During my prolonged break to heal and recover from everything that’s happened in the last few years, I’ve focused exclusively on myself and my own well-being. A good bit of that was physical, and getting healthy again, but I also made it a point to be HAPPY.

Happiness is something I’ve constantly struggled to achieve. I know it’s more of a journey than a place…but you CAN get to a PLACE where it’s easier to be happy. You have to enable that. Don’t sweat the small stuff, relax, let go. It’s very hard to do, given how our society is.

I do feel a little guilty because I feel committed to writing more and finishing projects, but I also recognize that I needed this time to be me, and be free. To be light and happy. If that takes a few more months, or years, or the rest of my life, so be it.

No one looks back on their deathbed and regrets not working more, right? Same for me. Writing IS fun, and fulfilling, and all the wonderful things everyone says about it…but at the moment, I’m back in that good old place where I’m too busy living life to stop and write about it.

The carousel will spin around, and I’ll get back into it, and complete works, and push new things out – Of that I’m sure. I’ve even scheduled specific periods in the next few months where I will exile myself to work on projects.

But for now, I’m going to keep living. And painting. And being happy.

See you sooner than you think!