My Failure at Writing Detour

2022 was a good year for reading.  After a couple of years of not reaching my 50 book goal (thanks stupid pandemic bullshit and your negative effects on my life) this is finally the year that I not only reached 50 but exceeded it. Cue the applause!

Yeah me!

But as for what I wrote about regaring my reading in this here blog....well...*ahem*....I haven't really written much at all.

Now that it's 2023 I'm thinking about if and how I want to get back into the writing.  The bad thing about falling off the wagon is that...well, you fell of the wagon (duh).  But the good thing is that as you get back up again, you are given the chance to stop, look around and ask a few questions.  Where the heck was that wagon headed?  Am I still interested in that destination?  Would it be wiser to take a different route?  Would I rather start all over again?  Is there another way to get there?  How can I reimagine or reinvent what I want to do with myself rather than blindly jumping back on that wagon?

The answer; I'm still not sure.

If you asked me a year ago what I thought about not wrting for most of 2022, I'd say this it's a massive fail.  But now I know that I have an opportunity.  I can change my outlook on this blog, what I'm writing and why.  Yes, I'd still like to chronicle my thinking and reflections on the texts I've read but why?  For whom?  To what end? How often?

So many questions and so few answers. This, I guess, is what life is all about.

2022 was not a fail, just a little detour.  But I'm in the driver's seat so buckle up as I figure out where we're headed.

Dear reader, have you ever been in this same place?  Have you had the chance to fail and get back up stronger rather than meekly walking away with your tail between your legs?  Have you taken failure as a chance to rethink and regroup?  Have you seen it as just a small detour on your road to success?

If you have, AMAZING.  If not, well today is your chance to reset your personal GPS.

So often we think that failing is just that - a fail.  But I'm going to use this as a chance to consider what I really and truly want and in what direction I'd like to go.  

Stay with me on my journey and let's see where we land now that we've taken this little detour known as 2022.