Back To Blogging

I honestly do not have time to blog. Blogging time should probably be time spent working as much as possible. Either on housework, parenting, cooking or my writing and website business. But every now and then I want a little break and I don’t really want to think much. I don’t always feel like picking up my pen and journaling. I want to be at the computer so I can listen to music without waking the baby, and do a little surfing for entertainment value. So in that respect, blogging is a good exercise for my brain while having some down time.

I took a blog break for awhile but the time feels right to return to a sharing of my thoughts and feelings with the world. My hope is to attract only positive people with positive thoughts towards me and my words. I know that won’t be the reality of course, but I feel ready again to try and put myself out there. I have some strong and firm opinions and a deeply compassionate heart, which I don’t want to be afraid to share.

I hated having to moderate comments but I also don’t want a lot of battling on my blog either. Debate is good...thoughtful differences of opinion are fabulous. But belittling, cruel judgements, taunting or being sarcastic just doesn’t do anyone any good. But I guess it is part of blogging...taking the good with the bad. I have browsed quite a few other blogs over the past few months and I see that many other people who blog also have to endure the “haters” if they choose to be public bloggers.

For a long time I believed I was a full on extrovert and was welcoming and eager for all attention, negative or positive. But I have come to discover that I am actually far more introverted and filled with so much emotional energy that I don’t withstand hatred or negativity too well.

The fact that I am adjusting to life as a single mum and proceeding with a heart-wrenching divorce, likely adds to my emotions too. It is a journey though and I love a good journey filled with adventure.

But if I am to put myself out there as a writer and embrace this next phase of my life and my creative career, I have to thicken the skin that is far thinner than I ever realized.

So it’s time to put on my leather jacket, dust off my backpack, lace up my hiking boots and tease up my hair…I am ready world. Metal Queen is ready to crank the tunes, plan some car-free trips, share some life opinions, and most of all, kick some ass. :)