The problem with breaks

The problem with my break from blogging is that now I’m detached. I’ve gotten used to just watching things pass by, taking them in, letting them go. I’m out of the habit of paying as much attention as I did and thinking of things in my everyday life and/or travels through the interwebs to write about. Like I said in my last post, I feel like I need to come back with a serious plan, with something hard-hitting and meaningful. That said, the only thing I can really think of is bringing back Weekly WTF. That, and overhauling my tags, categories, links, and blog pages (you know, like the About page and stuff) to make the indexing (as well as my favourite links) really current and thorough. Speaking of Weekly WTF… looks like I only did it twice. Wow. Not really a “bring back” kind of thing then, is it? More of a “get it the hell started” thing.

I’m also going to try to be strict about blogging every day. It probably won’t happen, and I’d rather go for quality over quantity, but we’ll see. At the very least, I’d like to be on myself to journal every day, even if they’re not public posts. So, as for today, I went to the doctor. Yearly physical. She’s super nice. I always get nervous every time I’m going in to the doctor, because I’m always like “I really could have taken better care of myself… she’ll know I’m totally slacking.” Coincidentally I feel the same way when I go to the hairdresser and dental hygienist. The hairdresser is the worst. He’s really amazing with hair and I feel weird giving him straw to work with. My hygienist is really sweet, so even though I know my teeth aren’t sparkling white and perfect, she won’t be judgy about it, just tell me how I can improve and what I’m doing right.

Since I only see the doctor a couple times a year, I forget how really nice she is, and how freakin’ professional. I’ve had a few doctors over the years, and she’s really the best I’ve ever seen. She knows just about everything (as you’d want from a doctor, naturally), and I was surprised at how well versed she is in treatments for depression. So, really, the physical went well. She even reminded me on the way out of the room that even though I’m overweight, it’s not that big a deal, especially since I’m doing so well with other things, like my depression. Seriously, how many doctors say that?

So that was today. Oh, and in odd timing fun things, I came across an article yesterday that was weirdly relevant to me, called Disappearing and Other Stuff by Cath Lawson on her site. I really enjoyed reading it because it reminded me that I’m not the only person that kind of retracts once in a while. One of her great points is that yeah, you’ll lose some traffic if you take a hiatus, but that’s normal, and some people will come back. I never started with much traffic to begin with, so I didn’t lose much, but still a good reminder. =D