Back to School
A few people have commented to me about my recent lack of posts. Summer is a wonderful time because I get a lot of artwork made but the rest of my to-dos tend to get neglected. I don’t have carpool in the morning forcing me out the door at 7am and the kids are off at friends or at camp or visiting relatives most of the summer and any semblance of a routine disappears.
It’s a nice break from the hectic craziness of daily life where I can focus my time in the studio. In July I put in 126 hours over 4 weeks. Not a bad average of 32 hours a week on top of my 40 hour a week software engineering job. Not much else happened around my house, including regular blogging.
Tomorrow the kids go back to school and life will return back to normal.
Having a morning routine tends to set the tone for the day and keeps me on track. I’m up at 5:30 for yoga, studio time from 6-6:45 then cooking a hot breakfast, making sure the kids are awake and out the door at 7:20 to be at school at 8. We’re all home around 5 and I find I do most of my blogging while the kids are milling about pretending to do homework.
I’ve been doing some thinking about my blogging and my art the last few months and I have some ideas for how I’d like to change a bit of the focus on this blog. So over the next couple of weeks as life returns I’ll see what I can do to bring that about. I want to have a bit more formal plan for when I blog and some of the topics I’d like to cover in more detail. The details of how this will work are still a bit vague but I’m sure I’ll figure it out as I go.
Happy Back to School everyone!
Posted by Lisa in: About Me
Alyson B. Stanfield said,
August 22, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Lisa, I’m sure I speak for a lot of your readers when I say that I can’t wait to see what your plan is. You’re a model blogger and deserve a break when you need one.
Mary said,
August 25, 2007 @ 4:41 am
You have always struck me as a very organized person to get all you get done squeezed into a time frame such as a day. Blogging takes time and effort and like you, I find myself blogging less in the summer because of other time issues. It will be interesting to see what new directions you are considering.
Anne McCrady said,
August 27, 2007 @ 6:52 am
Lisa,
My first time to your blog. So many of us with a passion for creativity (mine is words-poetry, stories, commentary) are continually balancing work, creative time and family. Your life, both summer and school time, sounds lovely; celebrate that! I am working on a book called Passion for the Greater Good about how we widen our experience of others (community, compassion, creativity, collaboration, courage, celelbration). I’ll be back to see what I can learn from you! Or visit me at InSpiritry.com