It happened one day over the summer. It had been months since I had last blogged. I logged into my Myspace account and I noticed the entire layout was changed. They were gone. All my blog entries between 2004 and 2013 were gone. Poof. Vanished. Half of my biography at this point in my life. Everything from becoming Episcopalian to breaking up with Paige, turning 21, coming out, getting sucker punched by Matt, Jason, Jonathan, Joel, and Josh.
With the exception of the occasional entry in Breaking the Profane, I rarely blogged. And how I have missed it. I didn't realize the grounding and outlet that it gave me. And now, almost as if I am feeling called, I am ready to get back in the game.
This blog of mine will function must like a journal. I do write in my journal sometimes, but the difference is in the content. Writing in the journal for me requires thought and planning on some level. It also contains some things which I might deem as too personal to be plotted on a corner of the internet. Blogging; however, is a channel where I can freely in a space where editing is unlikely to happen.
My intentions for this blog are simply this: a place to unwind and get my thoughts in order. Will anyone follow? Unlikely, and that's perfectly okay. This blog will chronicle how I'm doing, feeling, and thinking. I'll wrestle with and untie my emotional knots and figure out how God is speaking to me. If anything, like the old MySpace blog, I'm sure the entries to follow will provide ideas for the theology blog Breaking the Profane (another project which I've taken a hiatus on and have been meaning to revamp).
I'm hoping to get the habit built to blog once a week. Dare I say my mental health the duration of the semester might partly depend on in.
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