While taking the summer off, I missed more than a few DFA Link Rally posts – hence ketchup… get it?
Summer off? Yeah, that’s pretty much what happened.
I stopped writing regular DFA posts for two reasons:
- I burned myself out by working too hard, fast, and furious.
- Summer in Michigan only lasts a few months.
Writer burn out
It happens. I have been publishing free content on DFA since January of 2009, while also working full-time. This is doable as long as you don’t overdo it… which I guess I did. Live and learn. The good news is, my batteries are recharged and I am itching to get back at it.
My strategy for avoiding burnout is simply to pace myself better – I’d rather be a moon than a shooting star. I plan to write more efficiently and only when it’s feasible, rather than inefficiently and all-the-time. I’m confident it will work well.
Summer in Michigan
What makes summers in Michigan so sweet? Winters in Michigan – no joke. Not only do I need that sweet warm weather to recharge my Vitamin D cells… my wife is also on vacation all summer, making it doubly hard to find time to write during the short warm season. She started work this past week, which is also when the writing bug bit hard… convincing me to get back on the horse.
This is not me making excuses, it is me letting you know what happened and where I’ve been. I know you lost sleep over it. You did right?
Enough of that stuff, onto the Link Rally.
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