{"id":3085,"date":"2014-01-15T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T02:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2020-08-04T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T02:36:03","slug":"where-ive-been-where-im-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2014\/01\/where-ive-been-where-im-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing after a break: where I&#8217;ve been, where I&#8217;m going"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3086\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-610x610.jpg 610w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/photo.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I feel so rusty as I type this that my finger joints are practically squeaking. Blogging is an easy habit to create&#8230; and it&#8217;s just as easy to lose.<\/p>\n<p>As I tweeted yesterday, I think I left my will to blog at the beach. That&#8217;s the beach there on the left, the view from the deck as evening came down and the breeze off the ocean blew up into a gale, sending us inside just before the mozzies came out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had the best kind of break. For one week, it was full of activity and culture and food and family and friends. For the second week, it was full of &#8230; nothing. Well, nothing and food and friends. The kind of holiday where you simply lazed through the hours between mealtimes. I read a lot of books. I thought a lot of thoughts. I didn&#8217;t do any writing at all. When I came back to my desk on Monday, I wrote and wrote and wrote. All those pent-up words spilling out into my novel.<\/p>\n<p>And now here I am. Back to my blog. I&#8217;ll be here two or three times a week again this year, depending on my work flow. I have a lot to do in 2014 and I&#8217;m looking forward to sharing details of those projects as and when I can. It seems that my vow to <a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2013\/01\/a-goal-without-a-plan\/\">work smarter, not harder<\/a>, in 2013 paid off to an extent &#8211; but now I must work harder in 2014 to keep up with myself.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m relishing the thought.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are your goals for 2014<\/strong>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel so rusty as I type this that my finger joints are practically squeaking. Blogging is an easy habit to create&#8230; and it&#8217;s just as easy to lose. As I tweeted yesterday, I think I left my will to blog at the beach. 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