Hello Blogging, My Old Friend

I’m feeling the itch to write again.

It’s been over two years since I’ve written a blog. As I type that, I realize this probably goes hand in hand with the fact that my baby boy just turned two years old! Each time we’ve added a baby to the family, it has taken some time to recalibrate and figure out how to best spend my time. Blogging the last couple of years didn’t make the cut. But I’m starting to feel the itch…

As a professional photographer, I obviously work in a creative field. And I absolutely love it! But sometimes when an art form you love becomes your actual paying job, you have to find other outlets for your creativity that are just for the fun of it! That your paycheck doesn’t depend on. Writing feels like that for me.

Are creative outlets a luxury I can afford?

Right now, writing feels sort of similar to how I felt about exercising a few years ago. I was in a grind season, feeling overwhelmed and short on time. I knew that exercise was important to my mental and physical health. But I thought of it as a “luxury I couldn’t afford.” Like, if I have this much on my to-do list still left undone, how can I justify working out right now? I don’t have time for that… I was stuck in a rut.

Long story short, my husband encouraged me to start making time for it again. Time for me, again. That it was not a luxury, but a necessity that I couldn’t afford to live without. For my own wellbeing and the wellbeing of my entire family as a result. (Thank you for that, Harrison!)

And that’s where I find myself with writing/blogging. This is not something that may move any needle in my business. But, if it can give me a creative outlet & lift my spirits & help me connect with others. It just might be well worth my time.

When you trim out all the fat, you trim out the flavor, too.

As a mom of 4 kids, I often find myself trimming the fat on my life in any way possible to be more efficient, more productive, more frugal. But I keep coming back to this realization that when you trim the fat, you trim the flavor. If I only do the necessary tasks & leave out all the FUN life has to offer, things can start to look bleak real fast. (Hence why marrying an enneagram seven was probably one of my best life choices - he keeps me balanced!)

My leaning will always be towards checking off to-do lists & being productive. It’s how I’m wired, unfortunately. But I am *trying* to lean more in a carpe diem, life is short, yolo sort of direction!

There will always be work to do.

Always! And in this season of my life, probably yours too, a lot of the work is repetitive. Laundry, cooking, cleaning, repeat. But the phrase “make hay while the sun is shining” can be used in regards to having FUN, too.

Here’s to ceasing the day! Here’s to doing something just because you want to! Here’s to writing! Here’s to fun.

I hope you’ll find something you enjoy doing and do it, just because, too.

xo, Suzy

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