Healthy Twists

I love Farmer’s Markets! We wandered into one while exploring Boston, and I had to take some pics. I realized I never shared them, so I had to fix that. Mitch thought it was funny to watch me photograph peaches…but you’d think he’d be used to it by now.

So, why am I sharing my market photos from Boston? Well, because I don’t really have any other images to go along with this post but I wanted some color and brightness anyway. You see, I have been feeling some serious blogging malaise lately. And a bit of life malaise, if I’m being totally honest. But I think recognizing and admitting these feelings are the first step to making them go away (sorta like a 12-step program for grumpiness, perhaps)?

Since I’m starting grad school soon, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to incorporate this new stage of my life into my blog. While I muddle through these things, my posting might be even more infrequent than it is now. I don’t want to write a blog post just to post something; I want my blog to be something I can really be proud of. Not that I’m not…but I really feel like I have more to contribute than what it’s been lately.

I also didn’t post last week’s training recap, because I wasn’t very happy with myself in that regard either. I still ran, but I felt sluggish and not too great about my workouts. I hate that. I had 7 miles on the schedule, and we did it, although we were kinda dragging and took two walk breaks which really bummed me out. Looking back, the sangria and pita chips I had the night before my run was probably not the smartest idea, but…such is life. And it was good sangria!

Because I do want to keep a record of this process, I’m not going to skip another training recap. I’m going to keep recording my workouts on the blog, and how I feel about them. I know what I’m doing isn’t exactly easy, or everyone would do it! We have 8 miles this weekend, so I’m hoping it goes better than last week. I think if got 8 hours of sleep consistently, that’d help. But I’m just not always very good at putting myself to bed at a decent hour!

I’ve also decided to make one of my midweek runs a “hill” run, and one a “speed” run, to give the workouts some purpose and direction. For me, setting a plan is one of the best ways to overcome feelings of insecurity and doubt. Overanalyze much? Probably.

I guess this is my way of saying that I might not be around too much in the next few months, but I’m not totally abandoning blogland. I want to do a site redesign, both in look and in content. I know I’ve talked about this on my blog before but this time, instead of just being whiny, I feel like doing something about it. I’m excited to see where it all goes!

And don’t worry…you’ll still hear from me, when I feel like I have something interesting to share…for example, I got a new kitchen toy I’m dying to review and use in a fun recipe. But I felt like I needed to get these thoughts out on “paper” so I can work towards making things better and making myself happier (not just with blogging, but in general, actually).

Thanks for reading! I’m pretty sure you’ll like the new direction of the blog, whatever it may end up being. (And thanks for allowing me some self-indulgence in this post…although, aren’t all us bloggers a bit self-indulgent, and that’s why it’s fun?)

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