I’ve been a complete slacker when it comes to blogging lately. I just checked, since I couldn’t remember, and my last post was way back in November, over three months ago.

(Warning - this may ramble a bit - I’m just writing stuff down as it comes.)

I’ve just been feeling a bit uninspired these last few months when it comes to the blog. I’ve been incredibly busy with work, uFlash, side projects, and family life, and as a result, I’ve decided that some things, like blogging, could be pushed to the side. I’d get an idea for a post, start writing, and then decide in the end that it really wasn’t worth posting, or ready to be posted.

However, I’ve made some changes in life that have helped me to open up some more free time, and I haven’t felt as stressed as I have been. I no longer go to bed at night feeling like there’s something that I haven’t accomplished, or that I need to do everything anymore. It’s been great.

Some of the changes I’ve made aren’t quite public knowledge yet, so I’ll be revealing those in upcoming posts, when the time is right. Others are very simple changes, like not trying to participate in every software prerelease program I’m invited to, or trying to Twitter every little detail of my life. (I can’t believe how much more productive I’ve been when once I started to pay attention to Twitter every few hours instead of minutes. At least it seemed that way.)

I’ve trimmed the number of blogs I subscribe to - at one point I had over 400 feeds subscribed to in NetNewsWire. That number has dropped to 132, and is still dropping on an almost daily basis. I don’t need to know it all.

I’ve been spending a lot more time playing my guitar, and I’ve noticed a big improvement in my playing just in the last month or so - it’s amazing what can happen with a little practice. I’ve also been playing a bit more on the Xbox than normal, which has been a lot of fun. Sometimes it’s nice just to turn off and let my brain run on auto-pilot for a couple of hours.

Playing with my daughter has been a lot of fun lately. Now that she’s walking, we’re chasing her all over the house, and having a blast. I never knew kids could be this much fun. I’m not saying that I think we should’ve had her earlier, but had I known, I don’t think I would’ve been as freaked out when she was born.

So, now that I’m finally feeling like I’ve de-stressed my life quite a bit, why resume blogging? Because it is kinda fun. What I write may be only interesting to about 3 people, but that doesn’t really matter to me anymore. I’m not writing this stuff for anyone but me.