April 29, 2013
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Movin’ On….
The last two years have been a challenge. It’s been rough; and interesting, too, to say the least. Coming back here after all this time has proven to be quite the eye-opener. Firstly.. I’m lonely. All my favorite blogs have moved on. I did a quick scan through my subscriptions only to find that the last two years have hard on y’all too. Funny how personal adversity causes migration. I was a part of that herd of deserters. So how can I blame the rest of them?
It’s discouraging to “click” on the lot only to find that some of you haven’t posted since 2009.. 2009. Am I that clueless; unaware?
I suppose many of the missing moved on searching for the next best thing, or a larger readership. Maybe they just got a life. Even the lot that run this Xanga are curiously absent. No daily question since December 2012. Really!
In my case, it was life that became increasingly complicated. Crowded. I couldn’t discuss what was happening with anyone, not even myself. I would try but the cascade of thoughts was too overwhelming to sort into coherent sentences, much less paragraphs.. essays.. whatever.
Looking back I can now see that it wasn’t just one life event that flummoxed me. It was the never-ending compounding of life changing sometimes traumatic events.
But you know that. We all live in the same world. You all have had the same situations run through your life, too.
I said all that to say this.. I’m movin’ on, too. By that, I don’t mean leaving. I mean cleaning out my outdated sub list and seeking out other, newer, like-minded xangans. Over the next few months, I intend to unburden my overloaded mind and share, if only with myself, the madness that is was my existence. I also intend to enjoy the telling. I will find the joy buried beneath the sorrow.
The Bible says, “Joy cometh in the morning”
THIS is my new morning.
And I WILL be glad and rejoice in it!!
Comments (3)
Xanga has undergone a profound change, at least in my little corner, especially in the last several months. I know I really need to keep searching out new friends, but it’s hard…and I miss my old ones! Many of them have gone to Facebook, but FB is almost useless to me. Where is the deep sharing there? It’s like the neighbor you wave to that you see only as get into your car to drive to work.
Yep, it’s time to try to find some new Xanga friends, but it’s hard to find people that have any level of commitment to a blog, AND that are willing to expand their own circle!
Good luck!
@suzyQ_darnit - So true. At least we can still say we have each other to talk to.
Yep, Facebook is easier because you don’t have to think in anything other than sound bites, but that is all that I have had the energy for. Trying to get back into xanging. Where has everyone gone??