{"id":8247,"date":"2024-09-01T11:53:17","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2024-09-01T11:53:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T16:53:33","slug":"a-silent-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2024\/09\/01\/a-silent-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Silent Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last year, I mentioned I was skipping the annual September Silence<\/a>. I wasn’t sure if I’d return to it or if it would become a thing of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m skipping it again this year, but almost<\/em> considered it “just ’cause” at the last minute. But my reasons for skipping it last year are similar this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, I’ve been very <\/em>silent here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why So Quiet?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Part of the reason for the silence is blogging became silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And while much of what I’ve written here has been for myself, I noticed a big drop in traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not one to just drop a thing because it’s not a “success” — if I were, I’d definitely have scrapped my narrated short fiction podcast, Not About Lumberjacks<\/a>. But Not About Lumberjacks stories have become longer, and the show takes up a lot of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve also been sharing more blog-like things on my Patreon<\/a>, so rewriting things there for here or writing even more <\/em>bloggy things takes time. (You can<\/em>, if you so desire, join my Patreon for free. I open access to all things to everyone.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another reason for being quiet: I’ve been dealing with a bit of a health thing this past year that’s fortunately being addressed. The quick version: I have long had an arrhythmia, but I’ve noticed things a bit more this past year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first time I saw a cardiologist about it roughly 25 years ago, I was told to just keep losing weight and exercise. But this time around, I have a doctor who’s done much more — and while I don’t have terrible premature venticular contractions (PVCs), they are serious enough to merit treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find out the plan for that in a couple days…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fifteen Years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In a week, this blog turns 15 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, there have been years where I’ve barely written a thing…and others where I wrote nearly every other day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another reason for slacking is the hosting company I use for the site is sluggish. I need to have them upgrade some things, but that feels like yet another to-do on an already busy list. But I enjoy looking back over older entries and would <\/em>like to share more here again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, that’s it: why I’ve been quiet, but…also not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m putting out stories, sharing things on Patreon, and still active on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, it’s nice to not always feel “on” and chasing writing as much as I once did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows, maybe Year 15 is the one where I do more here again…just for the joy of doing so…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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