*peers in*
Uh, well, hi everyone. Long-time, no speak! I kind of fell off the blogging wagon last year and no matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t get back into it. The funk started in May, when I took a quick break to go on holiday, and it stayed that way throughout the summer when I somehow got a social life and I ended up being busy every weekend and most evenings. I’ve missed blogging a lot, but I just didn’t have the time nor the motivation to get back into it. During the run up to Christmas, however, I kind of gave myself a kick up the backside and decided that I had to make time to do something that I loved again. So here we are.
I’m not an overly laid back person, so I don’t think a laid back approach to blogging would be for me. I wouldn’t enjoy not having some sort of schedule, or a lack of posts written in advance, so I’m not going to do that. The plan instead is for me to post up to five times a week (instead of the rigid schedule of five to seven posts per week that I was following before), and set aside days dedicated to certain types of posts. I think this’ll encourage me to actually keep at it.
As well as failing at blogging last year, I also failed at reading. My original goal was to read 100 books, which hasn’t been a problem every other year, but in 2016 I “only” managed 50. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy with this achievement. Fifty books is still more than most people read in a year or even three. But most of those books were read between January and May, before the funk happened. It’s more than a little frustrating. This year I’ve set my goal to just ten books, although I do anticipate reading a little more than that. Hopefully without a massive goal looming over me, I’ll stop myself from getting annoyed at myself.
But, that’s enough negativity! 2016 was actually a pretty awesome year. I stepped outside of my comfort zone and got to know lots of new people, including a new group at work full of lovely people who I spend most of my time with. I met someone who became my best friend and, later on, my boyfriend. And I finally passed my driving test! It only took about ten months of lessons, and I passed first time with only two minors, which I’m dead chuffed about. So now I have a car and I’m no longer restricted to my village!
So overall, 2016 was fantastic, despite the reading slump and blogging funk that I managed to get myself into. If 2017 turns out to be as good, though, I certainly won’t be complaining!