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[gashlycrumb]

I've lost the habit of writing here. I write plenty elsewhere; bits and pieces, fits and starts. Things that will never make it past the drafts folder of my e-mail. Scraps of stories, wisps of ideas: mostly useless, though sometimes satisfying to find and read, small mouthfuls of something rich and delicious (but too much would be both

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[inertiacrept]

A lot of the same thing. I've hit the same walls you're describing and find that accomplishment is mostly the enemy of leisure. The more I get what I want, the less time I have for the things the wanting has eclipsed. Job and House and Love and Things get bigger, so writing and reading and reflecting get squeezed. The biggest scarcity isn't Money or even Time but simple Attention, and its coarser cousin Energy. I've never had much of a capacity for focus but it's been even more scattered lately. And I have no baby to contend with.

Livejournal is in such a state - suddenly nailgunned to that other site in a way that may trigger yet ANOTHER mass exodus, and all of the old regulars finding one by one that they've forgotten how this game is supposed to be played.

[gashlycrumb]

Well, I'm delighted that you're still here (scattered or no.) I'm trying to be here more often. We'll see how it goes.

[moominmolly]

Oof. Yeah.

I think it was 18 months before I could finish a non-schlocky novel.

All I can say is: the world will still be there when you've got yourself back. And I hope you are taking care to take time for yourself here and there.

[gashlycrumb]

Thank you. It's good to know that I'm not alone in this.

I am trying, but it's difficult. However: back to the gym this week, training for a 5K with a friend, using my camera on a daily basis again, interest in cooking piqued...I'm doing better than I was even a month ago.