Those of you with my IM contact on your buddy list know that, every now and then, my status message reads “talking law down at Murphy’s bar.” That’s a line from a Sister Hazel song, and the law that I’m talking about is, in fact, Murphy’s Law. In short, Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, if given the chance. And lately I’ve been giving lots of things lots of chances.

I’ve decided to take a break from blogging, for at least a month, maybe the rest of the summer. I am profoundly guilty of taking on more than I can manage, and I’ve been feeling quite overwhelmed lately. I’ve been frustrated because I have so many things I want to work on and participate in, but I lack the time, focus, and energy to do my best with all of those things. Even worse, I avoid those things by doing other stuff that’s totally unnecessary. I feel restless, unfocused, even a bit melancholy. Right now, I need to prioritize. I need to start making some headway on other projects I have going. I need to get some perspective on what I want to accomplish, and own up to what I can’t accomplish at this moment in time and move on.

I don’t think I’ve even scratched the surface of what I want to do with blogging. I want to come back, with a renewed enthusiasm for this medium and purpose for this site. For the next few weeks, however, I need to take care of some other things.