old friends that were waiting to greet him.

Before he passed a few weeks ago, I made my Dad promise to always be my guardian angel and to save me a seat right next to him on the other side when he arrived there.

Of course, he was quick to agree.

In turn, my Dad made me promise to not join him too soon and he was also very clever in making me promise to do a number of things I will not share here.

Well, I plan on keeping the promises I made to him.

And in order to keep those promises, I don’t want any distractions that will take me off my path so I will be logging out of most of my social media apps and this WordPress account by the end of this week.

My plan is to only check my direct messages on Twitter and Instagram since that is where I mostly communicate.

But before I log out, I just wanted to say THANK YOU.

Thank you for your sincere condolences.

Thank you for being concerned about my well-being and checking in via DM to find out how I’m coping (or more like not coping).

It touches my heart to know that those who I have become friends with on WordPress would be so kind and thoughtful.

Thank you and when I return, I’ll tell you all about what I have done during my time offline.

With love and lots of it,

M

I don’t think that I can learn to live with this feeling and I don’t think I want to try.

I’ll be on “hiatus” for an undetermined period of time.

Take care, stay safe.

M