Good afternoon, Friday. Just a week till Christmas now and strangely enough, it just does not really feel like it. Between the warm weather and my lack of ability to go anywhere near midtown, I'm just feeling observant that there are holidays happening, but not feeling it in the air really. It's odd that.
So this is crazy. My first blog post was in September of 2009. Here it is:
I had no idea where this blog would take me. All I knew is that I wanted to write on the regs and get back to something I have always loved, that always came very naturally and easy to me in the best and most joyful of ways. I had no idea if people would read it, love it, hate it. I didn't care as much about that but hoped of course that all of you would love it as much as I loved writing it. I can't believe it's been over 6 years of sharing everything I love, hate, and think about. Through this blog I got writing assignments, reconnected with my love of the written word, and enjoyed sharing my passion for the city I love.
But I can't help but have this nagging feeling it's time to move on from here.
We've all heard of the 7 year itch, and maybe before it gets there, I'll scratch that itch and call it a day. I've gotten so much out of writing this blog, but of late I have not been feeling love for it. I blamed it on design, I blamed it on my lack of time to devote to it, I blamed it on everything I could think of. But really, when it comes to down to it, I just don't think I'm that into it anymore. Much like a relationship, you know when it's time to move on, even if you keep trying to make it work. You have to trust your gut, and your heart. And both are telling me to call it a day.
And like all relationships, there's usually another one waiting in the wings. I haven't decided what that will be yet, but you better believe I will keep writing because I have to, and that's that. I would love write even more than I have in the past years, because I dream of writing full time, from my home in Brooklyn. So it's not really goodbye- I'm going to keep this blog alive and online for a while while I figure out what I want to do next. Perhaps from time to time I'll write something on it. For now, I thank all of you who have read it, commented on it, and enjoyed it. I still don't have that Cartier ring from my first post- I somehow don't want it as much as I used to anyway. And I'm cool with that. There are other shiny objects to be had.
So for now, goodbye. Look for new and exciting things coming out of me and coming at you in 2016. I hope you and yours have a wonderful holiday and very happy and healthy new year. It's been a great gift to write again, and an even greater gift to find my voice, and I hope you will tune in once again when I figure out what's next. For now, it's a big open book/blog post/twitter rant. I'm not saying I may not find a way to resuscitate this thing, but we're taking an indefinite break (it's not you, it's me).
Cause that's what's up this shutting it down kind of Friday on this very last blog post of 2015, and well, maybe ever. Yours, in all the love I have to give. XO