indefatigable
One who is indefatigable is (or seems) incapable of being fatigued or burned out, has limitless energy to accomplish a whole slew of projects. This is decidedly not me.
tired by stupidmommy
You may have noticed that the posts - particularly the logophilia - are becoming a not-so-daily occurrence. I hope this doesn't disappoint you, readers. The fact is that over the last six months I've learned something important about myself - this very fact that I am vulnerable to burn out if I'm not careful. And blogging on a fun and exciting word every day was getting into the realm of quantity, not necessarily quality. I want the blog to be more thoughtful and creative, and I don't want it to turn into an awful chore. That might be a reason why Daedalus got so quiet in 2011 and 2012: burn out.
Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere. Daedalus Notes has been a great place to test out ideas and warm up my artist-brain... I'm simply no longer pressuring myself to take daily logophiliac adventures. A few weekly, perhaps. The thing is - and this is taking us back to the notion of the fermata - while I'd love to blog everyday, I need rest - play time with a budding, baby novel. If I don't play I find myself collapsing like the woman in the above photo, and this place becomes a lot less fun. So in the interests of fun and burn out prevention (FBOP), I'm not going to lament my awful blogger status and just write.
Now, back to our (ir-) regularly scheduled programming...
Blogger burnout, Twitter burnout, Facebook burnout...I've had them all, and I undoubtedly will again. I'm spending far more time on social networks than I am the actual novel - which means I have nothing left to contribute to the novel at the end of the day when I finally get around to working on it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I just had a blog and no FB or Twitter, I think life was a lot simpler.
Not worrying about your blog and writing is an excellent idea. I wish you success!