Why I Don’t Blog Anymore

It has been quite a while since I wrote a blog post on this site, but keep reading because this post isn’t actually about me. It just starts that way.

Here are some of the million “reasons” I haven’t blogged in a long while:

• a vague fear that no one reads anymore (perpetuated by the sighs I get when I direct people to the blog posts I’ve written just for them so that they have a reference guide)
• a new focus on video content because of my vague fear that no one reads anymore
• a change in my workflow that adds a few extra clicks and keystrokes for security after the website was hacked earlier this year
• a lack of coffee
• a few insignificant but persistent voices (other people – my mind hasn’t slipped that far yet) who refused to leave my life without a strong push while insisting that, basically, I was no longer a good trainer

But the real reason is that I’ve changed. Some priorities had to be shuffled.  And while fresh written content is important to me both from a serving-my-people standpoint and a real SEO need, there were even importanter things that only I could handle.

Old me would have bent myself in half trying to scrape by on 45 fewer minutes of sleep just to keep up appearances; new me knows that there is a big difference between 3 and 4 hours of sleep, and I need to choose 4 because this is a marathon, not a sprint.

Old me put my business before my personal needs a few too many times each week; new me knows that if I don’t meet my needs, there won’t be a business. (Trust me, I tried it in Q1 and Q2 of this year.  No one liked it except for the three people who comprise the last bullet point up above.)

Old me still caved into the pressure to do what “everyone else” in my industry was doing; new me knows that’s an invention of my own making, and that it’s a waste of time that then wastes MORE time by making me miserable and derailing me from my goals.

So here’s the part about YOU – are you “old you”, or “new you”?

Are you “old you” who is afraid of maybe causing some friction in their lives by standing up for the schedule/meals/activities that they know will benefit them?  Or “new you” who is like well, I need to work out, so I’m going.

Does “old you” want you to wait until you’re perfect to be proud, or can “new you” celebrate every accomplishment you’re making?

Is listening to everyone else’s opinion or harebrained idea so important to “old you” that you’re stopping “new you” from doing what you know – or at least surmise – is best for you?

And whoever you are, can you bring me more coffee?

Let’s keep on moving forward together xoxo