Itchy with ideas

I am buzzy – veritably itchy – with ideas and grand plans today. Maybe it’s because I finally took some days off work to properly relax and now,  feeling refreshed, I’m entering the anything is possible phase of my menstrual cycle more charged up than I’ve been in quite a while!

It’s actually kind of annoying because I’m back to work now and it’s been super hard to focus!

It can be hard to express thoughts into coherent words when I feel like this, but I’ll try!

The main headline is: I want to write more creative and considered personal blogs

I’ve talked about this before, but one of the reasons I like to blog is because I find writing helps me to think and understand myself better. The trouble is I feel like I’ve lost hold of that intention recently because everything else in my life has been so busy.

The blog was originally also a way for me to find a focus and a mental purpose when I was stagnating and unchallenged in my old job. So really the fact I miraculously got myself a new job that is very challenging is a big win, even though it can sometimes feel a bit of a shame that it’s sucking up the time and energy I was previously enjoying blogging with!

Of course I’ve still posted a lot to this blog, even a lot more than I did previously, but most of that is my book reviews, quick journal notes and routine roundups. I do like to share all that stuff, and it’s helped me keep up my habit of blogging but I’m missing the chance to get a little more introspective, and also work on my writing skills.

The good news for my creative self-esteem is that, after letting my brain and body relax for a few days, I can feel that side of me reawaken and I’m motivated to find a way to get back in touch with my inner-writer.

To help me in this endeavour I really need to sort out my Obsidian notes database because it is a muddled mess of abandoned projects, and essentially useless to me in its current state. I have definitely mentioned that I needed to do this several times before, but now finally thinking about what my intentions with blogging are has given me the clarity on how I need to reset my note taking.

Essentially, I’m going to restructure the whole thing so it helps me answer the questions that I’m always in conversation with myself over, which are naturally also the questions I want to write about.

I’m still thinking over what those are, but when I started an “off the top of my head” list this is what I got –

• Why do I blog?
• How can I think better?
• What do I love about embroidery?
• What makes a fulfilling life?
• What makes an interesting story?
• How can I reduce loneliness?
• How can I reduce friction in my life?

So now I need to find the time to sit at my desktop PC to go through and tidy away everything I don’t need and make it easy as possible for me to keep notes and work on these questions!

Update: I did it, you can read about my updates to Obsidian here!

Another thing I want to do is pull together a list of annual monthly blogging challenges so I can be more prepared to participate in the future. I’ve only just discovered “Blaugust” half way into the month, and it’s been great to explore a new community of bloggers!

I might also think about creating some little challenges for myself… But that’s a future project! I’ve enough to work on for the immediate future!