Yes, this thing is still on! Life has been very stressful in many ways over the past couple of months, so I needed to step away from my blogging "duties" for a bit. Ditto any group projects I had planned on participating in, such as Self-Stitched September. There's enough to deal with right now; I don't need the added pressure of extra obligations and daily deadlines. Besides, it's still 90+ degrees here, so my September wardrobe isn't much different from what I showed you during Me-Made-May!
Adverb and I took a very relaxing vacation to visit my family in PA at the end of August, which was great for recharging the mental, physical and emotional batteries. I've been trying to figure out ways to inject a bit of that vacation feeling into everyday life. To that end, I've been focusing on paring down what I think of as white noise--all that crap makes me feel so bogged down sometimes. I've been clearing out physical clutter, finishing up half-done projects, spending more time outdoors (in the morning, before it gets too hot) and less time on the internet. In the coming weeks, I hope to share some of this process with you, because I've missed you, dear readers! But I don't want to feel obligated to blog ("oblogated?")-- that feeling is just more white noise.
In the meantime, it certainly hasn't been all stress here at Stacyverb HQ. I had a birthday last week, for example, and it was great to have a day where my main objective was to enjoy myself. How about you, readers--what have YOU been doing to enjoy yourselves?
You know what I've been doing. But it's not polite to discuss in mixed company.
Posted by: Marco | Friday, October 15, 2010 at 14:28
Thank you, Gaidig! I hope things are going great for you. Stay in touch!
Posted by: Stacy | Monday, September 13, 2010 at 07:46
Happy Birthday, Stacy! Sorry I missed it!
I highly approve of your plans for pairing things out. I find that all of these are helpful for my general stress level.
Posted by: Gaidig | Sunday, September 12, 2010 at 23:06