I intended only to take a short break from blogging, sculpting, and playing the Feelings Collector, but it turns out I really needed the distance, so I took more of it. I found myself in a place where I was losing enthusiasm for most of my pursuits, which happens from time to time. I’m glad I noticed what was happening and acted on it.

But, it took a bit more effort to get back in the saddle than I had thought it would. Part of my lack of interest in spending my evenings fully engaged in one thing or another was that I began to exert myself more during the workday and it left me more drained than I had anticipated. Either way, I spent quite a few evenings careening from one thing to another, not able to focus for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time. Naturally, after a week of such evenings, I began to panic. Eventually, I remembered that browsing Julia Cameron’s books helped me out in similar situations earlier in the year and set myself down to read.