Hello! I Really Am Still Here!

It has been such a long time since I’ve written a post that I’m not sure how to start this up again! I’ve needed this time to pull back and tend to the basics of my life and not push myself to produce much beyond simply that.

In truth tending to the basics of work, family and my household took all the energy I had to give for several months. I’d forgotten just how much energy learning a new job takes.

Finally as weeks and months progressed new routines have settled in and my brain isn’t working so hard to figure it all out anymore. Thankfully, I feel energy and my creative energy returning as well.

I’ve been able to pick up a couple books and read again. I’ve sat with my double mitten knitting project started last year left untouched since March and knit a few rows. I’ve even cleaned out a couple closets and baked some brownies and sugar cookies over the last couple of months too.

It isn’t so easy to figure out what I need to do to take care of myself some times. I know that my old habit of stubbornly pushing myself doesn’t work as well any more. I’m learning when to say when and call it good enough and allow myself the opportunity to rest.

So, thank you dear reader for your patience with me for having left this site untouched for so many months. Unfortunately writing posts that once gave me energy zapped me of what little reserve I had left and sadly I had nothing to give.

I hope to work my way back to post on a regular basis. For now I am taking a one day at a time approach and remembering to take time to breathe!

What do you do to help yourself when you are tired and worn?