{hello blogging, my old friend}

Is it just me, or does it feel like there's been a bit of a return to blogging of late? It feels like people drifted away from it for a while and now seem to be drifting back. Anyhow, that's not why I'm here. I've been missing it. It was good {and so very necessary} to take a big break, but at the beginning of this year I really felt like it was time to return.

I have to admit to feeling pretty rusty with my writing. I'm looking forward to getting back into the flow of it. Or should I say I'm hoping the flow will return. Practice, practice, practice - isn't that the key to mastery?

One of the reasons that it took me so long between making the decision to start blogging again and actually doing it was a whole lot of faffing about with the design and layout of my blog. I became totally consumed with making it look and feel just right before I posted anything. Then I read a great article on perfectionism and this quote particularly shifted me into gear:

"Waiting for things to be perfect, 'information-gathering', researching and equipping yourself to begin provide an illusion of real work. In reality, these are stalling techniques and very little progress is being made." Wellbeing Magazine, Annual Edition

No more perfectionism. Time to get on with it. And here I am!