There has been a true lack of blogging activity on my part lately. Perhaps its the weather and the knowledge that spring is so close to being here. I’m ready for the transition to warmth. Unfortunately, it still feels so far away. As I write, my thermometer tells me that it’s 38 degrees F outside my window. Oh how I could use a trip to tropics, but instead, I think my Muse has taken the vacation for me.

I checked in with Curt Rosengren at The Occupational Adventure and his post on Avoiding the Obligation Trap yesterday really resonated with me. For the past couple of weeks, I’ve sat at my computer and heard a voice tell me: "Dude, you seriously need to blog today. C’mon, just look at how few tan hyperlinks there are on the ole blog calendar to the left. Just post some crap. It’s better than nothing." I think that voice belongs to Muse’s brother and general nogoodnik, Humdrum. His chief purpose is to be burdensome and stifle all creativity.

However, there is something within that helps me resist the urge to just post crap (must be Muse placing some long-distance phone calls). Honestly, I care too much about this blog to do that. I really connected with something Curt wrote:

By saying no to that feeling of obligation and just doing what felt
right, I made sure that I would continue to have the interest and
energy to put into this blog. If I started blogging primarily from a
sense of obligation, and not because I wanted to, the blog would have
zero chance of lasting very long.

The best bloggers among us realize that this is a medium for expressing our soul. Hmmm…I think I see my Muse pulling up in the driveway. Maybe she’s bringing some of the tropics along with her.