Cleaning House, A Memoir - Revisited
It has been a while; seven years, one month, and two days to be exact. But, seriously, who was counting? Are blogs even still a thing? Hypothetical questions. A lot of life has happened in seven years, one month, and two days. I'll spare you the re-cap. I'm here now. A challenge of sorts. Get back into writing, stretch the atrophied muscles of the abandoned writer's life. Stop complaining that there is no time, find time.
I’m doing this thing, a thing I began in January as an effort to embrace change (read: New Year’s Resolution). I am working through Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project with two groups of friends. We meet monthly to discuss how we can be happier. Is it working? I don’t know, I’ll let you know in December when I’ve completed the twelve-month program. Much like a twelve-step program, I have to do the work. This blog is part of the work.
Why embark upon a happiness project? Am I not happy? How much happiness is enough? Again with the hypothetical questions! I am happy, I want to be happier. I’m examining the things that make me happy. Today, in Chapter Three, Gretchen opined that what one does in their spare time is a key to figuring out one’s passion. Currently, I have no spare time. Or do I? (Damn you hypothetical question.) She also wrote about her blog as a way to find her passion for writing. I used to have a blog. I used to have spare time. I used to have passion. I guess my resolution to find more happiness is about finding that passion again.
Don’t misunderstand - I do have passion in my life. I love my job, but it has been all-consuming for the past five years. All-consuming. No balance. Not healthy. This year’s resolutions and the resulting foray into The Happiness Project are about finding all the elusiveness of what will bring me balance and, voila, happiness. Easy, right?
So easy that I’m sure all I have to do is leap across seven years, one month, and two days to become a blogger again and all will be set right in my world. Stay tuned. It could happen.
