The End Has No End
It appears to be that time.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. 4 years and a measly 70 posts later, I’ve decided that the 71st post will be the final post in the life of ‘Blog This!’.
Well...sort of.
I’m actually Brett Farve-ing this decision and leaving open the door for surprise posts at the spur of the moment. But for all intents and purposes, my foray into the ‘Wonderful World of Blog’ has reached its creative end. For now. I’d truly hoped that the bright and blazing flame of inspiration and imaginative writing would continue to burn strong and as frequent as it had during this blog’s infancy. But unfortunately that just hasn’t been the case lately.
I have, however, come to convince myself that the flame has never left. It’s always been there and continues to be. And I am constantly amazed at what I write every time I try.
I’m just too damn lazy.
That’s not to say I don’t think about writing in this blog all the time. On the contrary, I probably consciously remember the existence of these pages about once a month, and usually completely by accident. However, it’s just not enough to simply ‘think’ about writing anymore. Plus every time I do think about it, I’m constantly reminded of how little I contribute to this journal, especially after I read some of the masterpieces my friends and colleagues churn out on a seemingly regular basis. I can always count on ‘Captain’s Blog’ to be fresh and wonderfully unpredictable. ‘A Breath of Fresh Fire’ continues to be a pillar of deep, insightful, and extremely thought-provoking material. ‘NewsGuy’ and ‘Confessions’, once in hibernation, have awaken from their slumber and are both starting to blog in earnest again. ‘Nobody Puts Banana in a Corner’ has been such a monumental undertaking; it’s nothing short of pure inspiration. They all make ‘Blog This’ look like an exercise in slacker-hood.
I know; I’m probably being way too harsh on myself. But the truth is that I just don’t feel the urge to write for the sake of writing anymore. It’s funny because every time I do, it turns out OK. Sometimes better than OK. But that’s not what this blog has ever been about. I have constantly said in these pages that I’m not going to write because I HAVE to write, but because I WANT to write. I just don’t want to write as much anymore.
But one day I may.
And who knows, that day may be sooner than later. I may find myself going to grad school and writing all the time. I’ll probably have written so much academic mumbo jumbo that I’ll want to write anything else other than another paper on nuclear physics, or chemical engineering, or world economics (the classes I’ll clearly be taking).
So as I said earlier, I leave the door open…slightly cracked that is. But for now, I bid farewell to you fellow bloggers. It’s been an incredible 4-year run. I look forward to posting again in the future.
Whenever that may be.
It was bound to happen sooner or later. 4 years and a measly 70 posts later, I’ve decided that the 71st post will be the final post in the life of ‘Blog This!’.
Well...sort of.
I’m actually Brett Farve-ing this decision and leaving open the door for surprise posts at the spur of the moment. But for all intents and purposes, my foray into the ‘Wonderful World of Blog’ has reached its creative end. For now. I’d truly hoped that the bright and blazing flame of inspiration and imaginative writing would continue to burn strong and as frequent as it had during this blog’s infancy. But unfortunately that just hasn’t been the case lately.
I have, however, come to convince myself that the flame has never left. It’s always been there and continues to be. And I am constantly amazed at what I write every time I try.
I’m just too damn lazy.
That’s not to say I don’t think about writing in this blog all the time. On the contrary, I probably consciously remember the existence of these pages about once a month, and usually completely by accident. However, it’s just not enough to simply ‘think’ about writing anymore. Plus every time I do think about it, I’m constantly reminded of how little I contribute to this journal, especially after I read some of the masterpieces my friends and colleagues churn out on a seemingly regular basis. I can always count on ‘Captain’s Blog’ to be fresh and wonderfully unpredictable. ‘A Breath of Fresh Fire’ continues to be a pillar of deep, insightful, and extremely thought-provoking material. ‘NewsGuy’ and ‘Confessions’, once in hibernation, have awaken from their slumber and are both starting to blog in earnest again. ‘Nobody Puts Banana in a Corner’ has been such a monumental undertaking; it’s nothing short of pure inspiration. They all make ‘Blog This’ look like an exercise in slacker-hood.
I know; I’m probably being way too harsh on myself. But the truth is that I just don’t feel the urge to write for the sake of writing anymore. It’s funny because every time I do, it turns out OK. Sometimes better than OK. But that’s not what this blog has ever been about. I have constantly said in these pages that I’m not going to write because I HAVE to write, but because I WANT to write. I just don’t want to write as much anymore.
But one day I may.
And who knows, that day may be sooner than later. I may find myself going to grad school and writing all the time. I’ll probably have written so much academic mumbo jumbo that I’ll want to write anything else other than another paper on nuclear physics, or chemical engineering, or world economics (the classes I’ll clearly be taking).
So as I said earlier, I leave the door open…slightly cracked that is. But for now, I bid farewell to you fellow bloggers. It’s been an incredible 4-year run. I look forward to posting again in the future.
Whenever that may be.
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