Shutdown

Last year I started a sister blog to this one where I wanted to post about “heavier” topics, or more serious themes. I found that I could not sustain the effort for a variety of reasons.

First, I find it a struggle to write more than twice a month on my blog(s) anyway, and wanted to focus my efforts meaning something got neglected.

Second, writing about things that are more serious takes more fortitude than I have the emotional reserves to handle right now. I have opinions and feelings and thoughts, but writing about them means thinking through them and handling them in my own mind before I can put them into words. Not wanting to plunge into that pool very often meant less output.

Third, because of employment rules and other reasons I am unable to be freely myself in some areas. I feel the restriction painfully, especially around certain topics about which I feel strongly. I would like nothing more than to open up about how I feel, but the fact of the matter is that I fear the repercussions to me personally and professionally if I do. I hope that doesn’t make me a coward, but I’ve got to protect certain things right now, and that comes with limitations.

Finally, I just couldn’t see anymore that having a separate blog was necessary. I already pay for and maintain this blog and domain name, and if I want to say something I can say it here. I really don’t need to double my efforts.

For all that, I have decided to, and have already, shut down the sister blog. It didn’t have a large readership, so I don’t think it will be missed, but in case anyone was following it, I wanted to say why it suddenly went away.

Thanks, as always, for reading, and I will continue to post here as often as I can.