It has been a long time since I have posted anything substantial here. Mostly it has been quick little things. Well, I have found it hard to find a balance between the demands of work and family and then to find time to do those things that are categorized as ‘extras’ in my brain. Perhaps this is indicative of the modern times, with things like Facebook and Twitter the need or desire to express opinions or thoughts is diluted. There is no built up need to express thoughts on family or whatever. That plus my usual web surfing seems to have killed my blogging.

It has really hit home that my ratio of content consumption to content creation is out of whack. I am not producing as much as I want to. THis has been running on the back of my brain for a while now. So what I am thinking is I need to a jump start my creative side, and get it out of the rut I am in

What I think is that if there is something you want to change, then change it. Questioning or excuses are just inertia. So I am setting the bar higher for 2010. I need to be making more, whether it’s blog posts, podcast episodes, designing things, or doing crafts with my kids. I am going to say to myself is there something I want to create before I sit down to watch TV or open up the web.

I can already see this will get hard when I spend all day doing email and misc administrative stuff during the day. I will just want to veg out. But I am going to try and step back an see what will really give me value and happiness. You can already see this is not a new year’s resolution, It is more of a recurring reminder to myself. I don’t want to make a promise I will feel bad for not keeping, I need some encouragement.