Back to Work

Course Correction

I haven’t written anything in the last few months. I wish I could say that pressing matters were keeping me from writing, but the truth is that I have just been checked out. I fell completely out of my routine and reverted back to distraction. The allure of digital anesthesia is powerful. In my case, powerful enough to make me indifferent to all of the real and important parts of my life being neglected.

Like a recovering alcoholic on an especially frustrating day, I finally broke down and reached for the fix. It’s taken me some time to snap out of it.

I think the attempt at writing fiction is what caused the initial disruption. Going from my normal writing approach to serialized fiction was even more of a left turn than I had anticipated. I also unknowingly chose to write and release what I was working on in the least productive and most maddening way possible. I quickly got burnt out by it.

I have to get back to writing regularly. To that end, I'm returning to essays for the time being. I am still working on fiction, but I think it will be better to work on that separately and from a different angle.

So once again, it's time to turn my back to the inviting glow of the digital Babylon.

Things were moving in the right direction, the path was clear, now to get back onto it.

If you're still reading, I appreciate you. Thanks, and I'll have something new to release here soon.