To Blog or Not To Blog?

Confession:  It has been a week since I last blogged.  This is pretty unusual for me because over the past year or so, I got in the habit of regularly publishing a new blog post at least five days a week.  Even when I was on vacations, I still blogged while on vacation or had blog posts scheduled to be posted. 

But things have changed.  Recently, life has gotten really busy and I've slowly been blogging less and less.  With a new job and a new home, I've just been incredibly busy.  The spare time that I do have, I made the decision to spend it with my friends and family without painstakingly taking photos of everything I am doing.  For instance, Bret and I threw two barbecues over the long weekend.  I cooked and baked a boatload for these gatherings.  I had a blast catching up with my friends and family.  For the first time in a long time, I didn't take a single picture or feel obligated to write about it on this blog.

While I've certainly been enjoying life with less blogging, I can't deny that I've had serious mixed feelings.  Over the past few years, my blog has become such a creative outlet for me.  It was a place where I could feel satisfaction about what I was doing, especially when I wasn't feeling that same satisfaction in other areas of my life.  I felt motivated to write and take photos.  I've put a lot of blood, sweat and tears in this blog and it makes me sad to "neglect" it.  But lately, truth be told, I find that there are less things that motivate or inspire me to write here. 

What does this all mean?  I'm not entirely sure.  This isn't really meant as an apology or an excuse for my lack of activity on this blog.  It is a just a statement that Fun and Fearless in Beantown is going through some growing pains as I figure out what this blog means to me and where it fits into my life right now.  I'll continue to write when and if I feel inspired to do so and hope you all will stay patient with me as I figure it all out...

xo - Michelle